Thora Birch
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.
67 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 67
The Walking Dead
2010
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Touched by an Angel
1994
The Outer Limits
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Colony
2016
Punk'd
2003
The Oscars
1953
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Mayfair Witches
2023
American Beauty
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Day by Day
1988
Hocus Pocus
1993
Clear and Present Danger
1994
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Parenthood
1990
The Chronology of Water
2025
Dungeons & Dragons
2000
Patriot Games
1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Monty
1994
13 Minutes
2021
Above Suspicion
2019
Ghost World
2001
Affairs of State
2018
The Hole
2001
Now and Then
1995
Anywhere but Here
1999
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001
Capitalism: A Love Story
2009
Monkey Trouble
1994
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
2018
Alaska
1996
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020
All I Want For Christmas
1991
Silver City
2004
Winter of Frozen Dreams
2009
Paradise
1991
The Etruscan Smile
2018
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime
2005
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
Shadow Realm
2002
Train
2008
Purple People Eater
1988
The Pregnancy Pact
2010
The Competition
2018
Dark Corners
2006
Dark Avenger
1990
Deadline
2009
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Slingshot
2005
Kindred Spirits
2019
The Gabby Petito Story
2022
The Midway Point
2024
Thirsty
2025
The Smokers
2000
Night Ride Home
1999
Petunia
2013
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil
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The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
1992
The Dot
2004
Civilian
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