Fairuza Balk

Fairuza Balk

1974-05-21 Point Reyes, California, USA 48 Credits

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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

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It's Dorothy!

It's Dorothy!

2025

as Self

Acting

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

10.0
Acting

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

Remembering Return to Oz

2021

as Self

Acting

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

Val

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

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

The Craft: Legacy

2020

as Nancy Downs

6.1
Acting

An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.

Trespassers

Trespassers

2019

as Visitor

4.9
Acting

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

Battle Scars

2017

as Rifka

5.0
Acting

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

August Falls

2017

as Anna Ellison

3.3
Acting

Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.

Beyond Clueless

Beyond Clueless

2015

as Narrator

6.6
Acting

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

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self

6.7
Acting

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

Dose of Reality

2013

as Rose

5.1
Acting

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

Shit Year

2010

as Message Voice (voice)

4.7
Acting

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

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

2009

as Heidi

6.2
Acting

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

Humboldt County

2008

as Bogart

5.7
Acting

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

Grindstone Road

2008

as Hannah

4.2
Acting

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

Wild Tigers I Have Known

2006

as Logan's Mom

5.8
Acting

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

Pick Me Up

2006

as Stacie

6.3
Acting

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

Acting

A guy falls for a girl who draws him into a modern-day cult.

A Year and a Day

2005

5.0
Acting

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

Don't Come Knocking

2005

as Amber

6.2
Acting

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?

What Is It?

2005

as Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)

5.6
Acting

A young man journeys through a bizarre land inhabited by mentally impaired people, demons, and snails.

Deuces Wild

Deuces Wild

2002

as Annie

5.6
Acting

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

Personal Velocity

2002

as Paula

5.8
Acting

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

Almost Famous

Almost Famous

2000

as Sapphire

7.5
Acting

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

Red Letters

2000

as Gretchen Van Buren

5.0
Acting

A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.

The Waterboy

The Waterboy

1998

as Vicki Vallencourt

6.0
Acting

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

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998

as Mona

3.7
Acting

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

American History X

1998

as Stacey

8.3
Acting

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

The Maker

1997

as Bella Sotto

5.3
Acting

Absent for 10 years, a teen's older brother returns and seeks his help with criminal activity.

American Perfekt

American Perfekt

1997

as Alice

6.3
Acting

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

Shadow of a Doubt

1996

as Angel Harwell

5.0
Acting

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

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996

as Aissa

4.9
Acting

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

The Craft

1996

as Nancy

6.8
Acting

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

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

as Lucinda

6.4
Acting

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

Tollbooth

1994

as Doris

4.7
Acting

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

Imaginary Crimes

1994

as Sonya

6.2
Acting

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

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

1992

as Lisa

3.4
Acting

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

Shame

1992

as Lizzie Curtis

6.5
Acting

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

Gas Food Lodging

1992

as Shade

6.3
Acting

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?

Deadly Intentions... Again?

1991

as Stacey

5.0
Acting

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

Valmont

1989

as Cécile

6.7
Acting

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

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick

1988

as Celia Brzjinski

5.5
Acting

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

The Worst Witch

1986

as Mildred Hubble

6.1
Acting

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

Return to Oz

1985

as Dorothy

6.7
Acting

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

Deceptions

1985

as Penny Roberts

6.3
Acting

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

Acting

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

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

1983

as Beth Bradley

5.2
Acting

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

8.0
Acting

Music video by ZZ Top from 1994 album "Antenna"