Mia Kirshner

  • Name: Mia Kirshner
  • Date of Birth: January 25, 1976
  • Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario
Mini-bio: In 1993 she played a dominatrix in Denys Arcand's movie Love and Human Remains. She won a Genie nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. The year after she starred in Atom E...( read more)goyan's Exotica, yet another time showing her talents as an actress. Her performance in Exotica won her a Cannes Critics Choice Award.

After working for a decade in film and television, Kirshner became well known when she starred in the first three episodes of 24 as bisexual terrorist Mandy, in 2001.

Mia Kirshner studied Russian literature and 20th century movie industry at McGill University in Montreal.

In 2006, she starred in Brian De Palma's movie The Black Dahlia, alongside Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank. Kirshner plays a young actress, Elizabeth Short, who was horrifically murdered in 1947.

She is also working on the book I Live Here. In the book, woman and children refugees from dangerous places such as Chechnya, Juarez (Mexico) and Africa will tell their disturbing life stories. It will be published in Canada in 2006.

Kirshner frequently performs in lesbian or bisexual roles, or in movies that contain homosexual scenes.

Kirshner has been portraying Jenny Schecter on the hit Showtime series, The L Word since it began airing in 2004. Mia will reprise her role in season four, set to start airing early 2007 on Showtime.

She also appeared in Marilyn Manson's 2001 Music video of the 80's cover of "Tainted Love".
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Mia Kirshner mini-bio: In 1993 she played a dominatrix in Denys Arcand's movie Love and Human Remains. She won a Genie nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. The year after she starred in Atom Egoyan's Exotica, yet another time showing her talents as an actress. Her performance in Exotica won her a Cannes Critics Choice Award.

After working for a decade in film and television, Kirshner became well known when she starred in the first three episodes of 24 as bisexual terrorist Mandy, in 2001.

Mia Kirshner studied Russian literature and 20th century movie industry at McGill University in Montreal.

In 2006, she starred in Brian De Palma's movie The Black Dahlia, alongside Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank. Kirshner plays a young actress, Elizabeth Short, who was horrifically murdered in 1947.

She is also working on the book I Live Here. In the book, woman and children refugees from dangerous places such as Chechnya, Juarez (Mexico) and Africa will tell their disturbing life stories. It will be published in Canada in 2006.

Kirshner frequently performs in lesbian or bisexual roles, or in movies that contain homosexual scenes.

Kirshner has been portraying Jenny Schecter on the hit Showtime series, The L Word since it began airing in 2004. Mia will reprise her role in season four, set to start airing early 2007 on Showtime.

She also appeared in Marilyn Manson's 2001 Music video of the 80's cover of "Tainted Love".

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Mia Kirshner Information:
Eye color:Blue/Grey
Height: 5' 4''
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Notable feature(s): Dark brown hair
Education: Studied Russian Literature and 20th century film at McGill University
Family:Father: Sheldon (journalist); Mother: Etti; Sister: Laura
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Personal interests/hobbies: Co-authored a book entitled "I Live Here" which is about children and women refugees from places from places such as Chechnya, Mexico and Malawi, Africa tell their stories.
Charities/Causes:Amnesty International, The I Live Here Foundation
Other:She is a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her father, Sheldon, a journalist for The Canadian Jewish News, was born in a displaced person camp in Germany in 1946. He met her mother, Etti, a Bulgarian Jewish refugee, in Israel. Kirshner has a younger sister.



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  • emiliotejera
    emiliotejera
    In "The Black Dalhia", she was acting against Johanson and Hillary Swank... and she overcame them clearly...
    posted 188 days ago
  • JosyMoss
    JosyMoss
    she is the best...even whe her rolls on tv shows or movies are bi or gay it doesn´t matter she does an incredible work.i am hugh fan..since i see her in the show..she is so... :D
    posted 399 days ago
  • samuraitan
    samuraitan
    she's mind blowing..........
    posted 516 days ago
  • amni2002us
    amni2002us
    SO MUCH HOTT
    posted 545 days ago
  • chaseyoungheylin13
    chaseyoungheylin13
    So Hot.
    posted 565 days ago
  • ISayILoveYou
    ISayILoveYou
    haha, I share the same birthday as her lol 8-|..lmao, it may be sad but I'm facinated by that!!
    posted 791 days ago
  • naninhascp
    naninhascp
    No other actress plays bittersweet so perfectly
    posted 877 days ago
  • gontierxxrocks
    gontierxxrocks
    Mia is a great actress. She's an awesome character in 24. How strange that she often plays a lesbian or bi person? But Mia is very good.
    posted 891 days ago
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