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Maiken Pius

Maiken Pius

Acting

Biography

Maiken Pius (until 2019 Maiken Schmidt; born April 17, 1985) is an Estonian actor. She graduated from Kilingi-Nõmme High School in 2003. In 2006, she graduated from Tallinn University with a degree in choreography, and in 2012 from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater School of Performing Arts. She has been an actress at the Tallinn City Theater since 2012. Her husband is actor Priit Pius, their son was born on March 22, 2018. They married in July 2019. On March 18, 2020, they had a daughter.

Known For

ENSV
N/A

A comedy-series depicting an Estonian family in 1980s that consists of a rebel-minded grandpa, two siblings, a mother, who is a member of the Soviet Socialist Party, and her lover, who is there, because the real husband is a captain on a foreign-going ship. Aand they have to share their apartment with a true communist and her son, who is an exemplary militiaman.

ENSV

2010
Estonia
6.6

Estonia tells the story of the tragic accident of the car-ferry MS Estonia, which deeply shocked the world in the autumn of 1994. Through the moving personal stories of victims, survivors, loved ones and investigators, the eight-part series explores how it is possible that 852 people lost their lives and no one is held accountable.

Estonia

2023
EnsV
N/A

The opening part of the new season of the comedy series "EnsV" begins in the last days of 1991, when the USSR disappears from the world map. Unexpected guests arrive at the desert home. Living is reminiscent of a collective farm. Money is mixed with the feet. New Year's Eve plans are held in Kukeke and Illar's fantasies know no bounds.

EnsV

2019
The Bank
1.3

Based on a true story in the turbulent Estonian 90s. Personal dramas will unfold using the historic events as a backdrop, with the characters constantly re-evaluating the currency rates and their personal values.

The Bank

2018
Mood Breaker
N/A

Estonian comedy sketch show consisting of parodies of popular Estonian movies or shows.

Mood Breaker

2008
1944
6.9

The events of the war in 1944, from the Blue Hills to Sõrve Peninsula. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Choices have to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.

1944

2015
Mihkel
5.8

Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces Mihkel to smuggle two bottles of liquid amphetamine and then seek payment from an 
Estonian priest, who is a business partner of Igor’s in Saint Petersburg. The priest is then to set him up in his new home and bring Vera over to join him. Rather than getting paid, he is instead coerced into swallowing seventy drug capsules to take on to Iceland. He arrives in Iceland and is picked up by Igor and his two Icelandic accomplices, Jóhann and Bóbó. However, in the next two days it becomes clear that something is wrong and Mihkel cannot pass the drugs. The Icelandic criminals become very nervous, and more and more frantic activity ensues as the situation becomes more serious.

Mihkel

2018
Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway
5.7

An immigrant Indian mother fights the Norwegian foster care system and legal machinery to win back custody of her children.

Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway

2023
Elu võimalikkusest maal
N/A

No description available.

Elu võimalikkusest maal

2023
Truth and Justice
7.7

Estonia, 1872. The uncompromising new owner of Robber's Rise must battle with hard work, his spiteful neighbor and with his own family and beliefs to transform the poor land into a flourishing farm of his dreams.

Truth and Justice

2019
The End of the Chain
6.3

A secluded fast food joint next to an empty parking lot, where it's good to go because nobody recognizes you there. On a rainy autumnal day, people show up one after the other – all of them on the verge of a breakdown – or perhaps a breakthrough? The main character, Waitress, sees and absorbs it all. One by one – through their personal drama – the clients push the Waitress towards her own edge.

The End of the Chain

2017
Perfect Strangers
7.0

On the evening of a total eclipse of the moon, seven close friends gather for a dinner party. One of the friends, a relationship therapist says that she is convinced that many couples would separate if they saw the messages on each other's phones. As the friends debate this contention, they agree - some of them reluctantly - to play a game. They will each place their phone on the table and they will share their messages and calls with the rest of the group.

Perfect Strangers

2026
Fools of Fame
N/A

The feature film based on Eduard Bornhöhe's story takes the viewer to the early days of the 20th century, when Estonia was still part of the tsarist Russia. Pride in one's nation was emerging and the desire to give something eternal to one's people at any cost - be it a miracle machine flying in the air or valuable literature written in the language of the country. Unfortunately, it was not that easy and sometimes there was lack of talent.

Fools of Fame

2023
Demons
8.0

When Joko, Ants and Reeda, all in their own good reasons, first enter a casino, they can't possibly be aware of the very existence of the demons inside them. Soon enough, they will know. But then it is already too late and their lives are suddenly caught in a fatal vortex.

Demons

2012
Child's Play
N/A

When dads leave their 6-year old sons unattended outside to chop wood, an accident happens that no parents want to see. A finger is missing. But whose fault was it actually, nobody seems to know, as well as the finger's location.

Child's Play

2022