Miriam Shor
- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Film, stage, and television actress and singer Miriam Shor was born on
July 25, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in Italy where her
academic father was teaching and studying. Active in the arts in high
school, Shor was among the first people in the newly formed BFA theater
program at the University of Michigan.
In the early 1990s Shor moved to New York City and landed to role in on
the many off-Broadway productions, most successful of which rock
musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (1998-2000) by John Cameron
Mitchell, where she played drag queen Yitzhak. In 2001 she starred in
the critically successful film adaptation of the musical.
On television, Shor starred in the short-lived series, such as "Then
Came You" (2000), "Inside Schwartz" (2001-2002), "Big Day" (2006-2007)
and "Swingtown" (2008). She also appeared on FX drama "Damages"
(2007-2010) and HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" (2011), and also guest
starred on "Becker" (2000), "The West Wing", "My Name Is Earl" (2006),
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2007) and "Bored to Death" (2009).
In 2012, Shor stars as Cricket Caruth-Reilly, a strong-willed business
woman, whose husband is gay, on the ABC comedy series "GCB" (2012)
alongside Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Marisol
Nichols and Annie Potts.
July 25, 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, but grew up in Italy where her
academic father was teaching and studying. Active in the arts in high
school, Shor was among the first people in the newly formed BFA theater
program at the University of Michigan.
In the early 1990s Shor moved to New York City and landed to role in on
the many off-Broadway productions, most successful of which rock
musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (1998-2000) by John Cameron
Mitchell, where she played drag queen Yitzhak. In 2001 she starred in
the critically successful film adaptation of the musical.
On television, Shor starred in the short-lived series, such as "Then
Came You" (2000), "Inside Schwartz" (2001-2002), "Big Day" (2006-2007)
and "Swingtown" (2008). She also appeared on FX drama "Damages"
(2007-2010) and HBO miniseries "Mildred Pierce" (2011), and also guest
starred on "Becker" (2000), "The West Wing", "My Name Is Earl" (2006),
"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2007) and "Bored to Death" (2009).
In 2012, Shor stars as Cricket Caruth-Reilly, a strong-willed business
woman, whose husband is gay, on the ABC comedy series "GCB" (2012)
alongside Leslie Bibb, Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Aspen, Marisol
Nichols and Annie Potts.