Fairuza Balk
Actor
Fairuza Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American actress. She made her theatrical film debut as Dorothy Gale in Disney's Return to Oz.
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The Craft (2020)
As: Nancy Downs
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Zoe Lister-Jones
Stars: David Duchovny | Cailee Spaeny | Gideon Adlon | Lovie Simone | Zoey Luna
Trespassers (2018)
As: Visitor
Two dysfunctional couples are terrorized by a group of violent individuals during a vacation at a modern desert home.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Orson Oblowitz
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Janel Parrish | Angela Trimbur | Jonathan Howard | Zach Avery
Battle Scars (2017)
As: Rifka
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 PTSD, Luke Stephens wants nothing more than to forget. What happens when our soldiers come back to Another Stateside?
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Danny Buday
Stars: Zane Holtz | Fairuza Balk | David James Elliott | Heather McComb | Ryan Eggold
August Falls (2017)
As: Anna Ellison
Struggling to find the truth behind her son's mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Sam Hancock
Stars: Alanna Ubach | Fairuza Balk | Charles Baker | Tamara Taylor | Ashley Clements
A Year and a Day (2015)
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 measure and worth of a man and a life.
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Edoardo Ballerini | Emily Ratajkowski
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
As: Herself
We’ve heard all the insane rumours and scandals attached to the ill-fated 1996 remake of H.G. Wells’ THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project only to be fired after four days of shooting and replaced by John Frankenheimer and how headliner ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: David Gregory
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Marco Hofschneider | Richard Stanley | Michael Gingold | Kier-La Janisse
Beyond Clueless (2014)
As: Narrator
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 eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Charlie Lyne
Stars: Fairuza Balk
Dose of Reality (2013)
As: Rose
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 bathroom of a late night lounge. When she awakens, Tony, Matt and the mysterious Rose are plunged into a stirring evening of dangerous role playing in an ever-escalating game of cat and mouse that forces them to face the dark shadows of themselves. As we begin ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Christopher Glatis
Stars: Rick Ravanello | Fairuza Balk | Ryan Merriman | Tanya Allen
Shit Year (2010)
As: Message Voice (voice)
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the quiet and peace of mind she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she really can’t stand herself now that she has given up the only thing that she has ever truly been passionate about. As an alternative to ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Cam Archer
Stars: Melora Walters | Ellen Barkin | Luke Grimes | Bob Einstein | Theresa Randle
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
As: Heidi
Terrence McDonagh, a New Orleans Police sergeant, who starts out as a good cop, receiving a medal and a promotion to lieutenant for heroism during Hurricane Katrina. During his heroic act, McDonagh injures his back and later becomes addicted to prescription pain medication. McDonagh finds himself involved with a drug dealer who is suspected of murdering a family of African immigrants.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Stars: Nicolas Cage | Val Kilmer | Fairuza Balk | Eva Mendes | Shawn Hatosy
Grindstone Road (2008)
As: Hannah
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 accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly purchased farmhouse, strange occurrences begin to happen.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Melanie Orr
Stars: Greg Bryk | Fairuza Balk
Humboldt County (2008)
As: Bogart
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 named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he encounters her eccentric family of pot farmers. But when Bogart runs away without a word, Peter is thrust into the picturesque and bizarre world
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Darren Grodsky | Danny Jacobs
Stars: Brad Dourif | Peter Bogdanovich | Fairuza Balk | Frances Conroy | Jeremy Strong
Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006)
As: Logan's Mom
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Cam Archer
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Tom Gilroy | Kim Dickens | Patrick White | Malcolm Stumpf
Don't Come Knocking (2005)
As: Amber
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 young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over him, that's the sad truth. Until one day Howard learns that he might have a child somewhere out there...
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Stars: Tim Roth | Sarah Polley | Sam Shepard | Jessica Lange | Eva Marie Saint
What Is It? (2005)
As: Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)
What Is It? is the name of a 2005 experimental film written, starring, funded and directed by Crispin Glover. As of 2008, the film has only been shown at independent theaters, typically accompanied by a question and answer session, slideshow and meet-and-greet/autograph signing with Glover.
Runtime: 72 min.
