Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario) 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 L Word and for her recurring guest role as the terrorist Mandy on the TV series 24.
She is Jewish, and also the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Kirshner has been active advocating for refugees and even wrote a book, I Live Here, sharing some of their stories.
Selected Filmography
Live-Action Films
- 1994 Exotica as Christina
- 1995 Murder in the First as Rosetta Young
- 1996 The Crow: City of Angels as Sarah
- 1997 Anna Karenina as Kitty
- 1997 Mad City as Laurie Callahan
- 2001 According to Spencer as Melora
- 2001 Not Another Teen Movie as Katherine Wyler
- 2003 Party Monster as Natasha
- 2006 The Black Dahlia as Elizabeth Short
- 2010 30 Days of Night: Dark Days as Lilith
- 2012 The Barrens as Cynthia Vineyard
- 2019 The College Admissions Scandal as Bethany Slade
Live-Action Series
- 1989 War of the Worlds (1988) as Jo
- 1992 Road to Avonlea as Emily Everett-Smythe
- 1992 Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Pam / Dora Pease
- 2001-2002 Wolf Lake as Ruby Cates
- 2001-2005 24 as Mandy
- 2004-2009 The L Word as Jenny Schecter
- 2009 CSI: NY as Deborah Carter
- 2010-2011 The Vampire Diaries as Isobel Flemming
- 2013 Graceland as Ashika Pearl
- 2013 Lost Girl as Clio
- 2013-2014 Defiance as Kenya Rosewater
- 2015 Bloodline as Sarah Rayburn
- 2017-2019 Star Trek: Discovery as Amanda Grayson
- 2023-present Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Video Game Voice Acting
- 2006 24: The Game as Mandy
