Aistė Diržiūtė is a Lithuanian actress best known for her role of Austė in The Summer of Sangaile (Lithuanian: Sangailė or Sangailės Vasara).

Biography

Early life
Diržiūtė was born in Vilkaviškis.

At the age of 7 in 1998 she started learning in Vilkaviškis music school in piano class. She graduated in 2005.


Career beginnings: 2011 - 2014
In 2010 Diržiūtė moved to Vilnius where she learned in Vilnius college of higher education for a year and then entered Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.

During her first year in Music and Theatre Academy, she got her first first role of Katerina Fiodorovna in Humiliated and Insulted play. Actress also appeared in several commercials and got small roles in TV series.


Breakthrough: 2015 - present
In 2015 Diržiūtė made her film debut. She co-starred in Robert Mullan's movie, based on real events, We Will Sing and got one of the lead roles in Alantė Kavaitė's The Summer of Sangaile.

After The Summer of Sangaile premiered in Berlin International Film Festival, she was noticed by film critics and became the first Lithuanian actress to be named one of the Europeans Shootings Starts. “I both cried and laughed with happiness when I heard this news on the phone. Words cannot describe the feeling.” - said actress.

Aistė was also recognized in her homeland. She won award for Best Lithuanian Actress in Vilnius International Film Festival and was nominated in the same category in biggest Lithuanian film industry awards Sidabrinė gervė. However the award was won by her co-star Julija Steponaitytė.

After her success, actress became a face of “Body Talk” collection on May, 2015.