Reet Paavel

Reet Paavel (born July 18, 1953 in Tartu) is an Estonian dancer and actress. She has worked in theaters Vanemuine and Estonia, Anatoli Vassiljev's private theater Drama Art School, variety shows Kaunas (Tartu) and Viru (Tallinn), ballet school Fouette, Vanalinna College of Education, Kanutiaia Noortemaja as a theater instructor, Kaari Sillamaa School of Fine Arts as a pedagogue-director, Tammsaare theater as a director. Since 1994, she has been supervising the Reet Paavel Dance and Acting Studio. She is the daughter of the Estonian actor Voldemar Paavel and the sister of Maie Kalaus, the violinist of the Estonian Theater Orchestra, and Anu Paavel, the former singer of Vanemuise. She has been married twice. The first marriage was with a Russian ballet dancer. Her second marriage was with ERSO horn player Valdek Põllu, with whom Reet had a daughter with, Elizabeth Paavel. Her current life partner is film director Peeter Simm.

Born: July 18, 1953 (Age 71) in Tartu, Estonia