Līga Liepiņa
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Biography
Liepina was born near Valmiera. Her father was a forest worker, her mother worked in a kindergarten. She finished school in 1964, the People's studio of the actor at the Riga Cinema studio in 1970 and the faculty of theatre at the Latvian Music Academy in 1974.After her studies, Liepina was part of the group of the State Theater of the Youth from 1971-1976. Since 1977 she was an actress at the National Theatre of Latvia.
Films
Her first film was "Elpojiet dzili" or "Cetri balti krekli" (Four white shirts) by Roland Kalnins, from 1967. There she had the role of Bella.But the film was forbidden by Soviet censorship. Liepina got famous by playing the role of Emma Karkls in the film U bogatoj gospozhi ("У богатой госпожи") by Leonid Leimanis in 1969 after a novel by Andrey Upit.
She had roles in more than 20 films.
Liepina is a part of the National Theatre of Latvia until now.