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Mia Kirshner is a Actor Canadienne born on 25 january 1975 at Toronto (Canada)

Mia Kirshner

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Birth name Mia Kirshner
Nationality Canada
Birth 25 january 1975 (49 years) at Toronto (Canada)

Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer and social activist who works in movies and television series. She is known for her role as Jenny Schecter on the cable TV series The L Word (2004–2009), and for her recurring guest role as the terrorist Mandy on the TV series 24 (2001–2005).

Biography

Mia Kirshner est la fille de Etti, une enseignante d'origine bulgare, et Sheldon Kirshner, un journaliste qui écrit pour Les Nouveaux Juifs canadiens d'origine polonaise. Mia Kirshner est une petite-fille de survivants de l'Holocauste ; son père est né dans un camp de personnes déplacées en Allemagne en 1946 et il a rencontré Etti, une réfugiée bulgare juive, en Israël.

Mia a étudié la littérature russe et le cinéma du XX siècle à l'Université McGill de Montréal.

Elle est révélée en 1994 par son rôle dans Exotica d'Atom Egoyan.

Elle aurait dû jouer le rôle de Sarah Logan dans la série télévisée D.C., mais le rôle a été attribué à Kristanna Loken.

En 2001, elle joue dans Sex Academy (Not Another Teen Movie) et apparaît dans le clip de Marilyn Manson Tainted Love, extrait de la musique du film. Elle apparaît également dans 24 heures chrono où elle incarne Mandy, une tueuse à gages, qui apparaît dans les saisons 1, 2 et 4 de la série.

Elle est principalement connue pour son rôle central dans la série The L Word, où elle incarne Jenny Schecter, une jeune autrice fraîchement diplômée qui rejoint son petit ami à Los Angeles et se découvre une attirance pour les femmes.

En 2006, elle incarne Elisabeth Short dans Le Dahlia Noir, de Brian De Palma.

Elle a joué en 2010-2011 dans quelques épisodes de la série à succès Vampire Diaries. Elle a interprété Isobel Flemming, la mère biologique du personnage principal de la série, Elena.

Elle a aussi dirigé le tournage d'un court métrage, Victor, montrant un drag queen à la recherche de l'amour dans un monde froid et très dur.

Best films

The Black Dahlia (2006)
(Actress)
The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mia Kirshner (26 films)

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Actress

Crisis
Crisis (2021)

Directed by Nicholas Jarecki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Armie Hammer, Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Rodríguez, Lily-Rose Depp, Greg Kinnear
Roles Susan
Rating62% 3.10063.10063.10063.10063.1006
Sur fond de drogues, trois histoires se confrontent. Un trafiquant de drogues organise un trafic de Fentanyl entre le Canada et les États-Unis. Une architecte se bat contre sa dépendance à l’OxyContin et cherche à découvrir la vérité sur l’implication de son fils auprès de narcotrafiquants. Un professeur d’université découvre que son employeur, une société pharmaceutique, lance un nouvel antidouleur non addictif sur le marché.
Kiss at Pine Lake, 1h26
Origin Canada
Genres Romance
Actors Diana Bang, Mia Kirshner, Barry Watson, Victoria Bidewell, Bill Engvall, Brennan Elliott
Roles Zoe McDowell
Rating60% 3.0029853.0029853.0029853.0029853.002985
Zoe McDowell, une femme d'affaires travaillant pour un promoteur immobilier se voit confier la construction d'un complexe hôtelier dans l'Oregon. Celle-ci connait déjà le lieu où elle doit se rendre : Pine Lake. En effet, c'est là qu'à 15 ans, elle a passé ses vacances et a rencontré Luke. La vie les a séparé et quinze ans plus tard, elle apprend que Luke a racheté le site. Mais la colo ne sera pas détruite.
I Think I Do, 1h30
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mia Kirshner, Sara Canning, David McNally
Roles Julia
Rating46% 2.326712.326712.326712.326712.32671
Les aventures amoureuses et les destinées mouvementées de trois sœurs très unies, qui travaillent ensemble dans la même agence d'événementiel.
The Surrogacy Trap, 1h30
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Mia Kirshner, David Julian Hirsh, Rachel Blanchard, Natalie Brown, Scott Faulconbridge, Mylène Dinh-Robic
Roles Christy Bennett
Rating55% 2.756632.756632.756632.756632.75663
Malgré trois tentatives de fécondation in vitro, Christy et Mitch ne parviennent pas à avoir d'enfant. Ils décident alors de trouver une mère de substitution et sont mis en relation avec Mallory, la candidate apparemment idéale. Mais son comportement se révèle progressivement bizarre, inquiétant même...
The Barrens, 1h34
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Stephen Moyer, Mia Kirshner, Allie MacDonald, Peter DaCunha, Shawn Ashmore, Erik Knudsen
Roles Cynthia Vineyard
Rating46% 2.3062052.3062052.3062052.3062052.306205
Two young campers walk together through the woods, commenting that there are no animals or birds around. They discover a pile of mutilated deer carcasses left on the trail. They are chased by a mutilated deer that drops dead in front of them. Something sounding like a large swarm of birds is heard approaching.
Bear It
Bear It (2012)

