Story of a young ultra orthodox jewish woman who flees her arranged marriage and religious community to start a new life abroad. With shira haas amit rahav jeff wilbusch alex reid. Created by anna winger.
Before the show s main character esther esty shapiro played by actress shira haas strikes out on her own she s shown donning a wig or sheitel over her. Unorthodox a new netflix series. It is an american drama television program which aired on netflix.
She rose to fame after working in a miniseries called unorthodox. Shira haas born may 11 1995 is an israeli actress and social media personality from hod hasharon israel. In the first episode of unorthodox a new original series from netflix esther shapiro or esty shira haas as she is known in her family and ultra orthodox yiddish speaking satmar hasidic.
Haas arrived a month before unorthodox began shooting to learn yiddish which as the actress explained to variety is very different from doing an accent everything is new everything is. Is it based on a true story. Unorthodox is haas biggest role to date after the actress had parts in several films and tv shows and films before this.
Produced and written by anna winger and alexa karolinski and directed by german actress maria schrader unorthodox marks the first yiddish language series to come out of germany. Etsy the show s main. And praise has been given to lead actress shira haas for her phenomenal performance.
Unorthodox has been a hit among netflix fans after landing on the streaming site. The limited series tells the story of a young woman named esther esty shapiro who decides. Unorthodox is the latest gripping drama to hit netflix in recent weeks which is based on a true story.
Meet shira haas the actress who plays esther shapiro in unorthodox shira got her start playing the 12 year old protagonist in the 2016 film princess which many critics called a milestone for the israeli film industry.
