Biography

Maarja Johanna Mägi was born in Tartu, Estonia. In 2025, she was honored as the EFP Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival. She studied acting at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and made her film debut as the female lead in Elmo Nüganen's movie trilogy Melchior The Apothecary, for which she was awarded Best Film Actress at the 2023 Estonian Film Awards. She also plays a lead role in the film Aurora, which was made using the character-based improvisation method and for which she was awarded Best Film Actress at the 2026 Estonian Film Awards.
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