Miriam Shor
Birthplace: Minneapolis
Born: 1971-07-25
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; film director; musician; stage actor; television actor; television director
Biography from Wikipedia
Miriam Shor (born July 25, 1971) is an American actress. She gained prominence for her performance in the Off-Broadway rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1998–2000) and in the 2001 film adaptation of the same name. She later starred in a number of short-lived television series, including Swingtown (2008) and GCB (2012).
From 2015 to 2021, Shor starred as Diana Trout in the TV Land/Paramount+ comedy-drama series Younger for which she received a Critics' Choice Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Shor played Madelaine True in the Encores! production of The Wild Party at the New York City Center in 2015 alongside Younger co-star Sutton Foster. She also has appeared in the films Bedazzled (2000), The Cake Eaters (2007), Lost Girls (2020), Maestro (2023), and American Fiction (2023). For her role in the Apple TV+ series Pluribus, she was nominated for a 2026 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Wikipedia · revision 1373801151
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- American Fiction (2023) — Paula Baderman
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) — Recorder Vim
- Lost Girls (2020) — Lorraine
- The Midnight Sky (2020) — Mitchell's wife
- Puerto Ricans in Paris (2015) — Sergeant Nora
- 5 Flights Up (2014) — Cool lady
- That's What She Said (2012)
- The Cake Eaters (2007) — Stephanie
- Shortbus (2006) — Cheryl
- The Dan Show (2003) — Mary Alice
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) — Yitzhal,Yitzhak
- Let It Snow (2001)
- Bedazzled (2000) — Carol / Penthouse Hostess
- Flushed (1999)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Carrie Preston · 2 films
- John Cameron Mitchell · 2 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.
