She was born on April 20, 1957 in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1975, she graduated from Širvintai Secondary School (today - Laurynas Stuokos Gucevičius).In 1975-1979, she studied acting at the State Conservatoire (today - the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre) (Dalia Tamulevičiūtė and Irena Bučienė were the course leaders). E. Piškinaitė has been working at Vilnius Lėlė Theatre since 1979. She has also voiced numerous animated films on Lithuanian television and dubbed for films at the Lithuanian Film Studio. 
Awards:
2012 Golden Stage Cross and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Award for the performance "Golden Apple, Well of Wine" (awarded to the creative team);
2012 International Puppet Theatre Festival "Puppets on the Nemunas" in Grodno - "Best Actress of the Festival" award.