Lilita Ozolinya Actress Date of Birth: 19.11.1947 Country: Latvia

1. Biography of Lilita Ozolina
2. Acting Career
3. Life After the Soviet Union
4. Filmography

Biography of Lilita Ozolina

Lilita Ozolina is a Soviet and Latvian actress of theater and cinema. She was born in Riga. Before the war, her mother, Albertina, worked as an assistant director at a German film studio, while her father, Arvid, was a test pilot. At the age of ten, Lilita Ozolina auditioned for the role of a shepherdess in the film "Echo", but she was not selected. Instead, eight years later, she was accepted into the People's Studio of the Actor at the Riga Film Studio, where she went for a competition.

Acting Career

Parallel to her studies, Lilita Ozolina started working at the Janis Rainis Art Theater in 1966. In 1969, she graduated from the Film Actor Studio, and in 1971, she completed the acting faculty of the Latvian Conservatory named after Jāzeps Vītols. Her first role in a film was the character Velta in the movie "When Rain and Wind Knock on the Window" (1967), directed by one of her studio teachers, Aloiz Brenč.

After her debut, she went on to work in other films, but it was her role as Marta in the film "The Long Road in the Dunes" (1980), directed by Aloiz Brenč, that brought her fame. Following her success, she received numerous offers for roles. She appeared in the musical "A Brief Guide to Love," the comedy "Santa Claus's Personal Life" (1982), the political detective film "Double Trap" (1985), and others.

Life After the Soviet Union

After the collapse of the USSR, there was a decline in work opportunities at the Riga Film Studio, but theater remained. In addition to her work at the Latvian National Theater, Lilita Ozolina performs at the Dailes Theater (formerly the Janis Rainis Art Academic Theater until 1989) and the Riga Russian Drama Theater. Lilita Ozolina currently resides in Riga. She has a daughter named Liliana Ozolina, who is the director of the television channel MTV Latvija.

Filmography

• 1967 - When Rain and Wind Knock on the Window - Velta
• 1968 - Around the Corner - Inga
• 1969 - Light in the Glass - Asya
• 1970 - Sandbank - Dzidra
• 1970 - Klav - Martin's Son - Lasma
• 1971 - Walk - Lilita
• 1972 - Peters - Nastya
• 1972 - Heirs of the Military Road - Dzidra
• 1973 - Checkmate to the Queen of Diamonds - Dr. Maiga Strauta
• 1973 - Cepļa's Scam - Wedding Guest
• 1973 - Oleg and Aina - Aina
• 1974 - Don't Be Afraid, I Won't Give Up! - Dezia
• 1975 - In the Claws of a Black Crab - Mara
• 1976 - The Chairman's Son - Marina
• 1976 - Sonata Above the Lake - Vija
• 1979 - Night Without Birds - Ilze
• 1979 - Unfinished Dinner - Sonya
• 1980 - Larks - Vizma
• 1980 - The Long Road in the Dunes - Marta
• 1982 - Santa Claus's Personal Life - Olga Karpovna
• 1983 - A Brief Guide to Love - Anna
• 1984 - Applause, Applause...
• 1985 - Double Trap - Eva
• 1985 - Let's Meet in the Metro - Natasha
• 1985 - Anna Firling's Roads - Yvetta
• 1985 - Front in the Father's House - Elga
• 1986 - Doppelgänger - Nina
• 1986 - He, She, and the Children - Valeria
• 1990 - Maya and Paya
• 1990 - The Zitar Family - Alvin
• 1996 - Anna
• 2000 - Ticket to Riga
• 2002 - Walk
• 2004 - Red Capella - Madame Mayer