Linda Porkanen

Acting

Linda Porkanen

Born 1990-04-16 · Tallinn, Harju County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Linda Porkanen (until 2022 Kolde; born April 16, 1990 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress. She studied at the 21st Secondary School in Tallinn, graduated from the humanitarian class of Vanalinna College of Education (while also studying at the VHK Theater School). She studied psychology at Tallinn University in 2009-2010, graduated from the performing arts school of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theater in 2014. She has been a drama actor at the Vanemuine Theater since 2014.

Acting credits

November poster
7.1

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

November

2017

O'Slaughter Day poster
NR

The day before Christmas, the Veterinary Board receives a positive A test result from a wild boar shot by a hunter. The young veterinary officer has a disposal machine ready and starts touring the farms in his former home village. The very first farm in Kiuma village is home to the elderly and childless Ants and Minna. For the couple, their domestic animals are a substitute for their missing children and loved ones. At the same time, Ants' nephews arrive with their wives and children. The goal is to quickly deliver the gifts and drive back home to the city. But the farmer Ants announces the situation he is in with his animals, and now he needs the help of his relatives to slaughter the pigs.

O'Slaughter Day

2026

FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger poster
NR

Six fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.

FRESH BLOOD: Own and Stranger

2018

Nightbird poster
NR

Simona and Tomas have been together for five years, but during that time the man has had several affairs. There is an immense chasm between them and the man is tired of explaining himself. Simona begins a journey to understand what a man feels, needs, experiences and considers important.

Nightbird

2022

Zero Point poster
7.1

Sensitive and restless Johannes is accepted to an elite school in Tallinn and expects life to go uphill. Instead, he becomes the victim of mental abuse by his classmates. In search of recognition, he goes to his old Lasnamäe friends, who spend their time doing drugs, hanging around, and partying, rather than focusing on schoolwork. At home, Johannes must deal with his mother’s deteriorating mental health. As the tension grows, he finds himself at zero point, where he must completely reset his life to build it up from scratch.

Zero Point

2014

Sandra Gets a Job poster
1.0

Doctor of Physics Sandra suddenly loses her job. Finding a new job seems easy at first glance, but it turns into various tragicomic challenges. Endless job interviews bring the former researcher together with all sorts of situations and new personalities.

Sandra Gets a Job

2021