Fairuza Balk

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Birth Name: Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse

Age: 48, born 21 May 1974

Born and residing in: United States

Height: 5' 3"

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Favorite Faces: Women (54 items)
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Published 10 years, 10 months ago

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For the ♥ of "Bad" (87 items)
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Short hair (209 items)
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child actors then and now (249 items)
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Scenes from Childhood: Crushes (21 items)
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FARAIZA BALK IN BAD LIEUTENANT PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS

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Fairuza Balk - [May-2002] - interview

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RETURN TO OZ interview with Fairuza Balk-Part 2 of 2

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Description: Fairuza Balk [ born: Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse on May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California ]is an actress / singer. Her father, Solomon Feldthouse, was a traveling musician originally from Idaho, and her mother, Cathryn Balk, was a belly dancer. Her parents split up shortly after her birth, with Her mother taking Her and giving Her, Her last name. While in London, Fairuza was cast by Walt Disney Productions to star as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz, the unofficial sequel to MGM's 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz. It was not her debut role; that role had been in a television movie titled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, produce Fairuza Balk [ born: Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse on May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California ]is an actress / singer. Her father, Solomon Feldthouse, was a traveling musician originally from Idaho, and her mother, Cathryn Balk, was a belly dancer. Her parents split up shortly after her birth, with Her mother taking Her and giving Her, Her last name.

While in London, Fairuza was cast by Walt Disney Productions to star as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz, the unofficial sequel to MGM's 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz. It was not her debut role; that role had been in a television movie titled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, produced in 1983. However, it was the one that brought her attention as an actress. The role led to other, minor roles, including that of Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch, and in 1988 she moved to Paris to work on Valmont with Miloš Forman. By 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she attended high school. However, she soon decided to take correspondence courses instead and went back to Hollywood, where she gained increasing notice as an actress. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as best actress for her performance in the Allison Anders film Gas Food Lodging.

In 1996, she appeared in a lead role in The Craft, in which her character formed a teenage coven with characters portrayed by Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney.

Since The Craft, Fairuza has continued to find roles, primarily dark ones. In 1996 she co-starred in The Island of Dr Moreau with Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer and David Thewlis. In 1998 she gave an intense performance as a neo-Nazi goth-punk opposite Edward Norton in his Academy Award-nominated performance in American History X, and was featured in The Waterboy, alongside Adam Sandler. Since 2000, she has appeared in over half a dozen movies. She has also done voice work for animated films and video games, including Justice League and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The 2007 documentary Return To Oz: The Joy That Got Away was dedicated to her.

In 2010, Fairuza released the single "Stormwinds" under the artist title Armed Love Militia. ... (more)