Ingrīda Andriņa
Born: 1944-06-23 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
Died: 2015-09-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ingrīda Andriņa (June 23, 1944 – September 17, 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress. Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian National Theatre. From 1966 she began appearing in films. Andriņa is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Agnes von Mönnikhusen in the 1969 Soviet Estonian language film Viimne reliikvia, directed by Grigori Kromanov. Throughout her film career, Andriņa performed in Latvian-, Russian-, Estonian-, Azerbaijani- and Georgian-language films. Her last appearance was in the 2014 Latvian film Džimlai Rudis rallallā. Andriņa died unexpectedly in 2015 at the age of 71 and was interred at the Riga Forest Cemetery.
Filmography
2010
- Rudolf's Gold as Baronese
2008
- Nazis and Blondes as Self
1979
1974
- Red Agate
- The Winds Blow in Baku as Erica
1973
1971
- The City Under the Limes
- The Road to Rübezahl as Anne-Marie
1970
- Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow as German woman begging for peace
- The Last Relic as Agnes
- Devil's Servants as Cecilia
1966
- Rīta miglā as Nora