Native Californian with an Estonian name, Tiiu was born and raised in Tustin until the age of 9. When she was in her first fashion show at the age of 5 years, this is when her passion for modeling and acting began. Her family moved from Orange County to San Diego county. Growing up, she was very involved in school, the community, sports, drama and theater productions. In junior high school, she entered her first beauty pageant. later reigned Miss Fallbrook and placed in several other pageants throughout Southern California.
Tiiu entered Elegance School of Modeling in Carlsbad, CA and continued her love for the entertainment business. She attended San Diego State University and pursued a Major in Interior Design and a Minor in Theater. Tiiu moved to Los Angeles and became a member of SAG (Screen Actors Guild) after being cast in a movie called Layover starring David Hasselhoff and Greg Henry .
Tiiu continued her study with acting at John Ruskin School of Acting in Santa Monica, where she studied the Meisner technique and took many classes at Santa Monica College learning Stanislavsky, The Method. Her recent acting credits include the role of "Pammy Tustin" in the film Your'e Gonna Miss Me "Brigitte" in film Lemonheads, "Candi' in Randy Houser "We Went", "Older Becky" in Kix Brooks "New To This Town" and 'LeeRoy' the Goat (voice) in A Country Christmas.
In 2013, Tiiu cast her first feature film Hot Bath An A Stiff Drink. Recently, she was the casting director on feature film You're Gonna Miss Me starring John Schneider, William Shockley, Justin Deeley and Leo Howard. She also cast music videos for Randy Houser 'Like A Cowboy' and 'We Went'. Her other credits include set photographer and she is now getting more involved in producing.
Tiiu continues to follow her path as an artist and is very optimistic for future projects whether in front or behind the camera.
