L Word Character: Jenny Schecter

Born: 25 January 1975, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Extras: video clips | gallery

Biography:

Mia 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, in Israel. Kirshner has a younger sister.

Kirshner studied Russian literature at McGill University in Montreal.

Before entering the movies, she worked for Canadian and US television.  After gaining almost overnight prominence in the Canadian film business with roles in Love & Human Remains (1993)  and Exotica (1994), Mia Kirshner appeared in The Crow: City of Angels, Not Another Teen Movie and the critically acclaimed tv show, "24."  Mia played Sarah Logan in the pilot for the tv show "D.C." but the role was later re-cast.

Filmography:

• The Black Dahlia (2006) .... Elizabeth Short
• 24 (2005) TV Series .... Mandy
• The Iris Effect (2004) .... Rebecca
• Party Monster (2003) .... Natasha
• Now & Forever (2002) .... Angela Wilson
• New Best Friend (2002) .... Alicia Campbell
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001) .... Catherine Wyler
• According to Spencer (2001) .... Melora
• "Wolf Lake" (2001) TV Series .... Ruby Wilder/Ruby Cates
• Century Hotel (2001) .... Dominique
• Cowboys and Angels (2000) .... Candice
• Dark Summer (2000) .... Dominique Denright ... aka Innocents (USA)
• Out of the Cold (1999) .... Deborah Berkowitz
• Saturn (1999) .... Sarah ... aka Speed of Life (USA: DVD title)
• Mad City (1997) .... Laurie Callahan
• Anna Karenina (1997) .... Kitty
• The Crow: City of Angels (1996) .... Sarah
• The Grass Harp (1995) .... Maude Riordan
• Johnny's Girl (1995) (TV) .... Amy
• Murder in the First (1995) .... Adult Rosetta Young
• Exotica (1994) .... Christina
• Cadillac Girls (1993) .... Page
• Love & Human Remains (1993) .... Benita
• "Dracula: The Series" (1990) TV Series .... Sophie Metternich

Links:

• MiaKirshner.net
• mia-kirshner.com