Q:What type of details about laima vaikule can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: laima vaikule is a popular latvian actress , singer , director , and choreographer , best known in europe and in the former ussr for such popular hits as '' vernisage '' and '' charlie , '' among other songs . she was born on march 31 , 1954 , in cesis , latvia . her parents moved to riga when she was three . young laima was fond of music and dancing . in 1966 , at the age of 12 , she took part in a competition of young singers and was noticed . between 1970 and 1973 , she studied nursing at the vilnius medical college , while also continuing to sing with a band . eventually she became a lead singer with a local band in riga , latvia and worked night gigs at local clubs and restaurants for several years . in the 1980s she studied acting and directing at moscow state institute for theatrical arts -lrb- gitis -rrb- , graduating as actress and director . in 1985 , laima vaikule made her first hit in the soviet union . since 1986 , vaikule has been enjoying a fruitful collaboration with popular latvian composer , raimonds pauls , and russian poet ilya reznik , who wrote such hits as '' vernisage '' , '' charlie '' and '' skripach na kryshe '' -lrb- '' fiddler on the roof '' -rrb- . she is among the original organizers of the jurmala festival of popular music -lsb- http://www.newwavestars.com/en/] , along with raimond pauls . during the 1980s and 1990s laima vaikule was a regular participant at international music competitions and festivals across europe . vaikule was awarded the golden lyra at '' bratislavska lyra , 87 '' , was guest singer and a host at '' jurmala 92 '' festival , and also took part at '' au music world '' in monaco , among other festivals and competitions . she was awarded the title national actress of latvia and was awarded the grand prix -lrb- 1996 -rrb- for her special contribution to the music and culture of latvia . laima vaikule is currently living and working in riga , latvia and owns a second home in moscow , russia . laima vaikule is an animal rights activist and a vegetarian .
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