Shira Haas

Shira Haas is an Israeli actress known for her roles in the series Shtisel and the Netflix miniseries Unorthodox.

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Born: 11 May 1995, Hod HaSharon
Occupation: actor
Education: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts

Shira Haas was born in 1995 in Hod HaSharon

Haas was born in Tel Aviv in 1995 and grew up in Hod HaSharon with an older sister and brother. Her grandparents were Holocaust survivors. As a small child she was treated for kidney cancer and recovered.

She studied theater at the Thelma Yellin High School of Arts in Givatayim. She then volunteered for a short time in the IDF theater unit, although she had a medical exemption.

She began on stage at the Cameri Theater and first appeared on television in Shtisel in 2013. Her first film lead was in Princess, which won her the Best Actress award at the Jerusalem Film Festival. She went on to appear in A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Zookeeper's Wife and Foxtrot.

In 2020 she played the lead in Unorthodox and became the first Israeli nominated for an acting Primetime Emmy Award. That year she also won awards for the film Asia at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Ophir Awards. In 2025 she played Ruth Bat-Seraph in Captain America: Brave New World.