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Fairuza Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American actress, musician, and visual artist. Influential in popular culture,[1][2] Balk is known for her portrayals of distinctive "goth-girl" characters, often with a dark edge.[3][4] She has appeared in numerous independent films and blockbuster features in both leading and supporting roles.

Fairuza Balk
Balk in 2019
Born	(1974-05-21) May 21, 1974 (age 48) Point Reyes, California
Occupation	Actress musician visual artist
Years active	1983–present

Following a series of television film roles, Balk made her feature film debut as Dorothy Gale in the fantasy Return to Oz (1985), for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Starring Performance By a Young Actress - Motion Picture. Her career progressed with roles in the drama films Valmont (1989) and Gas Food Lodging (1992), the latter earning her the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. After appearing in the historical drama Imaginary Crimes (1994) and the crime drama Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), Balk earned acclaim for her role in the horror film The Craft (1996), which earned her a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, and a cult following. She has since appeared in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), American History X (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Almost Famous (2000), Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), Deuces Wild (2002), Don't Come Knocking (2005), Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006), Humboldt County (2008), and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009).

On television, Balk portrayed Mildred Hubble in the 1986 adaptation of The Worst Witch, based on the book series of the same name. She appeared in the recurring role of Ginger on Showtime's Ray Donovan in 2015, and currently stars as Lizzie Thomas on the Amazon Prime series Paradise City (2021). Balk has been releasing music since 2010 under the name of her unsigned act, Armed Love Militia.

Early life

Balk was born on May 21, 1974, in Point Reyes, California to Solomon Feldthouse (born David Earle Scaff; 1940–2021), a musician, and Catherine Balk (1944-2018), a belly dancer. The name Fairuza is of Persian origin meaning "turquoise". Her father gave her the name for the color of her eyes. Feldthouse was one of the founding members of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope, and was also a traveling folk musician.[5] He was born in Pingree, Idaho and, between the ages of six and ten, lived in Turkey where he learned Greek, Iraqi, Iranian, and Armenian music.[6]

Until the age of two, Balk lived in Jackson, Michigan with her mother. They then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she began acting at age six. They moved to London and then to Paris for another role. They remained there for six months before returning to Vancouver. ^{[citation needed]} Balk owned an occult shop in Los Angeles as a young woman upon signing to act in the 1996 film The Craft.[7]

Career

Balk took her first acting course around the summer of 1983, where she was taught how to look at a camera and not be shy. Her first experience was in a British Columbia tourism commercial, for which she earned $100.[8] Her debut role was in a 1983 television film titled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. While in London, Balk 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.[9] This role led to other minor roles, including that of Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch. In 1988, at age 14, she moved to Paris to work on Valmont with Miloš Forman. She decided to take correspondence courses 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.[10]

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 then, Balk has continued to find roles, primarily dark ones. In 1996, she co-starred in The Island of Dr Moreau. In 1998, she played a neo-Nazi goth-punk opposite Edward Norton in American History X, and was featured in The Waterboy, alongside Adam Sandler. Since 2000, she has appeared in over a dozen films and was briefly in a band called G-13. She has also done voice work for animated films, TV shows and video games, including Justice League, Family Guy, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Lords of EverQuest. The 2007 documentary Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away was dedicated to her.

In 2010, Armed Love Militia, Balk's musical outlet, released the single "Stormwinds". The track was written and sung by Balk.[11][12][13] Armed Love Militia continued, with Balk collaborating on an EP with singer and songwriter Mel Sanson.[14]

In 2011, Balk began to exhibit art in Los Angeles and New York. On August 4, 2012, she participated in the group show 'MiXTAPE', with other notable artists Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Jessicka Addams, and Marion Peck. Artists were asked to pick a song and create art inspired by that song. Balk chose the song "Nuages" by Django Reinhardt and created a 16"x20"x12" mixed-media sculpture. The eclectic mix of songs chosen were featured for digital download on iTunes.[15][16][17]

