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name: "Fairuza Balk"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fairuza-balk"
fi1m_id: "fairuza-balk"
imdb_id: "nm0000103"
tmdb_id: 826
wikidata_id: "Q233826"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 May 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T07:16:04.737602+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fairuza Balk

## Identity

Fairuza Balk

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fairuza-balk
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fairuza-balk
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000103
- **TMDB ID:** 826
- **Wikidata ID:** Q233826
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairuza_Balk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/826

Actor. Born 21 May 1974 in Point Reyes, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 May 1974, Point Reyes, California, USA
- **Active:** 1996–2000
- **Also known as:** Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse, Φαιρουζα Μπαλκ, Ru, Ms. Fairuza Balk
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 65 (2), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $71m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairuza_Balk, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233826, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000103/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/826

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Almost Famous*](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*American History X*](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fairuza Balk is an American actress, musician and visual artist. Born on 21 May 1974 in Point Reyes, California, she began her career at age nine in the television special *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* (1983). She made her feature film debut as Dorothy Gale in *Return to Oz* (1985).

Balk gained acclaim for her role as Nancy Downs in *The Craft* (1996) and appeared as Stacey in *American History X* (1998). Her other film credits include *The Waterboy* (1998), *Almost Famous* (2000) and *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009). She has provided voice work for *Family Guy* and *Justice League* (both 2001). She has also released music under the name Armed Love Militia.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Almost Famous* (2000), Fi1m 82, as Sapphire — [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, as Connie D'Amico (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *American History X* (1998), Fi1m 67, as Stacey — [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Skull* (2023), as narrator
- *Paradise City* (2021), series, as Lizzie Thomas
- *The Craft: Legacy* (2020), as Nancy Downs
- *Close Enough* (2020), series, as Roxy (voice)
- *Trespassers* (2019), as Visitor
- *Battle Scars* (2017), as Rifka
- *August Falls* (2017), as Anna Ellison
- *Beyond Clueless* (2015), as Narrator
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Ginger
- *Dose of Reality* (2013), as Rose
- *Shit Year* (2010), as Message Voice (voice)
- *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2009), as Heidi
- *Humboldt County* (2008), as Bogart
- *Grindstone Road* (2008), as Hannah
- *Wild Tigers I Have Known* (2006), as Logan's Mom
- *Pick Me Up* (2006), as Stacia
- *Orpheus* (2006), as Karen
- *A Year and a Day* (2005), Actor
- *Masters of Horror* (2005), series, as Stacia
- *Don't Come Knocking* (2005), as Amber
- *What Is It?* (2005), as Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)
- *Deuces Wild* (2002), as Annie
- *Personal Velocity* (2002), as Paula
- *Justice League* (2001), series, as Penny Dee (voice)
- *Almost Famous* (2000), as Sapphire — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/almost-famous.md)
- *Red Letters* (2000), as Gretchen Van Buren
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Connie D'Amico (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Waterboy* (1998), as Vicki Vallencourt
- *There's No Fish Food in Heaven* (1998), as Mona
- *American History X* (1998), as Stacey — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/american-history-x.md)
- *The Maker* (1997), as Bella Sotto
- *American Perfekt* (1997), as Alice
- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1996), as Angel Harwell
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1996), as Aissa
- *The Craft* (1996), as Nancy
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), as Lucinda
- *Tollbooth* (1994), as Doris
- *Imaginary Crimes* (1994), as Sonya
- *Murder in the Heartland* (1993), series, as Caril Ann Fugate
- *The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story* (1992), as Lisa
- *Shame* (1992), as Lizzie Curtis
- *Gas Food Lodging* (1992), as Shade
- *Deadly Intentions... Again?* (1991), as Stacey
- *Valmont* (1989), as Cécile
- *Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story* (1989), series, as Barbara (age 12)
- *The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick* (1988), as Celia Brzjinski
- *The Worst Witch* (1986), as Mildred Hubble
- *Return to Oz* (1985), as Dorothy
- *Deceptions* (1985), as Penny Roberts
- *Deceptions* (1985), series, as Penny Roberts
- *The Best Christmas Pageant Ever* (1983), as Beth Bradley

## Gallery

- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-3ca502198703.jpg) Fairuza Balk — sagindie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Fairuza_Balk.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fairuza Balk in 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-0a3f57daa266.jpg) Fairuza Balk in 2019. — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Fairuza_Balk_%282019_crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-352a07701aa0.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-1ec1e3a53fe5.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-2fa8983afa43.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-0b0ae158509a.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-22da792a315f.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB
- ![Fairuza Balk](https://film.one/media/person/88135/gallery-fe4056d86720.jpg) Fairuza Balk — Image via TMDB

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