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