Shira Haas
Biography
Shira Haas (Hebrew: שירה האס; born 11 May 1995 in Hod HaSharon, Israel) is an Israeli actress. She first achieved national prominence through roles in Israeli film and television, earning two Israeli Ophir Awards from five nominations beginning in 2014. In 2020 she received international recognition for portraying the lead in the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, a performance that garnered nominations for both a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. That same year she won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best International Actress for her work in the Israeli drama film Asia. Haas later appeared in the Netflix science‑fiction series Bodies, released in 2023. Her career includes over twenty credited screen roles.
Career overview
Shira Haas, born on 11 May 1995 in Hod HaSharon, Israel, is an Israeli actress whose career began with appearances in local film and television productions. Since 2014 she has been nominated five times for the Israeli Ophir Awards, winning two of those honors. Her early work established her as a prominent figure in the national entertainment scene, and she accumulated a range of credits that total twenty‑two as recorded by major film databases.
In 2020 Haas achieved international recognition through her leading role in the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox, a performance that earned her nominations for both a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. The same year she received the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best International Actress for her work in the Israeli drama film Asia. Continuing her collaboration with Netflix, Haas appeared in the science‑fiction series Bodies, released in 2023. Throughout her career she has been credited under the Hebrew spelling שירה האס and various transliterations, and she is consistently identified in industry records as an actress.
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- The Nightingale (2027)
- Captain America: Brave New World (2025) as Ruth Bat-Seraph
- Night Therapy (2024)
- Bodies (2023) as Iris Maplewood
- Asia (2021) as Vika
- Unorthodox (2020) as Esther Shapiro
- Esau (2019) as Teen Lea
- Mary Magdalene (2018) as Leah
- The Conductor (2018) as Odi
- Noble Savage (2018) as Anna
- Harem (2018) as Tamar
- Broken Mirrors (2018) as Ariela
- The Zookeeper's Wife (2017) as Urszula
- Foxtrot (2017) as Alma Feldmann
- The Exchange Principle (2016) as Salame
- A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015) as Kira
- Princess (2014) as Adar
- Shtisel (2013) as Ruchama Weiss
- Leute heute (1997) as Self
- The Boys from Brazil as Anna Koehler
- Triumph of the Will
- Ethel