Mia Kirshner
Biography
Mia Kirshner is a Canadian actress who started out on television in 1989 and made her film debut at 18 in Denys Arcand's Love and Human Remains (1993). She starred in Atom Egoyan's Exotica as an exotic dancer, and her film work later included The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Mad City (1997) and Not Another Teen Movie (2001), in which she played Catherine Wyler. On television she is known as the assassin Mandy in 24, as the writer Jenny Schecter in The L Word across all six seasons, as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and as Isobel Flemming in The Vampire Diaries. Her portrayal of Elizabeth Short in Brian De Palma's The Black Dahlia (2006) drew praise even as the film was critically panned. Later credits include 30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010) and Love, Lights, Hanukkah! (2020).
51years old
Turns 52 on January 25in 119 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 28 years1993 to 2021
First and latest
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First role
Kirshner began her career in 1989 in the War of the Worlds episode "Loving the Alien", playing both Jo, a young resistance fighter captured and duplicated by the aliens, and her doppelganger.
Beyond film
In 2011, Kirshner provided the voice of the title character in Bear 71, a web documentary from the National Film Board of Canada. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Mia Kirshner movies on Netflix
Crisisas Susan
Love, Lights, Hanukkah!as Christina Rossi
The Surrogacy Trapas Christy Bennett
Kiss at Pine Lakeas Zoe McDowell
The Barrensas Cynthia Vineyard
388 Arletta Avenueas Amy
30 Days of Night: Dark Daysas Lilith
Miss Conceptionas Clem
The Black Dahliaas Elizabeth Short
Party Monsteras Natasha
New Best Friendas Alicia Campbell
Not Another Teen Movieas Catherine Wyler
Anna Kareninaas Kitty
Mad Cityas Laurie
The Crow: City of Angelsas Sarah
Murder in the Firstas Adult Rosetta Young
The Grass Harpas Maude Riordan
Love & Human Remainsas Benita
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Mia Kirshner shares two films with Gary Oldman, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.








Films together
Gary Oldman2 films together, 1995 to 2021
Gary Oldman's page Crisis2021IMDb rating 6.2Kirshner as SusanOldman as Dr. Tyrone Brower
Murder in the First1995IMDb rating 7.3Kirshner as Adult Rosetta YoungOldman as Associate Milton Glenn
Fiona Shaw2 films together, 1997 to 2006
Fiona Shaw's page The Black Dahlia2006IMDb rating 5.6Kirshner as Elizabeth ShortShaw as Ramona Linscott
Anna Karenina1997IMDb rating 6.3Kirshner as KittyShaw as Lydia
Alfred Molina1 film together, 1997
Alfred Molina's page Anna Karenina1997IMDb rating 6.3Kirshner as KittyMolina as Levin
William H. Macy1 film together, 1995
William H. Macy's page Murder in the First1995IMDb rating 7.3Kirshner as Adult Rosetta YoungMacy as William McNeil
Stephen Tobolowsky1 film together, 1995
Stephen Tobolowsky's page Murder in the First1995IMDb rating 7.3Kirshner as Adult Rosetta YoungTobolowsky as Mr. Henkin
Lacey Chabert1 film together, 2001
Lacey Chabert's page Not Another Teen Movie2001IMDb rating 5.8Kirshner as Catherine WylerChabert as Amanda Becker
Joel GallenDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Joel Gallen Not Another Teen Movie2001IMDb rating 5.8Kirshner as Catherine Wyler
Brian De PalmaDirector, 1 film, 2006
All films by Brian De Palma The Black Dahlia2006IMDb rating 5.6Kirshner as Elizabeth Short
Marc RoccoDirector, 1 film, 1995
All films by Marc Rocco Murder in the First1995IMDb rating 7.3Kirshner as Adult Rosetta Young
Box office
What Mia Kirshner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$184 million
8 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure, in dollars of the day.
Of the 18 films: 8 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$66M36.2% of the total
- 2$49M26.8% of the total
- 3$30M16.0% of the total
- 4$25M13.8% of the total
- 5$11M5.7% of the total
- 6$1.1M0.6% of the total
- 7$859K0.5% of the total
- 8$743K0.4% of the total










