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Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk

Highest Rated: 100% Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)

Lowest Rated: 3% Deuces Wild (2002)

Birthday: May 21, 1974

Birthplace: Point Reyes, California, USA

Blue-eyed, dark-haired Fairuza Balk weathered the storms of Oz, gradually breaking free from her fresh-faced little kid persona to plunge into dark and depressing film scenarios that ultimately reveal an optimism at her core. She worked first on TV in NBC's "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" (1983) before beating out 1,200 girls to fill Dorothy's ruby slippers in Walter Murch's feature debut, "Return to Oz" (1985). Refusing to be traumatized by critics comparing her unfavorably to Judy Garland, Balk rebounded for more kid stuff as the well-meaning klutz Mildred Hubble in "The Worst Witch," a 1986 HBO movie based on the popular children's book.

Highest rated movies

100% Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
91% Almost Famous
86% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
84% American History X
82% Gas Food Lodging
71% Blood Into Wine
69% Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
67% Wild Tigers I Have Known

Photos

BATTLE SCARS, FAIRUZA BALK, 2015. © GRAVITAS VENTURES BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, from left: Nicolas Cage, Fairuza Balk, 2009. ©First Look Pictures DON'T COME KNOCKING, Fairuza Balk, Gabriel Mann, 2005, (c) Sony Pictures Classics THE WATERBOY, from left: Fairuza Balk, Adam Sandler, 1998, © Buena Vista DON'T COME KNOCKING, Fairuza Balk, Gabriel Mann, 2005, (c) Sony Pictures Classics DON'T COME KNOCKING, Sarah Polley, Fairuza Balk, Gabriel Mann, 2005, (c) Sony Pictures Classics GAS FOOD LODGING, Fairuza Balk, Ione Skye, 1992, (c) IRS Media ALMOST FAMOUS, Noah Taylor, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Fairuza Balk, Jason Lee, Anna Paquin, Mark Kozelek, Olivia Rosewood, John Fedevich, 2000. DON'T COME KNOCKING, Fairuza Balk, Gabriel Mann, 2005, (c) Sony Pictures Classics PERSONAL VELOCITY, Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, 2002, (c) United Artists RETURN TO OZ, Michael Sundin, Fairuza Balk, Deep Roy, Stewart Larange, 1985, (c) Buena Vista RETURN TO OZ, Michael Sundin, Fairuza Balk, Deep Roy, Stewart Larange, 1985, (c) Buena Vista VALMONT, (background) Annette Bening, Fairuza Balk, (foreground) Meg Tilly, Colin Firth, 1989, (c) Orion RETURN TO OZ, Fairuza Balk as Dorothy w/Tik Tok, Jack Pumpkinhead ride "the Gump"1985. VALMONT, Fairuza Balk, Colin Firth, 1989, (c) Orion RETURN TO OZ, front from left: Deep Roy, Fairuza Balk, Justin Case, 1985, © Buena Vista RETURN TO OZ, Pons Maar (center), Fairuza Balk (right), 1985, © Buena Vista VALMONT, Jeffrey Jones, Fairuza Balk, 1989, (c) Orion VALMONT, holding hands from left: Fairuza Balk, Colin Firth, Meg Tilly (seated front right), 1989, © Orion RETURN TO OZ, Fairuza Balk as Dorothy w/Tik Tok,the mechanical man,1985. 1985.
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
60% 66% Trespassers The Visitor (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet 71% August Falls Anna Ellison (Character) - 2017
13% 40% Battle Scars Rifka (Character) - 2015
75% 42% Beyond Clueless Narrator - 2014
100% 87% Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau Unknown (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet 30% Dose of Reality Rose (Character) - 2012
71% 77% Blood Into Wine Unknown (Character) - 2010
No Score Yet 64% The Heart Is a Drum Machine Unknown (Character) - 2009
86% 57% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Heidi (Character) $1.7M 2009
No Score Yet 19% Grindstone Road Hannah (Character) - 2008
60% 59% Humboldt County Bogart (Character) $81.4K 2008
67% 59% Wild Tigers I Have Known Logan's mother (Character) $9.1K 2006
43% 60% Don't Come Knocking Amber (Character) $438.7K 2005
50% 54% What Is It? Unknown (Voice) - 2005
69% 61% Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Paula (Character) $763.2K 2002
3% 51% Deuces Wild Annie (Character) $6.0M 2002
No Score Yet 52% Sol Goode Unknown (Character) - 2001
No Score Yet 39% Life in the Fast Lane Mona (Character) - 2000
91% 92% Almost Famous Sapphire (Character) $32.5M 2000
No Score Yet 18% Red Letters Gretchen Van Buren (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet There's No Fish Food in Heaven Mona (Character) - 2000
33% 71% The Waterboy Vicki Vallencourt (Character) $161.5M 1998
84% 96% American History X Stacey (Character) $6.7M 1998
No Score Yet 59% American Perfekt Alice Thomas (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 53% The Maker Bella Sotto (Character) - 1997
57% 65% The Craft Nancy Downs (Character) $22.7M 1996
22% 20% The Island of Dr. Moreau Aissa (Character) $27.7M 1996
37% 72% Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead Lucinda (Character) $232.2K 1995
No Score Yet 20% Shadow of a Doubt Angel Harwell (Character) - 1995
60% 62% Imaginary Crimes Sonya Weiler (Character) $70.7K 1994
No Score Yet 36% Tollbooth Doris (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 70% Murder in the Heartland Caril Ann Fugate (Character) - 1993
82% 73% Gas Food Lodging Shade (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger of Love Lisa (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shame Lizzie Curtis (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Intentions... Again? Stacey (Character) - 1991
48% 69% Valmont Cecile (Character) $572.9K 1989
No Score Yet 33% The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick Celia Brzjinski (Character) - 1988
No Score Yet 78% The Worst Witch Mildred Hubble (Character) - 1986
58% 71% Return to Oz Dorothy (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Beth Bradley (Character) - 1983

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 97% Paradise City Lizzie Thomas (Character) 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
72% 85% Ray Donovan Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
63% 77% Masters of Horror Stacia (Character) 2006
No Score Yet 64% Family Guy Connie D'Amico (Guest Voice) 1999-2000