Thora Birch

ActorProductionDirectorProducer Mar 11 (age 44) Los Angeles, California, USA 1988–2025 (37 year career)

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Biography

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

Film

American Beauty

Jane Burnham

Film

Hocus Pocus

Dani Dennison

Film

Ghost World

Enid

Film

Patriot Games

Sally Ryan

Film

Clear and Present Danger

Sally Ryan

Film

Capitalism: A Love Story

Self

Film

Now and Then

Teeny

Film

The Hole

Liz Dunn

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (50)

The Chronology of Water

as Claudia

Thirsty

as Sonia Allen

The Midway Point

as Cristina

The Gabby Petito Story

as Nichole Schmidt

13 Minutes

as Jess

In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover

2020

as Dani

7.1

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

as Becca

Above Suspicion

as Jolene

Kindred Spirits

as Chloe

The Etruscan Smile

as Emily

Affairs of State

as Callie Roland

The Competition

as Lauren

Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash

as Self

Art as Dialogue

as Self

Petunia

as Vivian Petunia

The Pregnancy Pact

as Sidney Bloom

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

as Self

7.1

Winter of Frozen Dreams

as Barbara Hoffman

Deadline

as Lucy Woods

Train

as Alex

Dark Corners

as Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton

5.0

Slingshot

2005

as April

3.5

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime

as Vega (voice)

Silver City

as Karen Cross

The Dot

as Narrator

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

as Liz Murray

Shadow Realm

as Susan Thornhill

Ghost World

as Enid

The Hole

as Liz Dunn

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored

2001

as Self

6.1

The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"

2001

as Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dungeons & Dragons

as Empress Savina

The Smokers

as Lincoln Roth

American Beauty: Look Closer...

as Self

American Beauty

as Jane Burnham

Anywhere but Here

as Mary

Night Ride Home

as Clea Mahler

Alaska

as Jessie Barnes

Now and Then

as Teeny

Clear and Present Danger

as Sally Ryan

Monkey Trouble

as Eva

Hocus Pocus

as Dani Dennison

Patriot Games

as Sally Ryan

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

1992

as Little Girl (voice)

6.3

All I Want For Christmas

as Hallie O'Fallon

Paradise

as Billie Pike

Dark Avenger

as Susie Donovan

Purple People Eater

as Molly Johnson

Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil

as Mary

Civilian

Television (18)

Mayfair Witches

as Gifford Mayfair

Colony

as Morgan

The Walking Dead

as Mary

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Punk'd

as Self

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

as Self

4.0

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

1999

as Self - Guest

4.6

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

The Outer Limits

as Aggie Travers

Touched by an Angel

as Erin

Monty

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Guest

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Parenthood

as Taylor Buckman

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Day by Day

as Molly Farrell

The Oscars

as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Clea

8.6

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

The Gabby Petito Story

2022

Co-Executive Producer

5.4

The Gabby Petito Story

Director

The Competition

Producer

Mr. Paradise

Director