Estelle Grech
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Estelle Grech nee' Gatt was born on 18 July, 1974 in San Ġiljan. She’s is an Actress and one of the two daughters of Eric and Elsa known well I drama as Elsa Romei.
Being a theatre child, appreciation of the arts was always inherent to her being. Estelles first experience on the media was on the radio waves, lending her voice to the character of Ġina il-Ġunġliena on an educational childrens radio program. Ġina l-Ġunġliena was not the only character animated by Estelle’s voice among which was a friendly bear.
Following this Estelle moved onto her stage debut at the tender age of 9 at the Catholic Institute where she was offered the leading role in Ejja Nilgħabu where she played Edith, the youngest child living in a family with issues related to gaming and domestic violence.
After this Estelle acted at the Manoel Theatre with the theatre group Atturi in plays such as Hotel Paradiso and The Visit with Carmen Azzopardi.
After this Estelle took a 10 year sabbatical from the world of drama to focus on her studies and explore other interests, particularly Art which is another of Estelle’s great passions. She studied art at the School of Art and also at the Malta Society of Arts Commerce and Manufacture taking courses in Art and Design, History of Art and Figure Drawing and Portraiture. During this period, she also graduated from the University of Malta as an Occupational Therapist.
After this break Estelle made her debut on TV as well as returning to her first love, the stage. Apart from drama series she took part in various adverts and characterizations on talk shows such as F’Idejn l-Imħallef, Sejjaħtli, Qalb in-Nies and docudramas such as Delitti Maltin.
On stage as well as on TV Estelle made sure to be very selective about roles chosen and not to be typecast in a particular role. This is evident by the variety of characters she has interpreted.
On stage these include comedies such as Villa Sunset and Iż-Żewġ Kaptani as opposed to Inħobbu l-Imħabba, where she played a nun in the biography of Madre Margherita de Brincat or the role of Goneril in the Maltese version of Shakespeare’s King Lear directed by Zep Camilleri.
Such diversity is also evident in the roles Estelle has played on TV such as light comedies like One Star Hotel and Undercover as well as more challenging roles like that of Nancy in Five 06, a woman with mental health issues whose children have become alienated from her and who was being exploited by a manipulative sister in law.
Another interesting role was that of Katrina, the devil’s daughter in Fenomeni. Estelle also played the privileged but naïve Erica in Il-Madonna taċ-Ċoqqa and Marvic, the independent, modern young woman in Ġideb u Mħabba.
In La Farfalla, Estelle played the character of Nadja, a successful doctor trapped in an unhappy marriage who is still mourning the loss of her unborn child. In F’Salib it-Toroq, Estelle played Marlene, whose obsession with her married lover ends up in murder.
To date, Estelle’s most recent work has proved to be the most challenging and the most rewarding to date. This was Heather Raffo’s 9 Parts of Desire, a play which took place at St James Cavalier under the direction of Toni Attard. In 9 Parts of Desire 3 actresses had to interpret 9 different characters, all Iraqi women telling their story. Estelle played the role of the Mullajah, the village elder, Huda, a 60 year old radical exiled in London and Umm Għada, a survivor who lost her children in an American drone attack on a civilian shelter. Raffo was invited to the performance which was followed by a discussion with the audience. She gave very good feedback about the performance.
Presently Estelle is not involved in any TV or theatrical project but presently has taken a break from the acting world to dedicate time to her family after the birth of her daughter, Marie. Estelle is married to Robert and lives in the historic city of il-Birgu.