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Ina Marija Bartaitė

Ina Marija Bartaitė

Born: 1996-05-02 • Vilnius, Lithuania

Ina Marija Bartaitė (May 2, 1996 – April 7, 2021) was a Lithuanian film actress. She was known for, among others, Peace to Us in Our Dreams and Seneca's Day.

Since a young age Bartaitė has been following her fathers, Šarūnas Bartas, footsteps acting in many films and accompanying her father to many award ceremonies. The first film Bartaitė has ever appeared in was Visions of Europe. An anthology film with a collection of short film projects by different directors. Her own father directed and wrote the segment "Children Loose Nothing" which Bartaitė had played in.

In 2016 at the Vilnius International Film Festival Kino pavasaris, Bartaitė was nominated for Best Lithuanian Actress for the role in Peace to Us in Our Dreams. As of recently, Bartaitė had played a role in Bojena Horackova film Walden. It is a story about young girl Jana, played by Bartaitė, who after twenty-five years of exile in Paris returns to Vilnius, wanting to find the lake that Paulius, her first lover, called "Walden".

Bartaitė finished her high school years in Vilnius, and then went on to study in Vilnius University for French Philology. She then went on to study acting in Paris. At the time of her death, Bartaitė lived at Valakampiai with her ill grandmother that had raised her since birth. In an interview Bartaitė had stated that she spoke French and that she traveled to Paris often, as her sister Anastasija lived there with whom she spoke French. She also stated in the same interview that she had never thought to become an actress, not until her father suggested to be in one of his films, stating "It was an idea to live out, and I decided to join in on".

She was the only daughter of Šarūnas Bartas and Yekaterina Golubeva. Bartaitė died at the scene of a traffic collision on 7 April 2021, aged 24.

Filmography
Laguna poster
Laguna
2025
Let Me Dream poster
Let Me Dream
2022
Walden poster
Walden
2022 • Jana lycéenne
Man for Money poster
Man for Money
2021
Cinephilia poster
Cinephilia
2021
Our Men poster
Our Men
2021 • Nika
In the Dusk poster
In the Dusk
2019 • Kasheta's children
I Am Katya Golubeva poster
I Am Katya Golubeva
2016
Seneca's Day poster
Seneca's Day
2016 • Vakare
Peace to Us in Our Dreams poster
Peace to Us in Our Dreams
2015
Children Lose Nothing poster
Children Lose Nothing
2004
Visions of Europe poster
Visions of Europe
2004 • (segment "Lithuania: Children Lose Nothing")