Evelin Võigemast
Evelin Võigemast (until 2007, Evelin Pang; born May 22, 1980) is an Estonian stage, film television and voice actress and singer. Born Evelin Pang in Tallinn, her parents were Valdur Pang and Eda Pang (née Taska). She has a brother named Margus Pang. She initially studied at Tallinn School No. 21 secondary school, but graduated from Tallinn School No. 49. (now, Tallinn Arte Gymnasium) in 1998. She is also a graduate of the Tallinn Children's Music School (now, the Tallinn Music School) in Kesklinn, Tallinn, where she studied piano. In 1998, she began studying acting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater under Elmo Nüganen, graduating in 2002. Among her graduating classmates were Priit Voigemast, Karin Rask, Maria Soomets, Hele Kõrve, Mart Toome, Ott Aardam, Elisabet Reinsalu, and Argo Aadli. Following graduation, she joined the Tallinn City Theatre in 2002, where she is still currently engaged. She has appeared in roles at the Tallinn City Theatre in works by such varied authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Alexandre Dumas, David Auburn, Anton Chekhov, Franz Kafka, Ivan Turgenev, W. B. Yeats, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Arnold Wesker and Nikolai Gogol, among others. She has also performed at the Vanalinnastuudio in roles by Bertolt Brecht and Jim Cartwright; the NUKU Theatre, the Nargen Opera; and at the Vanemuine in Tartu, where she performed as Evita Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Evita in 2014. In 2006, Pang began voicing the animated character Lotte in the popular Estonian Lotte films; the first was Lotte from Gadgetville. This was followed by Lotte and the Moonstone Secret in 2011, and Lotte and the Lost Dragons in 2019. The Lotte films and their characters proved so popular in Estonia that a theme park, Lottemaa, was opened in Reiu, Pärnu County, Estonia. She was also cast as a voice actress to dub the role of Mittens in the Estonian release of the 2008 American Disney animated feature film Bolt (Estonian: Välk). She made her feature-length film debut in a small role in the 2002 Elmo Nüganen directed Nimed marmortahvlil (English release titles: Names in Marble and Names Engraved in Marble), based on the novel of the same name by author Albert Kivikas about the Estonian War of Independence. She was billed under her maiden name, Evelin Pang. This was followed by a co-starring role in the Peeter Urbla directed comedy-drama Stiilipidu (Shop of Dreams) in 2005, opposite actresses Maarja Jakobson and Anne Reemann. Other film roles include that of Annika Hunt in the Asko Kase directed drama Hundi agoonia (Agony of a wolf); Liisa, in the 2009 Hannu Salonen directed drama Vasha; Evelyn in the 2012 Ain Mäeots directed drama Deemonid (Demons); Reet Haljandi in the 2015 Margus Paju directed family adventure film Supilinna Salaselts (The Secret Society of Souptown), based on the novels of Finnish author Mika Keränen; Marian in the 2017 Andres Maimik and Katrin Maimik directed comedy-drama Minu näoga onu (The Man Who Looks Like Me) ; and Andres' mother in the 2020 Peeter Simm directed coming-of-age period comedy-drama Vee peal (On the Water).
- Title: Evelin Võigemast
- Popularity: 0.546
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 1980-05-22
- Place of Birth: Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
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- Also Known As: Evelin Pang
