Kristel Leesmend (born 30 August 1968 in Tallinn) is an Estonian actress.
[1] From 1987 until 1988, Leesmend worked at the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn as a costume designer and as a freelance actress.
In 1992 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre's Drama School and has been a freelance actress since.
In 2002, she worked as a supervisor at the Tallinn University of Technology's student theatre, T-Theater.
[2] Leesmend was in a relationship with actor Ivo Uukkivi, the pair have a daughter, born in 1995, with whom she has a very close relationship.