Mia Kirshner
Mia Kirshner
Isobel Fleming
Mia Kirshner was born on January
25, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to the parents of Etti & Sheldon
Kirshner. Mia’s grandparents were actually survivors of the Holocaust.
Mia’s father was born in Germany in 1946, in a displaced persons camp and met
Mia’s mother, a Bulgarian Jewish refugee, in Israel. Mia also has a younger
sister.
Mia studied Russian Literature
and 20th century movie industry at McGill University in Montreal.
Since the beginning of her career, she has participated in several series and
movies, playing characters with complicated psychological profiles.
Isobel Fleming
Isobel Fleming is the wife of Alaric Saltzman and the biological mother of Elena Gilbert. She first
appeared on the show when Alaric began to remember the last moments spent with
her. These flashbacks show a woman studying paranormal psychology (the
existence of supernatural beings). Isobel left Alaric one sudden day because
life just wasn’t exhilarating enough with him. Alaric came home one day to find
Isobel being fed on by a vampire, and which he disappeared with her body. To
Alarics knowing, Isobel was dead, but her body was never found. That is until
Damon told Alaric what really happened to Isobel. Isobel loved Rick she
just wasn’t satisfied with her life with him. She needed more; she needed to be
a vampire.
One night after Alaric did some
research, Damon and Alaric went to a home to see if Isobel or another vampire
occupied it. They were a bit discouraged to find out it was occupied to a male
vampire from the tomb. Later that night Alaric set off to the Mystic Falls
Grill for a few drinks when he is suddenly stunned at the return of his undead,
dead, vampire wife. Isobel’s return was more impressive than expected. She
returns as a domineering, cold-hearted, no care for human life person with no
redeeming qualities. Instead of comforting Rick, she demands him to set up a
meeting with her daughter, Elena. Isobel’s’ return was planed and meticulous.
Her only purpose in coming to Mystic Falls was to obtain Jonathon Gilberts
invention, which we found out later in that episode was actually a weapon
against vampires. This device was supposed to be used against the tomb vampires
and by Isobel’s decision, the Salvatore brothers as well. Once she obtained the
device, Isobel left town again. Hopefully, we will see more of Isobel in season
2; maybe she can actually work out a relationship with her daughter Elena, whom
she gave up at birth.
Film’s
Mia has stared in
many movies and television series. Her early acting career started back in
1990, when Mia played the role of Sophie in “Dracula: The Series”.
She stared in 21 episodes, ending season 1 in 1991. From there Mia stared in
her first movie, “Johnny’s Girl” in 1991 playing the role of Amy.
Then in 1993, Mia started to embark in her career; staring in “Love
and Human Remains” as the role of Benita, and the movie, “Cadillac
Girls” as Page. The subsequent year, Mia played the role of Christina,
in the 1994 movie, “Exotica.”
In 1995, Mia also stared in the movie “Murder in the First” as
the role of Rosetta, followed by the move, “Grass Harp” as Maude.
In 1996, Mia played in the action/thriller movie, “Crow: City of
Angels,” as the role of Sarah.
In 1997, Mia stared in her first drama/romance movie, “Leo
Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina” as the role of Kitty, followed by the drama
film, “Mad City” as the role of Laurie. While Mia took a year
off, it wasn’t long before she stared in the 1999 movie, “Speed of Life”
and played the role of Sara, also in 99’ Mia played Deborah Berkowitz
in the movie “Out of the Cold.”
The last film Mia stared in, in 1999, is the movie “Dark Summer,”
and she played the role of Dominique Denright. The subsequent year Mia
stared as Candice in the 2000 romance film, “Cowboys and Angels.”
After filming for Cowboys and Angels, Mia stared in the drama film, “Now and
Forever” as the role of Angela Wilson.
Ten
years later, Mia was still enriching in her acting career, she filmed her 15th
movie, “New Best Friend” (aka: Mary Jane’s Last Dance) as the role of Alicia
Campbell.
In 2001 Mia stared in the comedy film “Not Another Teen Movie,”
as Catherine. Next, Mia stared in “Century Hotel” as Dominique.
After that was the 2001 comedy/romance film, “According to Spencer”
and played the role of Melora.
After all the movies
she stared in, in 2001, Mia started working on her 2nd TV series
show. She played the role of Ruby Cates, in the series, “Wolf Lake,” (with
our fantastic abs vampire, Paul Wesley) appearing in 9 episodes ending in 2002.
The next year, Mia stared in the crime/drama film, “Party Monster” as
the role of Natasha Gatien. In 2004, Mia finally landed an enduring role
in the hit Showtime series “The L Word.” She played the role of Jenny
Schector, and stared in all 14 episodes in season 1, and returned to appear
in 13 episodes in season 2. In-between filming for, The L Word, Mia
stared in the 2004 movie “The Iris Life” as the character Rebecca.
In 2006, Mia also stared in the mystery film, “The Black Dahlia”
as the role of Elizabeth Short. After filming The Black Dahlia, Mia
stared in the TV series “They Come Back” in 2007 as Faith Hardy. In
2008, Mia also stared in the move “Miss Conception” as the role of, Clem.
In 2009, Mia played the role of April May, in the TV series;
“The Cleaner,” and also appearing in the hit TV series, “CSI:
NY” as the role of, Deborah Carter in 2009.
Her latest TV
series show that Mia stars in is, “The Vampire Diaries,” as Isobel
Fleming. She started filming in 2010, and is currently still part of the
cast. Mia is also filming for the post-production film, “30 Days of Night: Dark Days” where she will play the role of, Lilith. This
film will air in 2010.
In addition to all the films and TV series Mia stared in, she also published
the book I Live Here in October of 2008. The book is about four
different groups of women and children refugees from countries like; Chechnya, Juárez, Burma and Malawi. Mia told their stories of how they lived and the tribulations that they
encountered living in these camps. Amnesty International sponsored the book,
and all proceeds went to this company.
TV Guest Appearances
“War of the Worlds”- playing “Jo”-
Episode 2.07 “Loving the Alien”, Nov. 13
1989
"My Secret
Identity" - Episode 03.14 - "My Other Secret Identity",
Feb 4 '91
“Sweating
Bullets”- playing “Cathy Paige”-Episode 2.08 “Runway”
Oct.28, 1991
“Road to Avonlea”-Episode
3.11- “High Society” March 22, 1992
"Are You
Afraid of the Dark" playing "Pam" - Episode
01.05 - "Tale of the Hungry Hounds", Sep 12 '92
"Sweating
Bullets" playing "Sandy" - Episode 03.06 -
"Stranger in Paradise", Nov 9 '92
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 01.01 - Nov 6 '01
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 01.02 - Nov 13 '01
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 01.03 -Nov 20 '01
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 02.24 - May 20 '03
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 04.22 - May 16 '05
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 04.23 -May 23 '05
"24" playing "Mandy"
- Episode 04.24 – May 23 '05
Awards
Mia was
ranked #43 in on the Maxim Hot 100 women of the year in 2002
Also in
2002 Mia Kirshner & Beverly Polcyn were nominated for MTV’s Movie Awards,
Best Kiss award for “Not Another Teen Movie.”
Mia also
ranked #38 in Stuffs Magazine “102 Sexiest Women in the World”
in 2002.
Written By: Maryjo
