Shira Haas
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About
Israeli actress who rose to widespread prominence for her starring performance as Adar in the 2014 Israeli film Princess. She was nominated for the Israel Film Academy award for best actress for her work. She was cast in the 2024 movie Captain America: New World Order as the character Sabra.
Before Fame
She earned her first on-screen credit in the 2014 film Antilopot.
Trivia
Her performance in the 2014 film Princess was favorably reviewed critically in Variety, IndieWire, and the LA Times. She appeared in the 2017 film The Zookeeper's Wife.
Family Life
She was born and raised in Hod HaSharon, Israel. She was born to a Polish Jewish family. Two of her grandparents are Holocaust survivors. Her grandfather was imprisoned in the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland during World War II, whereas her grandmother had immigrated to Israel from Hungary. When she was one year old, her family moved to the city of Hod HaSharon, Israel, where she grew up with her older sister and brother. On August 2, 2022, her mother Ariela "Leah" Haas died of cancer, after weeks in hospice, at age 61.
Associated With
She appeared alongside Jessica Chastain in the 2017 film The Zookeeper's Wife.
