Thora Birch

Thora Birch

1982-03-11 Los Angeles, California, USA 52 Credits

Biography

Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty. She then starred in the well received film Ghost World (2001), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia art...

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The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water

2025

as Claudia

Acting

Growing up in an environment torn apart by violence and alcohol, a young woman struggles to find her path. She manages to escape her family and enters...

The Midway Point

The Midway Point

2024

as Cristina

Acting

Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Alice, he begins to experience the world in other wa...

Thirsty

Thirsty

2024

as Sonia Allen

Acting

An Oakland mayoral candidate struggles to figure out her personal and professional lives.

The Gabby Petito Story

The Gabby Petito Story

2022

as Nichole Schmidt

5.1
Acting

The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents r...

The Gabby Petito Story

The Gabby Petito Story

2022

Director

5.1
Directing

The disappearance of Gabby Petito captured America’s attention, setting off a nationwide search for the 22-year-old travel blogger after her parents r...

13 Minutes

13 Minutes

2021

as Jess

5.9
Acting

As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has othe...

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

2020

as Dani

7.1
Acting

Follow Elvira as she searches for the Sanderson Sisters, interviewing various figures who claim to have encountered or been influenced by them, includ...

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

2019

as Jolene

5.9
Acting

The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affa...

Kindred Spirits

Kindred Spirits

2019

as Chloe

6.0
Acting

Single mother Chloe has her life turned upside down when her younger sister, Sadie, comes home after a long, unexplained absence. Though Sadie seems t...

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

2019

as Becca

7.0
Acting

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont,...

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

2018

as Self

7.0
Acting

Join us for a night of celebration, packed with celebrity guests and Hocus Pocus throwbacks, at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Affairs of State

Affairs of State

2018

as Callie Roland

4.9
Acting

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corrup...

The Etruscan Smile

The Etruscan Smile

2018

as Emily

6.5
Acting

Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. ...

The Competition

The Competition

2018

as Lauren

4.1
Acting

A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.

The Competition

The Competition

2018

Producer

4.1
Producing

A romantic comedy about a woman who thinks all people eventually cheat and a man who challenges her to a competition to prove that she's wrong.

Art as Dialogue

Art as Dialogue

2017

as Self

8.7
Acting

Documentary on acting in the movie Ghost World (2001).

Petunia

Petunia

2013

as Vivian Petunia

4.9
Acting

Brothers Charlie, Adrian and Michael try to unlearn everything their psychoanalyst parents have taught them about life, as their family unit teeters o...

The Pregnancy Pact

The Pregnancy Pact

2010

as Sidney Bloom

5.1
Acting

Inspired by the true story of teenagers at Gloucester High School who agreed to get pregnant at the same time.

Deadline

Deadline

2009

as Lucy Woods

5.0
Acting

A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

as Self

7.1
Acting

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of...

Winter of Frozen Dreams

Winter of Frozen Dreams

2009

as Barbara Hoffman

4.3
Acting

Barbara Hoffman is a University of Wisconsin science student. She is a part-time employee at a local massage parlor. She is also a killer. Now all Det...

Train

Train

2008

as Alex

5.3
Acting

After a night of wild partying and missing their train, the group of students is invited to board another which happens to be heading their way. Once ...

Dark Corners

Dark Corners

2006

as Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton

4.9
Acting

A troubled young woman wakes up one day as a different person - someone who is stalked by creatures.

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime

2005

as Vega (voice)

7.1
Acting

A Nickelodeon television special. Jenny/XJ9 accidentally ruins everybody's day by causing massive collateral damage to the town. Shunned by everyone b...

Slingshot

Slingshot

2005

as April

3.6
Acting

Two cunning and manipulative drifters venture into Farifield County, Connecticut looking to seduce wealthy and lonely housewives.

Silver City

Silver City

2004

as Karen Cross

6.1
Acting

The discovery of a corpse and the ensuing probe by an idealistic journalist threatens to unravel a bumbling local politician's campaign for governor o...

The Dot

The Dot

2004

as Narrator

Acting

Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to ex...

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003

as Liz Murray

7.3
Acting

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after ...

Shadow Realm

Shadow Realm

2002

as Susan Thornhill

3.5
Acting

Shadow Realm is a compilation of two episodes planned for the short-lived Fox Network television series Night Visions. Each episode contained two stor...

Ghost World

Ghost World

2001

as Enid

7.1
Acting

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric...

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001

as Self

6.9
Acting

See inside the exclusive Playboy Mansion, with parties attended by all the A-List celebrities

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"

2001

as Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Produced for the "Dungeons and Dragons" Special Edition DVD. This video gives fantasy film and game fans a behind-the- scenes look at the making of t...

The Hole

The Hole

2001

as Liz Dunn

6.2
Acting

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb...

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

2000

as Empress Savina

4.3
Acting

The Empire of Izmer is a divided land: elite magicians called “mages” rule while lowly commoners are powerless. When Empress Savina vows to bring equa...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

American Beauty: Look Closer...

2000

as Self

7.5
Acting

A promotional short documentary on the making of the film American Beauty, directed by Sam Mendes and written by Alan Ball.

The Smokers

The Smokers

2000

as Lincoln Roth

3.3
Acting

Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes.

Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

1999

as Mary

6.0
Acting

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high...

American Beauty

American Beauty

1999

as Jane Burnham

8.0
Acting

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daug...

Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

1999

as Clea Mahler

5.6
Acting

When a devastating accident tears apart the already frayed marriage of Neal and Nora Mahler, each family member must learn that their own emotions are...

Alaska

Alaska

1996

as Jessie Barnes

5.8
Acting

Jake Barnes and his two kids, Sean and Jessie, have moved to Alaska after his wife died. He is a former airline pilot now delivering toilet paper acro...

Now and Then

Now and Then

1995

as Teeny

6.9
Acting

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall t...

Clear and Present Danger

Clear and Present Danger

1994

as Sally Ryan

6.7
Acting

Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, ...

Monkey Trouble

Monkey Trouble

1994

as Eva

5.7
Acting

Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little g...

Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus

1993

as Dani Dennison

7.0
Acting

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfou...

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

1992

as Little Girl (voice)

6.3
Acting

During a piano lesson, a music teacher discovers a harmless spider, so she calls in The Exterminator.

Patriot Games

Patriot Games

1992

as Sally Ryan

6.7
Acting

When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.

All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas

1991

as Hallie O'Fallon

5.6
Acting

Siblings Ethan and Hallie O'Fallon plot to get their divorced parents back together in time for Christmas.

Paradise

Paradise

1991

as Billie Pike

6.2
Acting

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.

Dark Avenger

Dark Avenger

1990

as Susie Donovan

3.8
Acting

An acid-scarred judge turns masked avenger, backed by an electronics expert and her crime lab.

Purple People Eater

Purple People Eater

1988

as Molly Johnson

4.8
Acting

A kid plays the old novelty song "Purple People Eater" and the creature actually appears. The two then proceed to help an elderly couple who are being...

Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil

Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil

N/A

as Mary

Acting

Richard Martinez is lured back into a decades-old feud with his mother, who owns a homophobic fast-food chain restaurant, and he decides to go under-c...

Mr. Paradise

N/A

Director

Directing

Kelly, an aspiring model, witnesses a murder and gets caught in a web of intrigue.