In 2017, the emo puppet band Fragile Rock performed a song titled "Fairuza Balk" on their NPR Tiny Desk Concert.[18]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Return to Oz	Dorothy Gale	Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor
1986	Discovery	Molly	Short film
1988	The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick	Celia Brzjinski
1989	Valmont	Cecile
1992	Gas Food Lodging	Shade	Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1994	Imaginary Crimes	Sonya Weiler
1994	Tollbooth	Doris
1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	Lucinda
1996	The Craft	Nancy Downs	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Robin Tunney) Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996	The Island of Dr. Moreau	Aissa
1997	American Perfekt	Alice Thomas
1997	The Maker	Bella Sotto
1998	There's No Fish Food in Heaven / Life In The Fast Lane (DVD Title) [19]	Mona
1998	American History X	Stacey
1998	The Waterboy	Vicki Vallencourt
2000	Red Letters	Gretchen Van Buren
2000	Almost Famous	Sapphire	Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble (shared with State and Main) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2002	Personal Velocity: Three Portraits	Paula
2002	Deuces Wild	Annie 'The Ice Cube'
2005	What Is It?	Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)
2005	Don't Come Knocking	Amber
2005	A Year and a Day	Lola
2006	Wild Tigers I Have Known	Logan's Mom
2008	Humboldt County	Bogart
2008	Grindstone Road	Hannah
2009	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	Officer Heidi
2010	Shit Year	Message Voice
2013	Dose of Reality	Rose
2014	Beyond Clueless	Narrator
2014	Lost Soul	Herself	Documentary film
2015	Battle Scars	Rifka
2017	August Falls	Anna Ellison
2018	Hell Is Where the Home Is	The Visitor	aka Trespassers
2020	The Craft: Legacy	Nancy Downs	Cameo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever	Beth Bradley	Television film
1985	Deceptions	Penny Roberts	Television film
1986	The Worst Witch	Mildred Hubble	Television film
1987	Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story	Barbara—Age 12	Television film
1991	Deadly Intentions... Again?	Stacey	Television film
1992	Shame	Lizzie Curtis	Television film
1992	The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Lisa	Television film
1993	Murder in the Heartland	Caril Ann Fugate	Mini-series
1994	ZZ Top: Breakaway	Vampire Girl	Television film
1995	Shadow of a Doubt	Angel Harwell	Television film
1999	Family Guy	Coco (voice)	Episode: "Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater"
2000	Family Guy	Connie D'Amico (voice)	Episode: "Let's Go to the Hop"
2001	The Sopranos	Agent Deborah Ciccerone	Episode: "Army of One" (original airing only; all scenes replaced)
2003	Justice League	Penny Dee (voice)	Episode: "Only a Dream"
2006	Orpheus	Karen	Television film
2006	Masters of Horror	Stacia	Episode: "Pick Me Up"
2011–2012	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Herself	3 episodes
2015	Ray Donovan	Ginger	7 episodes
2021–present	Paradise City	Lizzie Thomas	TV spinoff of American Satan

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Mercedes Cortez
2003	Lords of EverQuest	Lady T'Lak

References

External links

• Official website
• Fairuza Balk at IMDb
• Fairuza Balk at AllMovie

На других языках

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[de] Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Alejandra Balk (* 21. Mai 1974 in Point Reyes, Kalifornien) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmschauspielerin. Erste Bekanntheit erlangte sie 1985 als Kinderdarstellerin in dem Fantasyfilm Oz – Eine fantastische Welt. In Deutschland wurde sie vor allem durch den Film Der Hexenclub von 1996 bekannt.

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- [en] Fairuza Balk

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[es] Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse (Punta Reyes, California; 21 de mayo de 1974) también conocida como Fairuza Balk, es una actriz y cantante estadounidense. Es conocida por sus interpretaciones en The Craft (1996),The Waterboy (1998), Return to Oz (1985), de Walt Disney Pictures y actualmente Paradise City (2021).

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[ru] Балк, Файруза

Файруза Балк (англ. Fairuza Balk; род. 21 мая 1974, Калифорния, США) — американская актриса. Самые известные фильмы с участием Файрузы Балк — «Возвращение в страну Оз», «Вальмон», «Остров доктора Моро», «Колдовство» и «Американская история Икс».

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