 Talvik then spent over twenty years with the Vanalinnastuudio in Tallinn, performing in over fifty stage roles.Talvik's first significant film role was as Tonya in the 1977 Russian language film "The Sun, the Sun Again", directed by Svetlana Druzhinina for Mosfilm.The following year, she appeared in her first Estonian film, "Reigi õpetaja", directed by Jüri Müür.