Mia Kirshner Biography
Ah, a local girl...well, once she was local...having been born in DVDwolf's natural habitat of Toronto, Ontario (Canada) on January 25, 1976. Her father is a journalist and her mother a teacher.
Mia began her stint in the theatrical world at an early age, in fact while she was still in school. She was starring in both Canadian and US productions such as Sweating Bullets, My Secret Identity, Are You Afraid Of The Dark and Dracula (the series) before making her big screen debut in Denys Arcand's Love And Human Remains...still a great freaking title!
A few other films followed but it was Atom Egoyan's Exotica that really propelled both of Mia and Egoyan into the attention of Hollywood. Egoyan has chosen his own eclectic, almost Cronenberg-like path through Hollywood while Kirshner is a bit more direct. Her next film was with Kevin Bacon and Christian Slater, a really dark but fascinating film called Murder in the First that is worth a look if you missed it.
She appeared in a few more films that were not as well received by the public though the critics usually had some good things to say. These included films like The Grass Harp, Century Hotel and Anna Karenina with Sophie Marceau.
She returned to Television in 2001 with the short-lived Wolf Lake series and again in the teen comedy entitled Not Another Teen Movie. More recently she appeared in New Best Friend with Taye Diggs, a story of a deputy sheriff who investigates the murder of a college student which is connected to an unusual class project.
Mia Kirshner's 'I Live Here': passionate - Austin American-Statesman
Mia Kirshner's 'I Live Here': passionateAustin American-Statesman, TX - Nov 15, 2008By Kate Arthur If you get annoyed when actors engage in activism, Mia Kirshner is right there with you. The 33-year-old actress ? who played a stripper in ...
Actress Mia Kirshner to present first book at Bookshop Santa Cruz - San Jose Mercury News
Actress Mia Kirshner to present first book at Bookshop Santa CruzSan Jose Mercury News, USA - Nov 1, 2008Actress Mia Kirshner will visit Bookshop Santa Cruz today to present and sign her first book, 'I Live Here,' a multimedia exploration of war or ...
STARGAZING | Kirshner writes about rough lives, Funke goes beyond ... - Kansas City Star
STARGAZING | Kirshner writes about rough lives, Funke goes beyond ...Kansas City Star, MO - Nov 3, 2008Mia Kirshner, most recently seen as Jenny on ?The L Word,? is also an author, and I Live Here is not just another Hollywood starlet story. ...
The unvarnished truth - Vancouver Sun
The unvarnished truthVancouver Sun, Canada - Nov 10, 2008Mia Kirshner wants you to meet some people, people who have been forced from their homes by war or economic necessity, people living in the darkest corners ...
Open wounds - San Antonio Current
San Antonio CurrentOpen woundsSan Antonio Current, tx - Nov 4, 2008With I Live Here, Mia Kirshner (The L Word) shines an unwavering, informative light on important and troubling non-US-centric issues in a truthful and often ...
Holiday Gift Guide: I Live Here - January magazine
Holiday Gift Guide: I Live HereJanuary magazine - Nov 10, 2008The book is part of a project put in motion by actor Mia Kirshner, who was initially looking to fill a hole in a seemingly rich and comfortable life and ...
Dear Diary - Globe and Mail
Dear DiaryGlobe and Mail, Canada - Oct 28, 2008But Toronto actress Mia Kirshner travelled to four desperate parts of the world to bring back the tales of the most vulnerable people, Gayle MacDonald ...
I Live Here: A Paper Documetary by Mia Kirshner - blogTO
I Live Here: A Paper Documetary by Mia KirshnerblogTO, Canada - Oct 25, 2008Author and actor Mia Kirshner and fellow contributors Karen Connelly and Lauren Kirshner present I Live Here. This visually stunning "paper documentary" ...
I Live Here - Quill & Quire
I Live HereQuill & Quire, Canada - Nov 12, 2008by Mia Kirshner, JB MacKinnon, Paul Shoebridge, Michael Simons The persistence of global poverty inspires a kind of latter-day colonialism by which ...
Protect the Human-Amnesty International, Western Regional Conference - Pasadena Now
Pasadena NowProtect the Human-Amnesty International, Western Regional ConferencePasadena Now, CA - Nov 3, 2008Featured speakers include Mia Kirshner, actress and author of I Live Here. I Live Here is a visually stunning narrative - told through journals, stories, ...
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