Biography
Few performers ever get to recreate a signature stage role on film, but Miriam Shor was among the lucky ones when she was tapped to play the Croatian-born aspiring drag queen Yitzhak in the feature film "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (2001). As with her acclaimed stage take on the part, many were duped into believing that this attractive brunette was really a man.
Although born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Miriam Shor spent her formative years in …
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Career Milestones
2002 | Cast as Mary in the Kennedy Center production of "Merrily We Roll Along" | |
2001 | Returned to sitcoms playing supporting role in the short-lived NBC series "Inside Schwartz", starring Breckin Meyer | |
2001 | Appeared in the Encores! staging of "Hair" in NYC | |
2001 | Reprised stage role of Yitzhak in the film version of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"; premiered at Sundance where film won several awards | |
2000 | Acted in the remake of "Bedazzled" | |
2000 | TV series debut as regular playing the best friend of a newly single woman who becomes involved with a younger man in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Then Came You" | |
2000 | Played the college roommate of the heroine of "Let It Snow/Snow Day"; premiered at Sundance; released theatrically in 2001 | |
1998 | Reprised Yitzhak in Off-Broadway production of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" | |
1997 | Film debut in "Flushed" | |
1994 | Originated role of Yitzhak, a Croatian roadie/backup singer, in stagings of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" | |
| Toured as a chorus member of "Fiddler on the Roof", starring Theodore Bikel | ||
| After graduating from college, moved to NYC | ||
1990 | At age 19, obtained union card (Actors Equity) with appearance in "A Man for All Seasons" at a Connecticut theater (date approximate) | |
| After parents' divorce divided time between Italy and Detroit, Michigan | ||
| Spent early years living in Venice, Italy where her father was studying on a Fulbright scholarship | ||