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name: "Krisha Fairchild"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/krisha-fairchild"
fi1m_id: "krisha-fairchild"
imdb_id: "nm0265519"
tmdb_id: 150929
wikidata_id: "Q28842858"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:03:26.136744+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."
---

# Krisha Fairchild

## Identity

Krisha Fairchild

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/krisha-fairchild
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** krisha-fairchild
- **IMDb ID:** nm0265519
- **TMDB ID:** 150929
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28842858
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisha_Fairchild, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28842858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150929

Actor. Born 1 January 1951 in Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1951, Texas, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krisha_Fairchild, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28842858, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0265519/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150929

## Biography

Krisha Fairchild is an American actress. She was born in Texas and began her career with stage work and voice roles in video games before appearing in films and television from the early 1990s.

Fairchild is best known for starring as the title character in *Krisha* (2015), a feature written and directed by her nephew Trey Edward Shults and adapted from his 2014 short film of the same name, in which she also appeared. She played Chapman's mother in *The Killing of John Lennon* (2006) and Louise Lispector in the Syfy series *Channel Zero: Butcher's Block* (2018). Other credits include *Waves* (2019), *The Act* (2019) and *Dogfight* (1991).

Earlier in her career Fairchild worked as a personal assistant to Joel Grey and Nancy Sinatra. She moved to Seattle and focused on voice work before returning to on-screen acting.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Killing of John Lennon* (2007), Fi1m 57, as Chapman's mom — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-john-lennon.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *In Our Blood* (2025), as Ana Stuart
- *The Creep Tapes* (2024), series, as Mom
- *Penelope* (2024), series, as Helena
- *Freeland* (2021), as Devi
- *Waves* (2019), as English Teacher
- *The Act* (2019), series, as Prison Doctor
- *American Folk* (2018), as Scottie
- *Inheritance* (2017), as Bonnie
- *Channel Zero* (2016), series, as Louise Lispector
- *Krisha* (2016), as Krisha
- *Krisha* (2014), as Krisha
- *Two to One* (2011), Actor
- *Mother and Son* (2010), as Mother
- *Charles Reed Bishop: Hawaii's First Banker* (2008), as Female Narrator
- *The Killing of John Lennon* (2007), as Chapman's mom — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-john-lennon.md)
- *Highway* (2002), as Naomi
- *Under Heaven* (1998), as Cynthia's Mother
- *The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story* (1992), as Teri
- *Crazy in Love* (1992), as Vivien
- *Past Midnight* (1992), as Dr. Zastoupil
- *Dogfight* (1991), as Truckstop Cook
- *Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors* (1991), as Registration Monster (voice)
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as Sturdy Woman, Townswoman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/northern-exposure.md)
- *Chips, the War Dog* (1990), as DFD Woman

## Gallery

- ![Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/4157117/gallery-6754c6a41b3b.jpg) Bill Wise, Krisha Fairchild & Trey Edward Shults (2015) — Filmwax Radio, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Krisha_Fairchild_2015.jpg/500px-Krisha_Fairchild_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Krisha Fairchild](https://film.one/media/person/4157117/gallery-a74469dc4fc9.jpg) Krisha Fairchild — Image via TMDB

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