She’s daughter of Etti, a teacher, and of Sheldon Kirshner, a journalist from Canadian Jewish News. He has a younger sister named Lauren.
Mine She is the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. His father was born in a concentration camp in 1946 and met his mother, a Jewish refugee, in Israel.
He studied Russian Literature and Film Industry of the 20th Century on the McGill University.
He began his career before the cameras in 1989, when he participated in an episode of the series “War of the worlds”, And since then he has developed a successful career, both in film and television.
On the big screen, his debut came in 1993 when he was part of the cast of the film “Cadillac Girls”. Since then, she has been seen in dramas like “The true nature of love”, Film for which he won an award nomination Genie in the category Best Supporting Actress, “Exotic“,”Ana Karenina“,”Mad city”, In which he worked together with John Travolta Y Dustin Hoffman, “False friendship” Y “The black dahlia“, starring Scarlett Johansson, Josh hartnett Y Aaron Eckhart; thrillers like “Murder in the first degree“, made by Christian slater, Kevin bacon Y Gary oldman, “The Raven: City of Angels” Y “Party monster“, with Seth green Y Macaulay Culkin; and comedies like “The grass harp“, with Walter Matthau Y Sissy spacek, “Cowboys and angels“, with Rhada mitchell Y Adam Trese, “It’s not another stupid American movie”, In which he worked together with Chris Evans, Jaime pressly Y Eric Christian Olsen Y “Miss Conception“, among other.
On television, she could be seen as a guest actress in series such as “Danger Bay“,”My Secret Identity“,”Are You Afraid of the Dark?“,”Sweating Bullets“,”The Cleaner” Y “CSI: New York”, Among others, but without a doubt she is best remembered for her regular roles in“Wolf lake“, Where he was between 2001 and 2002,”24“, Where he played the bisexual murderer Mandy between 2001 and 2005, it was Jenny Schecter on “The L Word”Between 2004 and 2009, and more recently, in 2010, she could be seen in the skin of Isobel flemming on “The Vampires Diaries”.
He also participated in the telefilms “Johnny’s girl” Y “They Come Back”.
In another area of his career, in October 2008 and after 7 years of production, Mine published the book “I Live Here“, Which he co-produced with Paul Shoebridge, Michael Simons Y James MacKinnon, which recounts the lives of four groups of refugee women and children in Chechnya, Juárez, Burma and Malawi.
It is worth mentioning that Kirshner ranked number 43 on the list “Hot 100 WomenFrom 2002 of the magazine Maxim.