EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated Shira Haas has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.
Haas can most recently be seen as the female lead in Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World. She stars as Ruth Bat-Seraph, a former Black Widow spy turned high-ranking U.S. official.
Haas’ international breakthrough came with her leading role as Esther Shapiro in Netflix’s 2020 miniseries Unorthodox, for which she received Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations, and won the Independent Spirit award for Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series. Her character, known as Esty, is a young woman who leaves her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn to seek freedom in Berlin.
She also starred as the lead in the indie film Asia, for which she won the award for Best International Actress at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Her other notable credits include Bodies, Shtisel, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Broken Mirrors and A Tale of Love and Darkness.
Along with Gersh, Haas is represented by TFC Management, Zohar Ya’kobson Representation in Israel, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
