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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.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 88% Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau Watchlist 91% 92% Almost Famous Watchlist 86% 57% Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Watchlist 84% 96% American History X Watchlist 82% 74% Gas Food Lodging Watchlist 75% 41% Beyond Clueless Watchlist 71% 77% Blood Into Wine Watchlist 69% 61% Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Watchlist 67% 59% Wild Tigers I Have Known Watchlist 62% 64% Trespassers Watchlist
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Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk 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 View more photos

Filmography

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It's Dorothy! 2025 Self Trespassers 62% 64% 2018 The Visitor Actor August Falls 71% 2017 Anna Ellison Actor Battle Scars 14% 40% 2015 Rifka Actor Beyond Clueless 75% 41% 2014 Narrator Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau 100% 88% 2014 Actor Dose of Reality 30% 2012 Rose Actor Blood Into Wine 71% 77% 2010 Actor The Heart Is a Drum Machine 64% 2009 Actor Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 86% 57% 2009 Heidi Actor Grindstone Road 18% 2008 Hannah Actor Humboldt County 60% 59% 2008 Bogart Actor Wild Tigers I Have Known 67% 59% 2006 Logan's mother Actor Don't Come Knocking 41% 60% 2005 Amber Actor What Is It? 50% 54% 2005 Voice Personal Velocity: Three Portraits 69% 61% 2002 Paula Actor Deuces Wild 3% 51% 2002 Annie Actor Sol Goode 52% 2001 Actor Life in the Fast Lane 39% 2000 Mona Actor Almost Famous 91% 92% 2000 Sapphire Actor Red Letters 18% 2000 Gretchen Van Buren Actor There's No Fish Food in Heaven 2000 Mona Actor The Waterboy 32% 71% 1998 Vicki Vallencourt Actor American History X 84% 96% 1998 Stacey Actor American Perfekt 59% 1997 Alice Thomas Actor
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