Fairuza Balk
Biography
Fairuza Balk is an American actress and musician who started performing as a child in Vancouver and landed her breakout role as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz (1985), earning Saturn Award and Young Artist Award nominations. She went on to appear in Valmont (1989) and Gas Food Lodging (1992), winning an Independent Spirit Award for her leading performance in the latter. A cult following grew around her turn as Nancy Downs in The Craft (1996), and other credits include The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), American History X (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Almost Famous (2000), Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009). On television she played Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch and later had a recurring part on Ray Donovan, and she has voiced characters in animation and video games. She also releases music as Armed Love Militia and has exhibited visual art.
52years old
Turns 53 on May 21in 201 days
- Born Point Reyes Station
- Star sign: GeminiFirst day of the sign, on the Taurus cusp
- Also credited as Fairuza Alejandra Balk, Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse and Fairuza Feldthouse
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 35 years1985 to 2020
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Big break
While she was in London, Walt Disney Productions cast Balk as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz. That film is the sequel to MGM's 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz.
A change of course
While she was working on the 1996 movie The Craft, Balk purchased Panpipes, an occult shop located in Los Angeles.
Beyond film
Balk released the single "Stormwinds" in 2010 through Armed Love Militia, her unsigned musical act, and wrote and sang the track herself.
Early training
In the summer of 1983, Balk began her first acting class, where she learned to face a camera without being shy.
A change of course
For the group show MiXTAPE in 2012, Balk chose Django Reinhardt's "Nuages" and created a mixed-media sculpture inspired by the song.
Fairuza Balk movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Fiona Mahl2 films together, 1996 to 2014
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Also two films together2 more actors
- David HudsonLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” (2014) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
- Neil G. YoungLost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” (2014) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Fairuza Balk's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$371 million
16 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 16 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.
- 16Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 5Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$186M50.2% of the total
- 2$50M13.4% of the total
- 3$47M12.8% of the total
- 4$25M6.7% of the total
- 5$24M6.4% of the total
- 6$11M3.0% of the total
- 7$11M2.9% of the total
- 8$6.3M1.7% of the total
$11.1 millionfrom the other 8 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total