Thora Birch
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.
Filmography
The Dot
2004 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
The Walking Dead
2010 · 8.1
American Beauty
1999 · 8.0
The Outer Limits
1995 · 7.7
Mayfair Witches
2023 · 7.3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
2003 · 7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
TFI Friday
1996 · 7.1
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
2020 · 7.1
Ghost World
2001 · 7.1
Hocus Pocus
1993 · 7.1
Monty
1994 · 7.0
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime
2005 · 7.0
The Midway Point
2024 · 7.0
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2019 · 7.0
Now and Then
1995 · 6.9
Colony
2016 · 6.9
The Chronology of Water
2025 · 6.7
Patriot Games
1992 · 6.7
Clear and Present Danger
1994 · 6.6
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · 6.6
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
1992 · 6.4
The Etruscan Smile
2018 · 6.3
Paradise
1991 · 6.2
The Hole
2001 · 6.2
Day by Day
1988 · 6.1
Anywhere but Here
1999 · 6.1
Silver City
2004 · 6.1
Above Suspicion
2019 · 6.0
Kindred Spirits
2019 · 5.9
13 Minutes
2021 · 5.8
Parenthood
1990 · 5.8
Alaska
1996 · 5.8
Night Ride Home
1999 · 5.8
Monkey Trouble
1994 · 5.7
All I Want For Christmas
1991 · 5.6
The Gabby Petito Story
2022 · 5.4
Train
2008 · 5.3
Purple People Eater
1988 · 5.1
Dark Corners
2006 · 5.1
The Pregnancy Pact
2010 · 5.1
Deadline
2009 · 5.0
Affairs of State
2018 · 4.9
Petunia
2013 · 4.7
Dark Avenger
1990 · 4.6
Winter of Frozen Dreams
2009 · 4.5
Shadow Realm
2002 · 4.5
Dungeons & Dragons
2000 · 4.4
The Competition
2018 · 4.1
Slingshot
2005 · 3.8
The Smokers
2000 · 3.5
Thirsty
2025 · 3.0
Civilian
— · 0.0
The Last Seder
— · 0.0
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil
— · 0.0
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
2001 · 0.0