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A Canadian actress who works in movies and television series. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 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. Mia has a younger sister.
Mia considers herself a very private person, loves to travel, a weakness for french fashion and spending as much time outdoors as she can..........

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Actor Bio: The Canadian actress first broke into Hollywood with a part in 1993's Love and Human Remains, in a role as a dominatrix. Kirshner's real breakout role came at age seventeen as the star of 1994's Exotica playing teen stripper Christina. Smaller parts in larger movies began to beckon shortly thereafter, including The Crow: City of Angels, Anna Karenina, and Murder in the First with Christian Slater and Kevin Bacon.

Top Movies: The Black Dahlia, Not Another Teen Movie, New Best Friend, Mad City, Exotica, Love & Human Remains

TV Appearances: 24, They Come Back, Wolf Lake.

Upcoming/other projects:
Kirshner has finished working on the book I Live Here. In the book, women and children refugees from places such as Chechnya, Juárez Mexico and Malawi, Africa will tell their life stories. The book features original material from well-known comic and graphic artists, including Joe Sacco and Phoebe Gloeckner. It will be published in the U.S by Random House/Pantheon in 2008. It was supported logistically by Amnesty International, which will receive proceeds from the book.

Miss Conception - Mia is co-starring with Heather Graham in this film comedy about a young woman named Georgina (Heather Graham) who finds herself single and with the ultimate problem...two weeks left to get pregnant. After exhausting all possibilities with her baby-phobic boyfriend, Georgina turns to her wildly optimistic friend Clem, played by Mia with whom she sets out to identify and "land" the perfect father for her child.
USA release date is June 2008.

Awards:
Genie Awards
1994 Nominated Genie Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
for: Love & Human Remains (1993)

MTV Movie Awards
2002 Nominated MTV Movie Award Best Kiss
for: Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
Shared with:
Beverly Polcyn



    ABOUT MIA KIRSHNER
    as Jenny Schecter
    Mia Kirshner as Jenny Schecter
    Mia Kirshner - The L Word Wiki

    Mia Kirshner DOB: January 25, 1975

    Birth Place    : Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Eye Color: Blue/Grey

    Height: 5' 4"

    Mia Kirshner's Family: Father: Sheldon (journalist); Mother: Etti; has a younger sister

    Education:studied russian literature and 20th century movie industry at Mc.Gill University in Montreal.

    Mia's Nicknames:

    Hobbies/Interests:wrote 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: the proceeds from her book will go to Amnesty International.

      MIA KIRSHNER'S MEMORABLE QUOTES

      • "I never wanted to be apart of a show that was about gay women, because I think that marginalizes the women. I want to do a show about people's relationships with one another. - "The L Word Defined" (2004)


      • "I am an extremely private person. I always feel that I come across as a caricature of myself whenever I do interviews. "

      • "It's not me to sleep with loads of men, but I do believe in having different experiences. At the end of the day, the nicest thing is the old-fashioned one-on-one."
      INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES
      • made a guest appearance on the Craig Ferguson Show (courtesy of youtube.com)


      		MIA KIRSHNER FAN SITES
      • fanunity.com/kirshner

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