
Acting
Mar 7, 1993
Riga, Latvia
Marija Linarte
Acting
Biography
Marija Linarte (born 8 March 1993, Riga, Latvia) is a Latvian stage, film, and television actress, as well as a director. She studied at the Latvian Academy of Culture and joined the ensemble of The New Riga Theatre (JRT) in 2018, where she performed until leaving the company in 2024. She has received multiple nominations at the Latvian Theatre Awards ("Spēlmaņu nakts") — for Best Debut (2013), Best Young Stage Artist (2017), and Best Actress (2020) — and won the "Big Kristaps" national film award in 2018. In 2023 she also directed the stage production Battle of Giants at JRT. Her film credits include Nun Beth in Welcome to Mercy (2018), Marta Ozolina in the Latvian historical feature 1906 (2019), and the lead in Alexander Hahn's Taurins Senior (2023). Her most prominent role to date is Anastasia Chekova in Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) (Paul Dano, Jude Law), which premiered in competition at the Venice Film Festival.
Feature Films (14)

In a dystopian future where humanity replaces reality with simulations, technophobic hacker Lana breaks into virtual farms in search of her missing brother Raiti. After finding his body, Lana discovers that to release Wright's consciousness, she needs to connect to the server herself. But every connection to the system can be irreversible.
Klupe

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
The Good Neighbor

An ageing theatre star struggles with her mental condition and pending diagnosis, while preparing for a role. With the premiere approaching, she balances between acceptance and self denial, while losing grip on reality.
Diva

Artis Baranovskis is a "registrator". He helps his clients by setting up fake companies. An hour before leaving to his own wedding, Artis has to find Jana, who's a fake shareholder of a company with a million euros on its account. Once she's found and her looks changed to those of a rich lady, Jana realizes her power and starts to play her own game.
Right Hand Man

A melancholic view facing a mirror of water. It deceives the film’s protagonist, who wallows in longing and memories of his lost lover. The water here takes on the shape of a tear, a trickle through fallen leaves, the volume of a drink left undrunk in a bar, and the beauty of an oasis. Perhaps the unfortunate creature should follow the water, so that his beloved can be reborn?
Importance of Hydration

Young ice cream vendor Max aspires to become a techno musician but he experiences a paralyzing fear of performing before stepping on stage at a club. Torn between his toxic friend Alex and his muse Helen, he will need to find the courage to overcome his self-doubt and limitations.
North Pole

Gunars Taurins has become a dad-sitter in Latvia. He wants to return to France as soon as possible once he has found a caregiver for his father. But it's not that easy and Gunars has to stay in Riga whether he likes it or not.
Taurins Senior

A tragicomic tale about the relationship of Guna and the twice older writer Gints. Guna has lost her job, but Gints hasn’t written anything in years. Whilst running away from an unsatisfactory relationship and the lack of creative self-expression, Guna gets obsessed with the theatre performance “Odyssey” by the famous director Viestur Kairish and begins to mix reality with theatre. Guna tries to start a new life, but her fantasy world doesn’t allow her to be a part of reality anymore.
Viestur Kairish Comes Out Of The Woods

When the daughter of the Sun and the Moon is stolen, desperate parents call people to get their baby back. Helpers are given only three days: if at that time, the Sun's daughter will not be found, she will lose her strength and become an ordinary girl. A journey of danger and adventure, which teaches everyone not only to be brave and resourceful, but also helpful. The Latvian animated film is based on folklore motifs.
Before The Day Breaks

Ludis and his daughter live in a greedy and narcissistic village. One day Ludis’ tractor crashes and the entire village loses electricity. Ludis inadvertently touches the electric wires and becomes stiff and seemingly dead. His wife doesn’t want him placed at home, so they place him in the garage.
Ludis

Lame-o’s is set just before the Millennium, in 1999, and is the story of three school friends who are among the most unpopular girls in their class. The friends are determined to radically change the situation. The three friends at the centre of the story are Sarmīte, Sveta and Katrīna, who are studying in the last class of the secondary school. The upcoming Millennium and their approaching graduation make them undertake various measures to become appreciated and liked, which eventually challenge their friendship.
Lame-o’s

Cleo is a once promising actress in her 30s with a career in theatre that’s going nowhere and a boyfriend who still harbours the dream of becoming a famous rockstar. She spends her days in a bohemian haze of booze and ennui, until she meets a legendary theatre director who is on the lookout for a new muse. He offers Cleo the biggest role of her career - The Bride in Federico Garcia Lorca’s “Blood wedding”. Cleo tries to turn her life around, but her co-dependent boyfriend starts to slip back into his old, self-destructive ways, and the director wants from the actress more than just her talent.
The Wedding Day
Television & Series (2)

A series about Artis Baranovskis who is a "registrator". He helps his clients by setting up fake companies. Poor girl Jana is made a fake shareholder of a company with a million euros on its account. Once her looks are changed to those of a rich lady, Jana realizes her power and starts to play her own game.
Uzticības persona

A Latvian series shot by the team at Jaunais Rīgas Teātris / New Riga Theatre over the course of summer 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's a story about a world that once again changes rapidly. About the belief that everything on this planet is subject to manipulation. The series centers around an advertising agency - a classic office where professionalism mixes with boredom, romance and an existential tiredness.
