[1] The family was forced to move when Paldiski became a heavily fortified closed city after a Soviet Navy nuclear submarine training centre was constructed in 1962.
During her years at the Vanalinnastuudio she would appear in roles in productions of works by such authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Eduardo De Filippo, Oskar Luts, August Strindberg, Joseph Kesselring, Jean Genet, Félicien Marceau, Achille Campanile, Sławomir Mrożek, Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke, Willy Russell, Neil Simon, George Gershwin, Ray Cooney, and Marc Camoletti, among others.
During her years on the stage at the Eesti Draamateater, she has appeared in notable productions of works by such international authors and playwrights as: Shakespeare, Ibsen, Beckett, Feydeau, Corneille, Turgenev, Caryl Churchill, David Henry Hwang, Terry Pratchett, Alan Bennett, Evgeny Schwartz, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Peter Shaffer, Antti Tuuri, Juan Rulfo, and Jane Bowles, among many others.
Roles in productions of Estonian playwrights and authors at the theatre include works by: Oscar Luts, Andrus Kivirähk, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Kristel Leesmend, Uku Uusberg, Egon Rannet, Mati Unt, Ervin Õunapuu, and Madis Kõiv.
[5] In 1975, at age 15, Viire Valdma made her first appearance on Estonian television in a small part in the Sulev Nõmmik-directed family-adventure film Mishuk.
[6] In 1983, Valdma appeared as the character Leesi Tulp in the Ago-Endrik Kerge-directed satirical comedy television film Püha Susanna ehk meistrite kool, starring Ita Ever and Tiit Lilleorg, for Eesti Telefilm.
[11] In 2016, she was cast in the title role of Doktor Silva in the TV3 medical comedy series penned by Martin Algus and Ergo Kuld which takes place in a fictional health care centre in the small village of Järva-Jaani in Järva County.
[15] In 1989, she had a small role in the Leia Laius directed drama Varastatud kohtumine, about a mother who was released from a Soviet prison camp and tries to reconcile with her son.
[17] In 2003, she appeared in the role of Imbi in the Rando Pettai directed, Peep Pedmanson penned comedy Vanad ja kobedad saavad jalad alla (English release title: Made in Estonia).