Aire Koop
Aire Koop (until 1987, Aire Johanson; born 30 May 1957) is an Estonian stage, film, and television actress whose career began in the late 1970s. Early life and education Aire Koop was born Aire Johanson in Jõgeva. After graduating from Jõgeva Secondary School in 1975, she studied drama at the Pärnu Theatre training studio from 1977 until 1979. Koop later returned to school in 2004, graduating from the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy in 2008 with a degree as a teacher and director of cultural and creative activities. Career Koop began her career as a stage actress at the Endla Theatre in Pärnu in 1979, an engagement that lasted until 1994. Notable roles at the Endla Teatre have been in works by: Dagmar Normet, Juhan Smuul, William Shakespeare, Paul-Eerik Rummo, August Kitzberg, Agatha Christie, Stephen Poliakoff, Hugo Raudsepp, Franz von Pocci, Brian Friel, Jean Anouilh, Claude Magnier, and Tony Roper. Koop (credited by her maiden name Johanson) made her film debut in a small role in the 1980 Peeter Simm directed feature film Ideaalmaastik for Tallinnfilm and based on the 1977 short-story Kevadkülvi volinik by Karl Helemäe. The following year, she had a more significant role as Miia in