Israeli actress Shira Haas has been nominated for a Golden
Globes award in the category of Best Actress in a Limited Series for her role in
Netflix’s series “Unorthodox.” In the series, Haas, 25, plays a young
ultra-Orthodox woman from Brooklyn, who flees the community for an uncertain
future in Berlin.
“I’m super excited and happy,” she said, quoted in Deadline.
“It’s more than I expected. It’s the greatest.”
The series was inspired by the 2012 memoir Unorthodox:
The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman. I
previously reviewed that book here.
“Unorthodox” was also nominated for a Golden Globes award for
Best Limited Series or TV Movie.
Haas’s breakout role was in “Shtisel,” an Israeli television
drama series about a fictional Haredi Jewish family living in the Geula neighborhood
of Jerusalem. I am currently watching the third season of “Shtisel,” and Haas
stands out for her stunning portrayal as a young ultra-Orthodox wife desperate
to get pregnant despite a life-threating medical condition. The third season of
the show has some very powerful episodes.
Haas’s nomination for a Golden Globes award is just the
latest recognition for her incredible talents. She was previously nominated last
year for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
for her role in “Unorthodox”. She won the Ophir Award for Best Supporting
Actress in the Israeli drama film "Asia", a film I have yet to see.
In the future, Haas told Deadline the she wants to keep portraying
“different characters, that even though we are different from them, they can
connect us all together. And to keep on telling meaningful stories.”
Good luck in the Golden Globes, Shira!
Related article:
Review of Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman.
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