Biography
Fairuza Balk (born Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse; May 21, 1974) is an American actress and musician. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's 1985 film Return to Oz. Balk also appeared in Valmont, The Craft, The Island of Dr. Moreau, American History X, The Waterboy, Almost Famous, and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits. Wikipedia
Known For
Complete Filmography

It's Dorothy!
2025
as Self
Since her first adventure in L. Frank Baum’s classic “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy Gale has been on countless more journeys, reintroduced and ...
The Skull
2023
as narrator
In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds h...

Remembering Return to Oz
2021
as Self
The gathered memories and warm recollections of the cast and crew of the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures film, RETURN TO OZ. For the first time, we get inti...

Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...

The Craft: Legacy
2020
as Nancy Downs
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

Trespassers
2019
as Visitor
Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle ...

Battle Scars
2017
as Rifka
Every Marine has a story, some they're proud of, other they'd rather forget. After coming home from his tour of duty in Afghanistan suffering from PTS...

August Falls
2017
as Anna Ellison
Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.

Beyond Clueless
2015
as Narrator
Narrated by cult teen star Fairuza Balk, Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eye...

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self
The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big scr...

Dose of Reality
2013
as Rose
2AM, closing time: A cocky bar manager with a shady past and a young handsome bartender discover a beautiful woman bloodied and unconscious in the bat...

Shit Year
2010
as Message Voice (voice)
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by ...

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009
as Heidi
Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who receives a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. Due to hi...

Humboldt County
2008
as Bogart
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer name...

Grindstone Road
2008
as Hannah
The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the acci...

Wild Tigers I Have Known
2006
as Logan's Mom
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 14-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid i...

Pick Me Up
2006
as Stacie
On a desolate stretch of mountain road, a friendly truck driver who enjoys slaughtering hitchhikers meets a charming hitchhiker who prefers to butcher...
Orpheus
2006
as Karen
A guy falls for a girl who draws him into a modern-day cult.
A Year and a Day
2005
A man is suddenly drawn kicking and screaming into caring for his dying mother, and amidst the sudden crush of responsibility he tries to gauge the me...

Don't Come Knocking
2005
as Amber
Howard Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and y...

What Is It?
2005
as Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)
A young man journeys through a bizarre land inhabited by mentally impaired people, demons, and snails.

Deuces Wild
2002
as Annie
In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers...

Personal Velocity
2002
as Paula
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.

Almost Famous
2000
as Sapphire
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone ma...

Red Letters
2000
as Gretchen Van Buren
A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.

The Waterboy
1998
as Vicki Vallencourt
Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone...

There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998
as Mona
Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than tr...

American History X
1998
as Stacey
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we le...

The Maker
1997
as Bella Sotto
Absent for 10 years, a teen's older brother returns and seeks his help with criminal activity.

American Perfekt
1997
as Alice
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

Shadow of a Doubt
1996
as Angel Harwell
Charlie Sloan is an alcoholic defence lawyer drawn back into the courtroom by Robin Harwell, a woman he once loved who wants him to defend her stepdau...

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1996
as Aissa
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have fo...

The Craft
1996
as Nancy
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rival...

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Lucinda
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.
Tollbooth
1994
as Doris
A young woman’s dreams of love are trapped in an empty life of broken promises and futile hopes, as she desperately awaits the return of her long-miss...

Imaginary Crimes
1994
as Sonya
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1960s Portland, Oregon.

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
as Lisa
Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn Warmus. When his wife is murdered, the police suspect ...

Shame
1992
as Lizzie Curtis
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to pr...

Gas Food Lodging
1992
as Shade
Nora, a single mother raising two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, waits tables at a truck-stop diner in a small New Mexico town. The beautiful and...

Deadly Intentions... Again?
1991
as Stacey
A doctor was sent to prison for the attempted murder of his first wife. When he is released, he starts to plan the death of his second wife whom he ma...

Valmont
1989
as Cécile
Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that h...

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
1988
as Celia Brzjinski
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing fami...

The Worst Witch
1986
as Mildred Hubble
Mildred is one of the young girls at a prestigious witch academy. She can't seem to do anything right and is picked on by classmates and teachers. The...

Return to Oz
1985
as Dorothy
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and...

Deceptions
1985
as Penny Roberts
Twin sisters -- one a European jet-setter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife -- impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, wi...
The Whimsical World of Oz
1985
as Self
A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
1983
as Beth Bradley
The Herdmans – Gladys, Claude, Imogene, Leroy, Ollie and Ralph – are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bu...
ZZ Top: Breakaway
N/A
as Female Vampire
Music video by ZZ Top from 1994 album "Antenna"