66Lucy Posted September 2, 2008 Author Posted September 2, 2008 Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz. She has also appeared in The Craft and The Waterboy. "Fairuza!" ("Turquoise" in Farsi) her father exclaimed as he saw her blue eyes: Fairuza Alejandra Balk had just been born, May 21, 1974. Her father, Solomon Feldthouse, was a traveling musician, and her mother Cathryn Balk was a belly dancer. Her parents split up soon after. Fairuza grew up just north of San Francisco, California, on a commune-type ranch. Her mother later found some work in Vancouver, British Columbia. it was there that Fairuza got her first acting job in a TV movie, at the age of nine. Two years later it was off to the UK where she attended the Royal Academy of Ballet, the Ramona Beauchamp Agency and the Bush Davies Performing Arts School. Fairuza worked for The Walt Disney Company for a while - at age 11 she was chosen from out of 1,200 girls to play the part of Dorothy, starring in Return to Oz (1985). A year later she starred as, prophetically enough, The Worst Witch (1986) (TV), a harbinger of her breakout role in The Craft (1996) ten years later. Fairuza and her mother remained in London until 1988, then headed to Paris where the 15-year-old starred in Valmont (1989). The next year they returned to Vancouver, where Fairuza enrolled in high school, but despite being a movie star, she was shy in class - she ended up doing correspondence courses. Back in Hollywood Fairuza starred in a string of movies, including Gas, Food Lodging (1992), for which she received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress. Following further TV and film work, she achieved cult status with her starring role as a teenage witch in The Craft (1996), her breakout film. The same year she appeared in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), in which she did some belly dancing and attracted the attention of Lancashire, England-born co-star David Thewlis. They did another movie together, American Perfekt (1997). Fairuza was also the love interest in the wildly popular The Waterboy (1998) and had a major role in American History X (1998). With a half-dozen movies for 2000, Fairuza is much in demand. Her interests are writing poetry and stories, playing the guitar, singing (her main enjoyment) and dancing. She lives in Venice, California, and has an apartment in New York City. Trivia When she was born, her father took one look at her eyes and exclaimed "Firuze!" which is Farsi for "turquoise." Once appeared as a vampire in a ZZ Top video Born at 3:00am-PDT She once fully owned her own Occult Craft shop in California called Panpipes. In 2001, she sold 50% of the business to a co-owner. Later, she sold her remaining share of the store to the current owners. Has nine tattoos and a nose ring. Has a triangle-shaped tattoo on her shoulder because the soldiers of the Nazi regime branded the symbol on the Romany in concentration camps. This is her way of paying respect to her culture and remembering the suffering her ancestors endured. Is of Persian and Romany heritage. A 2002 Internet poll confirmed that fans' favorite movie she did was The Craft (1996) She is dyslexic. Enjoys listening to punk rock Plays guitar and piano Loves to read, and her favorite authors are William S. Burroughs, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Carl Jung, Isabel Allende, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Ernest Hemingway, and Honoré de Balzac. Ranked #88 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002) Has Irish ancestry Filmography 1.Thicker (2009).... Lonely 2.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) 3.Grindstone Road (2008) .... Hannah 4.Humboldt County (2008) .... Bogart 5."Masters of Horror" .... Stacia (1 episode, 2006) 6.Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006) .... Logan's Mom 7.Orpheus (2006) (TV) .... Karen 8.A Year and a Day (2005) .... Lola 9.Don't Come Knocking (2005) .... Amber 10.What Is It? (2005) (voice) .... Snail 11.Lords of Everquest (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Lady T'Lak 12."Justice League" .... Penny 13.Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) (voice) .... Mercedes Cortez 14.Deuces Wild (2002) .... Annie 15.Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) .... Paula 16."Family Guy" .... Connie 17."The Sopranos" .... Agent Deborah Ciccerone 18.Almost Famous (2000) .... Sapphire 19.Red Letters (2000) .... Gretchen Van Buren 20.The Waterboy (1998) .... Vicki Vallencourt 21.American History X (1998) .... Stacey 22.There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998) .... Mona 23.The Maker (1997) .... Bella Sotto 24.American Perfekt (1997) .... Alice Thomas 25.The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) .... Aissa 26.The Craft (1996) .... Nancy Downs 27.Shadow of a Doubt (1995) (TV) .... Angel Harwell 28.Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) .... Lucinda 29.Imaginary Crimes (1994) .... Sonya Weiler 30.Tollbooth (1994) .... Doris 31.ZZ Top: Breakaway (1994) (TV) .... Vampire Girl 32.Murder in the Heartland (1993) (TV) .... Caril Ann Fugate 33.The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992) (TV) .... Lisa 34.Shame (1992) (TV) .... Lizzie Curtis 35.Gas, Food Lodging (1992) .... Shade 36.Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991) (TV) .... Stacey 37.Valmont (1989) .... Cecile 38.The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) .... Celia Brzjinski 39.Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987) (TV) .... Barbara at Age 12 40.The Worst Witch (1986) (TV) .... Mildred Hubble 41.Discovery (1986) .... Molly 42.Return to Oz (1985) .... Dorothy 43.Deceptions (1985) (TV) .... Penny Roberts 44.The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983) (TV) .... Beth Bradley IMdB Quote
Boriken Posted September 3, 2008 Posted September 3, 2008 She is very beautiful, but she isn't very photogenic. SHe is MUCH prettier in videos. Quote
66Lucy Posted September 6, 2008 Author Posted September 6, 2008 And she's got a really scary look on top of it I LOVE IT Quote
Boriken Posted September 13, 2008 Posted September 13, 2008 Since I said she looked much better in video I thought i'd give an example. This is a clip from the movie 'The Island of Dr. Moreau", where Fairuza plays the Doctors most human looking creation. It should be noted that she has cat DNA, hence the character's sensual affectionate nature. The clip is a 10 minutes long, but I won't make ya guys watch it all just to see the small part with Fairuza. Fairuza Balk makes her appearance at 4:30.Fairuza Balk in "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Quote
66Lucy Posted October 3, 2008 Author Posted October 3, 2008 Thank you very much Boriken, I love this film ! Unfortunately, I can't find it Quote
66Lucy Posted March 14, 2009 Author Posted March 14, 2009 Fairuza Balk as Vicki Vallencourt in The Waterboy – 1998 Quote
brianwp Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 She's pretty, no doubt. But those teeth...kinda scary. Of course, (apologies to female members for crudeness), I'd still do her in a NY minute. Quote
MarieWeb5 Posted August 13, 2010 Posted August 13, 2010 /monthly_08_2010/post-42007-0-1445988163-35229_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="2331958" alt="post-42007-0-1445988163-35229_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="176.25"> /monthly_08_2010/post-42007-0-1445988164-56982_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="2331976" alt="post-42007-0-1445988164-56982_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="150"> Quote
66Lucy Posted December 20, 2010 Author Posted December 20, 2010 I did not expect to see so many people posting here, thank you to all of you Quote
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