Natural inside Toronto, Ontario, she is a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Her father, Sheldon, the journalist for The Canadian Jewish news, was born around the displaced person camp in Germany in 1946. He met her mother, Etti, the Bulgarian Jewish refugee, in Israel. Kirshner has the immature sister.

These are non unremarkably known in case Kirshner has the boyfriend/girlfriend, notwithstanding, hearsay say she was attached by owning Evan Dando for the cycle & was spotted having tender by having a woman when shooting episode X of the 2nd year of The L Word. Latest word is that she has the beau however is bisexual.

Around 1993 she played the dominatrix around Denys Arcand's movie Love and Human Remains. She won the Djinni nomination for Right Performance by an Actress inside the Supporting Role. A season fallowing she starred inside Atom Egoyan's Exotica yet another time showing her talents as an actress. Her performance around Exotica won her a Cannes Critics Guide Award.

Fallowing working for the decade within film & television, Kirshner became swell known while she starred in the foremost Three episodes of 24 as bisexual terrorist Mandy, in 2001. She returned for the cameo appearance in the go episode of the 2nd year, once she attempted to assassinate President David Palmer. Kirshner returned for the previous episodes of the indicate's 4th year, within 2005.

She is besides the independent cast member of Showtime series The L Word.

Mia Kirshner exposed Russian literature and 20th century movie industry at McGill University in Montreal.

Next month, Kirshner may star in the third year of The L Word as Jenny Schecter. She might likewise star around Brian De Palma's upcoming picture The Black Dahlia(in post-production) alongside with Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank. Kirshner is swimming a immature actress Elizabeth Short, who was horrifically murdered inside 1947.

She is besides working on the book I personally Survive On this text. In the book, woman & kids refugees, from either unsafe site like Chechnya, Juarez(Mexico) and Africa will tell their disturbing life stories. It is published within Canada in 2006.

Brief filmography
Dracula: The Series (1990) ... Sophie Metternich Love and Human Remains (1993) ... Benita Exotica (1994) ... Christina Murder in the First (1995) ... Fully grown Rosetta Young The Crow: City of Angels (1996) ... Sarah Anna Karenina (1997) ... Kitty Mad City (1997) ... Laurie Wolf Lake (2001) ... Ruby Wilder/Ruby Cates Not Another Teen Movie (2001) ... Catherine Wyler Century Hotel (2001) ... Dominique 24 (2001) ... Mandy (Heptad episodes within 2001, 2003, & 2005) Now and Forever (2002) ... Angela Wilson Party Monster (2003) ... Natasha Gatien The L Word (2004) ... Jennifer Schecter