Mia Kirshner Biography

Fast Facts

• Published a book called "I Live Here" that details the stories of groups of women and children refugees and that's sales benefit Amnesty International
• Best known for her television role as Mandy in "24․"
• Studied Russian literature at McGill University in Montreal
• She is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors
• Found a talent agent when she was only 12 years old
• Best known for her role on "The L Word․"
• The characters she plays are often deeply troubled, manipulative or sociopathic
• Appeared on the front of "Stuff" magazine with Chyler Leigh, marking the first time the publication had ever featured more than one person on the cover
• She is known as a practical joker
• Learned embroidering techniques from a group of women in a Bulgarian marketplace while filming "The Black Dahlia․"
• Likes French fashion and competed in a triathlon in Vancouver, Canada