Thora Birch
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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
Credits
American Beauty (1999)
as Jane Burnham
Hocus Pocus (1993)
as Dani Dennison
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
as Sally Ryan
Patriot Games (1992)
as Sally Ryan
The Hole (2001)
as Liz Dunn
The Chronology of Water (2025)
as Claudia
13 Minutes (2021)
as Jess
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
as Empress Savina
Now and Then (1995)
as Teeny
Ghost World (2001)
as Enid
Above Suspicion (2019)
as Jolene
Monkey Trouble (1994)
as Eva
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
as Liz Murray
Affairs of State (2018)
as Callie Roland
Anywhere but Here (1999)
as Mary
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
as Self
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
as Becca
Alaska (1996)
as Jessie Barnes
The Etruscan Smile (2018)
as Emily
Paradise (1991)
as Billie Pike
The Smokers (2000)
as Lincoln Roth
All I Want For Christmas (1991)
as Hallie O'Fallon
Silver City (2004)
as Karen Cross
Shadow Realm (2002)
as Susan Thornhill
Train (2008)
as Alex
The Pregnancy Pact (2010)
as Sidney Bloom
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)
as Self
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)
as Self
Dark Avenger (1990)
as Susie Donovan
Slingshot (2005)
as April
Deadline (2009)
as Lucy Woods
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime (2005)
as Vega (voice)
American Beauty: Look Closer... (2000)
as Self
Kindred Spirits (2019)
as Chloe
Purple People Eater (1988)
as Molly Johnson
The Competition (2018)
as Lauren
The Midway Point (2024)
as Cristina
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover (2020)
as Dani
Night Ride Home (1999)
as Clea Mahler
Dark Corners (2006)
as Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton
Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)
as Barbara Hoffman
Thirsty (2025)
as Sonia Allen
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1992)
as Little Girl (voice)
Petunia (2013)
as Vivian Petunia
The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
as Nichole Schmidt
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil (—)
as Mary
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" (2001)
as Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dot (2004)
as Narrator
Civilian (—)
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