Katariina Tamm
Biography
Katariina Tamm (born March 2, 1989) is an Estonian actress. In 2007, Katariina Tamm graduated from the theater class of the Tallinn Old Town College of Education, supervised by Lembit Peterson, and in 2011 from the Turku Art Academy, majoring in puppetry. She has also studied as an exchange student at the Physical Theater Department of the Barcelona Theater Institute. From autumn 2016 to 2019, she studied and lived in London, where she obtained a master's degree from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), one of the oldest theater schools in England. In 2011-2016, she worked as an actor at NUKU Theatre. Since 2012, she has participated in the activities of the theater group Frank. While living in England, she played at the New Public Theater. In the years 2020-2022, Katariina Tamm was an actor at the Von Krahl Theater as a member of the joint troupe of Exepdition and the Von Krahl Theater. Since 2023, she has been an actor in the Expedition troupe.
Known For & Full Filmography11 Titles
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Rutt
The inspiring journey of Estonian track bicycle racer Erika Salumäe, as she navigates the pressures of fame, personal sacrifice, and national pride, redefining resilience in the pursuit of her Olympic dreams.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Ada
Through pitchblack humor that’s born from a familiar absurdity of life’s situational satire, this film offers a sharp insight to the minds of somewhat intertwined inner worlds of two lonely individuals.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Liquor Store Cashier
A film about three sisters who have reached different turning points in their lives. Liis, who has just graduated from high school, discovers that the future planned with her boyfriend is not so certain. Elder sister Karin, the first victim of her parents' expectations, tries to cope in today's sexist business environment. Jane, the youngest of the sisters, tries to resist the pressure of her party animal friend to prove herself as someone who she is not. During one fateful night, secrets and feelings that none of them wanted to admit to themselves before are revealed.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Lo
Andreas, a dark poet, and Lo, yet to capture the perfect photo, are a couple who haven't found success in their field. But when Andreas is asked to perform at the Press Photo Exhibition, their lives will change forever.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Jane
Following a serious domestic violence incident, 13 year old Paul arrives in an unfamiliar town where in his pursuit of happiness he makes one bad decision after another. His seemingly inevitable downfall is thwarted, however, by a strange disabled man.
Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Venelius' Sister
A teenage orphan girl Salome lives within a sect lead by charismatic and ruthless Maria Åkerblom. During a pivotal summer, Salome is faced with standing up against Maria, the woman who had saved her.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Gerly
After 27-year-old Karmen's father dies, the security structures of her previous life start falling apart, as her relationship with her half-brother Viktor also deteriorates, and she faces the darkness and emptiness of the universe.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Annika
Roman is a born proofreader from a family of proofreaders, a real intellectual from St. Petersburg who comes to Narva-Jõesuu, a small Estonian spa town, to find inspiration, tranquility, and silence. He does proofreading of the encyclopedia of the Baltic Sea Fishes, compiled in the same location by Professor Polyanski, winner of the Nobel Prize. This work is very important for Roman. He would have accomplished his task, but once he swam too far in the sea. It was then that Helena came into his life, to change his ideas about the world forever.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • as Kata
Henrik is a successful actor and comedian who's always trying to prove he's not a homophobe. In his private life, he is lonely and insecure, struggling with adulthood. One day, after dislocating his shoulder, he joins a yoga class and makes his first gay friend ever.
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Tallinn "Rabbit"
A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a breakthrough? The main character, Waitress, sees and absorbs it all. One by one – through their personal drama – the clients push the Waitress towards her own edge.
Movie - 2016, 2h 15m • as Katariina
A young man tries to make sense of the world in the summer heat of late nineties Estonia.