Mia Kirshner
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| Mia Kirshner | |
 Mia as Jenny Schecter in The L Word |
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| Born | January 25, 1975 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 5'5" (1.65 m) |
| Notable roles | Jenny Schecter in The L Word |
Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress who works in movies and television series.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, 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.
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, Juárez (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".
[edit] Selected roles
Movies
- The Black Dahlia (2006) - Elizabeth Short
- Party Monster (2003) - Natasha Gatien
- New Best Friend (2002) - Alicia Campbell
- According to Spencer (2001) - Melora
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001) - Catherine
- Cowboys and Angels (2000) - Candice
- Dark Summer (2000) - Dominique Denright
- Out of the Cold - Deborah Berkowitz
- Mad City (1997) - Laurie Callahan
- Anna Karenina (1997) - Kitty
- The Crow: City of Angels (1996) - Sarah
- Murder in the First - Adult Rosetta Young
- Exotica (1994) - Christina
- Cadillac Girls (1993) - Page
TV
- Wolf Lake (2001) - Ruby Wilder/Ruby Cates
- 24 (2001) - Mandy
- The L Word - Jenny Schecter
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Mia Kirshner at the Internet Movie Database
- UA Amnesty International: Mia Kirshner - The site features two audio clips where Mia Kirshner shares her experiences from her trip to a Chechen refugee camp.
