Mia Kirshner 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, and for her recurring guest role as the terrorist Mandy on the TV series 24.
Not Another Teen Movie, The Black Dahlia, The Crow: City of Angels, Exotica, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, New Best Friend, The Barrens, Miss Conception, Love and Human Remains, 388 Arletta Avenue, Mad City, According to Spencer, Party Monster, Murder in the First, Milton's Secret, Now & Forever, Kis...
TV Shows
Defiance, The L Word, Wolf Lake, Dracula: The Series
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Aquarius
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Frequently plays lesbian characters
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Frequently plays manipulative, sociopathic characters
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Often plays deeply troubled characters
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I think, as an actor, the challenge is to choose wisely. And, you know, say "no" more than you say "yes."
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What I know is true is that there is no shame in being gay. Love does not understand gender.
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I don't care if people think I'm gay. Gender is of no consequence to me. It's a person's brain that counts.
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[on sex scenes with another woman] It's nothing to be ashamed of. I genuinely enjoy doing them, and I think that women are lovely and generous. There's an intangible feeling and a comfort level that is beautiful.
She is known for being a prankster. She played practical jokes on the set of The L Word (2004) and Defiance (2013).
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She has a dog named Rainbow.
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Has written a book called 'I Live Here'. "I Live Here is a paper documentary - an intimate journey to humanitarian crises in four corners of the world: war in Chechnya, ethnic cleansing in Burma, globalization in Mexico, and AIDS in Malawi.".
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Ranked #38 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
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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.
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Was raised in Toronto by her father, who is a journalist, and mother, who is a teacher.
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The "Stuff" magazine cover she did with Chyler Leigh was the first time that magazine ever featured multiple people on the cover.
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Played Sarah Logan in the pilot for the TV show D.C. (2000) but the role was later re-cast.
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