Directed by: Crispin Glover
Stars: Crispin Glover | Steven C. Stewart | Michael Bleviss | Carlos Richardson | Lisa Fusco
Deuces Wild (2002)
As: Annie
1950s New York City. A bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn. The Deuces at war with the vicious Vipers. Scott Kalvert directs this tale of lust, drugs, mayhem and madness during one hot summer on the streets of New York.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
Stars: Norman Reedus | Fairuza Balk | Stephen Dorff | Max Perlich | Brad Renfro
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
As: Paula
Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Rebecca Miller
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Parker Posey | John Ventimiglia | Kyra Sedgwick | Ron Leibman
Almost Famous (2000)
As: Sapphire
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 magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Stars: Kate Hudson | Jason Lee | Patrick Fugit | Billy Crudup | Frances McDormand
Red Letters (2000)
As: Gretchen Van Buren
A college professor reluctantly hides an escaped female convict who tries to get him to help prove her innocent of a murder.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Bradley Battersby
Stars: Ernie Hudson | Fairuza Balk | Jeremy Piven | Nastassja Kinski | Peter Coyote
The Waterboy (1998)
As: Vicki Vallencourt
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-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Frank Coraci
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Kathy Bates | Adam Sandler | Henry Winkler | Jerry Reed
American History X (1998)
As: Stacey
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Stars: Edward Norton | Elliott Gould | Ethan Suplee | Edward Furlong | Beverly D'Angelo
There's No Fish Food in Heaven (1998)
As: Mona
Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than trying to meet with her in a conventional way, he decides to mail himself to her with the help of a pet shop owner. Unfortunately, when he arrives, she is with another man, who immediately makes love to her against the box.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Eleanor Gaver
Stars: Noah Taylor | Fairuza Balk | Patrick Dempsey | Debi Mazar | Téa Leoni
The Maker (1997)
As: Bella Sotto
Josh is a high school guy who lives with adoptive parents and is involved in little crimes with his friends (including young lesbian Bella). Suddenly his elder brother Walter comes out of the blue (he left home 10 years ago when he was 18 and was never heard during these years). After that Walter starts to involve Josh in various new criminal activities, including robbery.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Tim Hunter
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker | Fairuza Balk | Michael Madsen | Matthew Modine | Jonathan Rhys Meyers
American Perfekt (1997)
As: Alice
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Paul Chart
Stars: David Thewlis | Fairuza Balk | Robert Forster | Amanda Plummer | Paul Sorvino
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
As: Aissa
A shipwrecked sailor stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA with horrific results.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: David Thewlis | Val Kilmer | Fairuza Balk | Marlon Brando | Daniel Rigney
The Craft (1996)
As: Nancy Downs
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, rivals or meddlesome parents.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Andrew Fleming
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Skeet Ulrich | Rachel True | Robin Tunney | Neve Campbell
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
As: Lucinda
A mafia film in Tarantino style with a star-studded cast. Jimmy’s “The Saint” gangster career has finally ended. Yet now he finds him self doing favors for a wise godfather known as “The Man with the Plan.”
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Gary Fleder
Stars: William Forsythe | Treat Williams | Christopher Lloyd | Bill Nunn | Andy García
Tollbooth (1994)
As: Doris
A tollbooth attendant's fascination with a young woman who works at a gas station leads him into a love triangle and murder.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Salomé Breziner
Stars: Will Patton | Seymour Cassel | Fairuza Balk | Louise Fletcher | Lenny Von Dohlen
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
As: Sonya Weiler
A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two teenage daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1950s Indiana.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Anthony Drazan
Stars: Kelly Lynch | Fairuza Balk | Harvey Keitel | Vincent D'Onofrio | Diane Baker
Shame (1992)
As: Lizzie Curtis
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 press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Dan Lerner
Stars: Larry Brandenburg | Dean Stockwell | Lee Garlington | Amanda Donohoe | Dan Gauthier
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
As: Shade
In the boring desert of New Mexico, a single mother raises her two teenage daughters, Shade and Trudi, whose deepest desire is to leave the dead calm town. Shade is the type to escape in her extravagant fantasies while Trudi is so rebelious it could drive her away.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Allison Anders
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Ione Skye | James Brolin | Robert Knepper | Brooke Adams
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
As: Lisa
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 him due to inconsistencies in his alibi, and no evidence points to anyone else.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Joyce Chopra
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Richard Lewis | Joseph Bologna | Jenny Robertson | Joe Penny
Deadly Intentions... Again? (1991)
As: Stacey
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 married before he was incarcerated.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: James Steven Sadwith
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Kevin McNulty | Joanna Kerns | Harry Hamlin | Conchata Ferrell
Valmont (1989)
As: Cecile
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 he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as "Dangerous Liaisons."
Runtime: 137 min.
Directed by: Miloš Forman
Stars: Colin Firth | Fairuza Balk | Annette Bening | Meg Tilly | Siân Phillips
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
As: Celia Brzjinski
The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy, Max Glick (Noam Zylberman) from a small Manitoba community with an overbearing family tries to navigate his coming-of-age with his family's condescension and bigotry using his sarcastic, Jewish humour. The town's rabbi dies, and a sub-plot develops in which Max's father (Aaron Schwartz) and grandfather ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Allan A. Goldstein
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Saul Rubinek | Jan Rubeš | Noam Zylberman | Susan Douglas
The Worst Witch (1986)
As: Mildred Hubble
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 headmistress of the school, Miss Cackle, has an evil twin sister (Agatha) who plans to destroy the school. Can Mildred foil the plan before the Grand Wizard (Tim Curry) comes to the Academy for the Halloween celebration you'll never forget?!!
Runtime: 70 min.
Directed by: Robert Young
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Tim Curry | Diana Rigg | Charlotte Rae | Sabina Franklyn
Return to Oz (1985)
As: Dorothy Gale
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 dangerous new enemies.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Walter Murch
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Jean Marsh | Matt Clark | Nicol Williamson | Piper Laurie
Deceptions (1985)
As: Penny Roberts
Twin sisters trade places with unexpected results.
Runtime: 181 min.
Stars: Barry Bostwick | Fairuza Balk | Sam Wanamaker | Gina Lollobrigida | Stefanie Powers
The Whimsical World of Oz (1985)
As: Herself
A promotional piece for the Disney film "Return to Oz", that also traces the history of the Oz books and films.
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Mason Adams | Ray Bolger | Ray Bradbury | Robert A. Baum Jr.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
As: Beth Bradley
This is a made for tv adaptation of Barbara Robinson's novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H stars as Grace Bradley who inherits the job of running her church's Christmas pageant when the woman who usually does it breaks her leg tripping over the extremely long wire she has on her telephone.Not only does Grace inherit this disaster it gets worse when the Herdman kids - all six of ...
Runtime: 48 min.
Directed by: George Schaefer
Stars: Fairuza Balk | Loretta Swit | Jackson Davies | Anthony Holland | David Alexander