Directed by Fen-Fen Cheng
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals
Actors Mia Kirshner
Rating52% 2.603572.603572.603572.603572.60357
388 Arletta Avenue, 1h26
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa, Charlotte Sullivan, Gerry Dee, Aaron Abrams
Roles Amy
Rating49% 2.4550152.4550152.4550152.4550152.455015
An unidentified stalker records video of married couple James and Amy Deakin as they hide their spare key outside their home. When the couple leaves to go jogging, he uses the key to enter their home and set up hidden security cameras in each room. He also makes subtle changes, such as setting their alarm to go off earlier and leaving a mix CD in their car. Amy protests when the alarm wakes her up early, and the two argue over who recorded the mix CD. When James finds the audio tracks on his computer, Amy considers the mystery solved, but James insists that he never downloaded them. As they argue, James dismisses Amy's PhD research on Afghan culture as a waste of time, and she refuses to speak to him. The next morning, as James leaves for work, he writes her a brief apology. The stalker enters the house, reads the note, and records video of Amy's reaction to noise that she hears in the house.
30 Days of Night: Dark Days, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Vampires in film, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about school violence, Disaster films
Actors Kiele Sanchez, Rhys Coiro, Diora Baird, Harold Perrineau, Jr., Mia Kirshner, Monique Ganderton
Roles Lilith
Rating44% 2.211522.211522.211522.211522.21152
A year after the Alaskan town of Barrow's population was decimated by vampires during its annual month-long polar night, Stella Oleson (Kiele Sanchez) travels the world trying to convince others that vampires exist. She is fully aware of the risk to the life that her work could bring, but does not care due to her grief over the death of her husband Eben.
Miss Conception, 1h44
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Heather Graham, Mia Kirshner, Tom Ellis, Will Mellor, Ruta Gedmintas, Jeremy Sheffield
Roles Clem
Rating46% 2.302582.302582.302582.302582.30258
Georgina Salt (Heather Graham) is a young English contractor living in London who longs to have a baby, which she sees as the one thing missing from her life. In the opening scene, Zach, Georgina's long-time boyfriend, is talking on the phone with his sister, who has just had a baby girl. Georgina is obviously more interested in the baby than Zach. After Zach gets off the phone, the couple goes back into their bedroom where Georgina seduces Zach. Zach, however, uses a condom, much to the dismay of Georgina.
The Black Dahlia, 2h1
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr
Roles Elizabeth Short
Rating56% 2.8002152.8002152.8002152.8002152.800215
In Los Angeles, on January 15, 1947, LAPD officers Dwight 'Bucky' Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) and Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart), investigate the murder and dismemberment of Elizabeth Short (Mia Kirshner), soon dubbed 'The Black Dahlia' by the press. Bucky learns that Elizabeth was an aspiring actress who appeared in a pornographic film. Through his investigation, Bucky learns that Elizabeth liked to hang out with lesbians. He goes to a lesbian nightclub and meets Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank), who looks very much like Elizabeth. Madeleine, who comes from a prominent family, tells Bucky that she was 'very close' with Elizabeth but asks him to keep her name out of the papers. In exchange for his silence, she promises him sexual favors. Continuing his relationship with Madeleine, Bucky meets her wealthy parents, Emmett (John Kavanagh) and Ramona (Fiona Shaw).
The Iris Effect
Directed by Nikolaï Lebedev
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Anne Archer, Kip Pardue, Agnes Bruckner, Mia Kirshner, Gregory Hlady, Devon Alan
Roles Rebecca
Rating37% 1.8846451.8846451.8846451.8846451.884645
Depuis la disparition de son fils, Sarah est hantée par les cauchemars et la culpabilité. Elle refuse d'abandonner les recherches qu'elle mène depuis 10 ans pour le retrouver. Un jour, une nouvelle piste surgit.
Party Monster, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Chloë Sevigny, Wilmer Valderrama, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott
Roles Natasha
Rating61% 3.0981053.0981053.0981053.0981053.098105
Based on the book Disco Bloodbath, by James St. James, the film opens with Michael Alig as a small-town outcast who lived with his mom before moving to New York. Michael learns the New York party scene from James St. James, who teaches him the "rules of fabulousness", which mostly revolve around attracting as much attention to oneself as possible.
New Best Friend, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Dominique Swain, Scott Bairstow, Rachel True, Taye Diggs
Roles Alicia Campbell
Rating52% 2.6011652.6011652.6011652.6011652.601165
Un shérif enquête sur le meurtre d'un étudiant et découvre que cet événement tragique a un rapport avec un mystérieux projet scolaire.
Now & Forever, 1h41
Directed by Bob Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Adam Beach, Mia Kirshner, Gordon Tootoosis, Simon Baker, Simon Baker (acteur canadien), Theresa Russell
Roles Angela Wilson
Rating60% 3.0489553.0489553.0489553.0489553.048955
Against a backdrop of clashing cultures, John Myron (Adam Beach) and Angela Wilson (Mia Kirshner) find each other and over the years form a powerful bond. One tragic night, John rescues Angela from a wicked act of betrayal. Faced with its aftermath, Angela flees town, unaware that she has put into motion a dramatic and intense string of events that will forever change the course of their lives. Harboring a secret, John guides Angela to a shocking realization that will uncover the past. It is a dramatic contemporary love story combining elements of spirituality, heart and integrity.
According to Spencer, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pornography
Actors Jesse Bradford, Mia Kirshner, David Krumholtz, Adam Goldberg, Marissa Ribisi, Giovanni Ribisi
Roles Melora
Rating45% 2.266072.266072.266072.266072.26607
The film is centered on Spencer (Bradford), who moves to Los Angeles and (literally) runs into Melora (Kirshner), the girl he's been in love with since he was a child. Spencer is plagued by many obstacles in his new life: winning the girl of his dreams, finding success in his new job, and dealing with his two ambiguously-oriented roommates (Krumholtz and Goldberg), who are obsessed with making a pornographic film and submitting it to what they believe is a contest.