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EXCLUSIVE: A hot TV package is hitting the premium marketplace. Oscar winner Barbra Streisand is set to executive produce Lioness, a drama series about the life of Golda Meir headlined by Emmy-nominated Unorthodox star Shira Haas, from MGM/UA Television in association with Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi PatMa…

On Wednesday, as Golden Globe Nominations were announced, Unorthodox‘s Shira Haas was at home in Tel Aviv, glued to the Netflix series’ cast and crew group text. When both the show and Haas herself received noms, there were “a lot of capital letters” in that Whatsapp chat, she told Deadline. “I’m super excited and…

Patton Oswalt is heading back to the Sundance Film Festival, though the comedian won't need a snow coat this year. The Big Fan star and 2017 jury member will be hosting the 2021 SFF Awards Night on February 2, the Robert Redford founded shindig announced today. Semi-virtual like all of Sundance '21 because of the…

Despite many more high-profile, starry productions, one of Netflix's most talked-about shows this year was arguably its most low-key. Inspired by Deborah Feldman's bestselling memoir of the same name, the four-part Unorthodox tells the story of Esther "Esty" Shapiro (played by newcomer Shira Haas), a 19-year-old…

Netflix is finalizing a deal to carry the third season of hit Israeli drama Shtisel. As we reported earlier this week, production on the third season is now underway in Israel. The third outing for the Yes Studios-produced drama about an Orthodox family in Jerusalem will pick up four years after the events of the…

Production on the third season of well-received Israeli series Shtisel is underway in Israel. The third outing for the Yes Studios-produced drama about an Orthodox family in Jerusalem will pick up four years after the events of the previous season. The nine episodes will air on Yes TV in Israel later this year…

The day Shira Haas auditioned for the role of Esty Shapiro on Unorthodox, she got drenched in the rain. When she arrived at the venue, she cleaned herself up, took a few deep breaths, walked into the audition and sang Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah. A year and-a-half after the Israeli actress nailed the audition, she's…

In the four-part limited series Unorthodox, show creator Anna Winger tells a story about a young woman from a Hasidic community in Brooklyn named Esty (Shira Haas), who leaves her arranged marriage and travels to Berlin, not to escape, but to find out who she really is. The series, which debuted in March, is inspired…

EXCLUSIVE: Menemsha Films has picked up North American rights to Tribeca Film Festival entry Asia, starring Unorthodox actress Shira Haas. The Israeli drama, directed by Ruthy Pribar and co-starring Alena Yiv, is a mother-daughter story of a young, free-spirited single mother named (Yiv) and her daughter (the…