# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/merle-jaager
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:18:54.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/merle-jaager"
name: "Merle Jääger"
slug: "merle-jaager"
description: "Merle Jääger is an Estonian television, stage and film actress, poet and author who frequently uses the pen name Merca. Initially associated with the burgeoning Estonian punk rock scene of the early to mid 1980s, she has been described as the \"bard of protest\". Her career as an actress began in her early 20s and she has received a number of high-profile awards for stage roles."
tagline: "Estonian actress and poet (born 1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger_Eesti_%C3%9Cli%C3%B5pilaste_Seltsis_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1965-10-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.99
  momentum:             10.38461538461538
  historical:           16.93815733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1840536/"
    handle:    "nm1840536"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aae9080f-7e2a-4518-9da8-677674447b68"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ميرل چاجير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%84_%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "مرل یگر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fiu_vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merca"
    title: "Merca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AC_%D5%85%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A3%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Մերլ Յայգեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94_%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98"
    title: "მერლე იაგერი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C4%93gere"
    title: "Merle Jēgere"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%88%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Мерле Јајагер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5"
    title: "Яагер, Мерле"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%AF%D1%8F%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Мерле Яягер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_J%C3%A4%C3%A4ger"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3744888"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137821"
    title: "Merle Jääger"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump