Thora Birch
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 11 March 1982 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty. She then starred in the well received film Ghost World (2001), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.
Known for
Acting 51
- 2026Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil as Mary
- 2026The Last Seder
- 2026Civilian
- 2025The Chronology of Water as Claudia
- 2025Thirsty as Sonia Allen
- 2024The Midway Point as Cristina
- 2022The Gabby Petito Story as Nichole Schmidt
- 202113 Minutes as Jess
- 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover as Dani
- 2019Above Suspicion as Jolene
- 2019Kindred Spirits as Chloe
- 2019The Last Black Man in San Francisco as Becca
- 2018Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash as Self
- 2018Affairs of State as Callie Roland
- 2018The Etruscan Smile as Emily
- 2018The Competition as Lauren
- 2017Art as Dialogue as Self
- 2013Petunia as Vivian Petunia
- 2010The Pregnancy Pact as Sidney Bloom
- 2009Deadline as Lucy Woods
- 2009Capitalism: A Love Story as Self
- 2009Winter of Frozen Dreams as Barbara Hoffman
- 2008Train as Alex
- 2006Dark Corners as Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton
- 2005My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime as Vega (voice)
- 2005Slingshot as April
- 2004Silver City as Karen Cross
- 2004The Dot as Narrator
- 2003Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story as Liz Murray
- 2002Shadow Realm as Susan Thornhill
- 2001Ghost World as Enid
- 2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored as Self
- 2001The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" as Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001The Hole as Liz Dunn
- 2000Dungeons & Dragons as Empress Savina
- 2000American Beauty: Look Closer... as Self
- 2000The Smokers as Lincoln Roth
- 1999Anywhere but Here as Mary
- 1999American Beauty as Jane Burnham
- 1999Night Ride Home as Clea Mahler
- 1996Alaska as Jessie Barnes
- 1995Now and Then as Teeny
- 1994Clear and Present Danger as Sally Ryan
- 1994Monkey Trouble as Eva
- 1993Hocus Pocus as Dani Dennison
- 1992The Itsy Bitsy Spider as Little Girl (voice)
- 1992Patriot Games as Sally Ryan
- 1991All I Want For Christmas as Hallie O'Fallon
- 1991Paradise as Billie Pike
- 1990Dark Avenger as Susie Donovan
- 1988Purple People Eater as Molly Johnson
Directing 2
- 2026Mr. Paradise · director
- 2022The Gabby Petito Story · director
Production 2
- 2022The Gabby Petito Story · co-executive producer
- 2018The Competition · producer