Gita Kalmet


Gita Kalmet is an Estonian diplomat and former actress.
In 1984, she graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory Stage Art Department. In 1993 she graduated from Estonian School of Diplomacy.
From 1984 to 1989, she worked at Rakvere Theatre. Besides theatre roles she played also in several films and on television.
Since 1993, she has been employed by the Estonian Foreign Ministry. She worked as a policy official at the Estonian embassy in Paris, France, between 1999 and 2002, and worked as an exchange diplomat in London, England, in 2005. From 2006 until 2011, she was Ambassador of Estonia to the Netherlands. From 2013 until 2018, she was Ambassador of Estonia to Canada and since August 2021 she was Ambassador of Estonia to Czech Republic.
She is married to director and actor Madis Kalmet. The couple have two sons, actors Henrik Kalmet and Karl-Andreas Kalmet.

Filmography

YearFilms/Television ProductionsCharacterRef
1989I'm Not a Tourist, I'm Living Here
1992Hotell EAlice
1993Candles in the DarkTina
1993Marraskuun harmaa valo
1999Kass kukub käppadele