Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress. She is best known for her role in the 1996 movie The Craft and, more than ten years earlier, in Disney's 1985 Return to Oz. May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... The Craft is a 1996 movie directed by Andrew Fleming about a girl who moves to Los Angeles, California from San Francisco, California and meets three friends who teach her about the world of (fictional) witchcraft. ... Alternate meanings: Disney (disambiguation) The Walt Disney Company (also known as Disney Enterprises, Inc. ... // Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and... The 1985 film Return to Oz is a motion picture arguably created as an unofficial sequel to The Wizard of Oz. ...

Childhood

Fairuza Balk was born as Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse in Point Reyes, California^[1] to Cathryn Balk, a belly dancer of Dutch descent,[1] and Solomon Feldthouse, a musician.[2] It is said that when she was born her father saw her turquoise eyes and exclaimed, "Fairuza!", meaning "turquoise." Fairuza is the Persian word "فيروزه" firouzeh.[3] Point Reyes Point Reyes is a prominent cape on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. ... Belly Dancer (Bananza) is the title of a hit single by R&B singer Akon. ... Turquoise is a mid-value color blend of blue and green. ... Persian (local name: FārsÄ« or PārsÄ« ) is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, India, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ...

Child star

Soon after her parents divorced, Balk and her mother became world travelers. She was raised for the first part of her life in San Francisco on a commune-type ranch. They then moved to Vancouver when she was nine. At 11 they moved to London, where she attended various prestigious ballet and acting schools. It was at this time that she was selected by the Walt Disney Company to star in Return to Oz, the loose sequel to 1939's The Wizard of Oz. It was not her first role (that was a television movie called The Best Christmas Pageant Ever made in 1983), but it was the one that brought her attention as an actress. For the record label, see Divorce Records. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area    - City 122 km²  (47 sq mi)  - Land 121. ... This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The 1985 film Return to Oz is a motion picture arguably created as an unofficial sequel to The Wizard of Oz. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... For the novel, see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz; For comparison of book and film, see The Wizard of Oz book to film comparison; For the history of The Wizard of Oz on television, see The Wizard of Oz on television; For other senses of this title, see The Wizard... Telefilm redirects here. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

The role lead to other minor roles, and in 1988 she moved to Paris to do more work as an actress. By 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she attended high school. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...

Successful actress

However, she soon decided to take correspondence courses instead and went back to Hollywood, where she gained increasing notice as an actress. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as best actress for her performance in the Allison Anders film Gas Food Lodging. Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. ... Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 movie directed by Allison Anders about a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer-park. ...

A couple of years later she cast in as lead role in The Craft, in which her character forms a teenage coven with characters portrayed by Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney. Her casting would seem particularly appropriate as Balk studies Wicca in real life and was part owner of a store dedicated to that religion named Panpipes Magickal Marketplace. She has since sold her interest in the store and is no longer affiliated with it. The Craft is a 1996 movie directed by Andrew Fleming about a girl who moves to Los Angeles, California from San Francisco, California and meets three friends who teach her about the world of (fictional) witchcraft. ... Coven or covan was originally a late medieval Scots word (c1500) meaning a gathering of any kind, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. ... Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. ... Rachel True (born November 15, 1966) is an Bi-racial her father white her mother african-american actress originally from New York. ... Robin Tunney (born on June 19, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress of stage, television and screen. ... The pentagram within a circle, a symbol of faith used by many Wiccans, sometimes called a pentacle. ...

Balk has continued to find roles. She had a memorable performance as a neo-Nazi opposite Edward Norton in American History X (1998) and since 2000 she has appeared in half a dozen movies. She has also done voice work for animated films and video games, including Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... For the fictional character Ed Norton, see The Honeymooners. ... American History X is a 1998 film directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. ... Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (released in October 2002) is the fourth video game in the hit Grand Theft Auto series. ...

Private life

Balk lives in Venice, California, and has an apartment in New York City. Outside her career, her interests include writing poetry and fiction, playing guitar, singing, and dancing. Over the years she has been romantically involved with a number of well known men including British actor David Thewlis who appeared with her in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) and C.M. Talkington, director and writer of the cult classic, Love and a .45. She is the lead singer in a band. Venice Beach and Boardwalk Venice, California, is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ... Fiction (from the Latin fingere, to form, create) is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. ... David Thewlis in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ... // The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature and identity, religion, Darwinism, eugenics, and the dangers of unchecked and irresponsible scientific research. ... Love and a . ...

Trivia

• Balk belly dances, which she did in the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau.
• She has four cats: MoMo, Oscar, Sweetpea Poteet Tennessee, and Mouse.
• She has nine tattoos, including a Green Triangle tattoo on her shoulder which is the symbol used by the Nazis to classify people of gypsy origin/heritage during World War II.
• Her nickname is Ru.
• Her favorite authors include: William Burroughs, James Joyce, Isabel Allende, Mikhail Bulgakov, Jung, Oscar Wilde, and recently Ernest Hemingway and Balzac.[4]
• There is an Irish band named after her.[5]
• She is quite adept at playing pool.
• Plays both the guitar and the piano.
• Though an avid reader, she is in fact dyslexic

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Filmography

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983, TV)
• Return to Oz (1985)
• The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Review (1985, video)
• Deceptions (1986, TV)
• The Worst Witch (1986, TV)
• Discovery (1986)
• Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987, TV), as Barbara Hutton at 12
• The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
• Valmont (1989)
• Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991, TV)
• Gas Food Lodging (1992)
• Shame (1992, TV)
• The Danger of Love (1992, TV)
• Murder in the Heartland (1993, TV)
• Imaginary Crimes (1994)
• Tollbooth (1994)
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), alongside Andy Garcia
• Shadow of a Doubt (1995, TV)
• The Craft (1996)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
• The Maker (1997)
• American Perfekt (1997)
• There's no Fish Food in Heaven (1998)
• American History X (1998)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• The Sopranos (TV, appearing in three episodes in 1999 and 2001)
• Family Guy (TV animated series, three episodes from 1999-2001)
• Red Letters (2000)
• Almost Famous (2000)
• Play (Moby album) (2001, in video)
• Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), as Paula
• Deuces Wild (2002), as Annie
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 video game), as "Mercedes Cortez"
• Justice League (2003), as Penny
• Lords of Everquest (2003 video game), as "Lady T'Lak"
• What Is It? (2005), as Snail
• Don't Come Knocking (2005), as Amber
• A Year and a Day (2005), as Lola
• Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006), as Logan's Mom
• Masters of Horror (2006, TV), episode Pick Me Up as Stacia

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Notes

1. ^ According to one page on her own website she was born in Canada, but her listing on the California Birth Index 1905 - 1995 maintains that Fairuza A. Feldthouse was born in Marin County, California on 21 May 1974.

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External links

• Fairuza Balk at the Internet Movie Database