Thora Birch
Acting • Born 1982-03-11
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
69 credits
American Beauty
Movie • 1999
Jane Burnham
The Hole
Movie • 2001
Liz Dunn
Ghost World
Movie • 2001
Enid
Shadow Realm
Movie • 2002
Susan Thornhill
Hocus Pocus
Movie • 1993
Dani Dennison
Winter of Frozen Dreams
Movie • 2009
Barbara Hoffman
Dark Corners
Movie • 2006
Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton
Train
Movie • 2008
Alex
Capitalism: A Love Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Dungeons & Dragons
Movie • 2000
Empress Savina
Deadline
Movie • 2009
Lucy Woods
The Smokers
Movie • 2000
Lincoln Roth
Now and Then
Movie • 1995
Teeny
Clear and Present Danger
Movie • 1994
Sally Ryan
Slingshot
Movie • 2005
April
Patriot Games
Movie • 1992
Sally Ryan
All I Want For Christmas
Movie • 1991
Hallie O'Fallon
Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil
Movie
Mary
Monkey Trouble
Movie • 1994
Eva
Alaska
Movie • 1996
Jessie Barnes
Silver City
Movie • 2004
Karen Cross
Paradise
Movie • 1991
Billie Pike
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
Movie • 2003
Liz Murray
The Pregnancy Pact
Movie • 2010
Sidney Bloom
Petunia
Movie • 2013
Vivian Petunia
Dark Avenger
Movie • 1990
Susie Donovan
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Movie • 1992
Little Girl (voice)
Night Ride Home
Movie • 1999
Clea Mahler
Purple People Eater
Movie • 1988
Molly Johnson
The Gabby Petito Story
Movie • 2022
Nichole Schmidt
Thirsty
Movie • 2025
Sonia Allen
The Chronology of Water
Movie • 2025
Claudia
The Midway Point
Movie • 2024
Cristina
The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"
Movie • 2001
Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Movie • 2019
Jolene
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime
Movie • 2005
Vega (voice)
The Competition
Movie • 2018
Lauren
Anywhere but Here
Movie • 1999
Mary
The Etruscan Smile
Movie • 2018
Emily
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie • 2001
Self
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Movie • 2019
Becca
Affairs of State
Movie • 2018
Callie Roland
Art as Dialogue
Movie • 2017
Self
The Dot
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash
Movie • 2018
Self
Kindred Spirits
Movie • 2019
Chloe
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Movie • 2000
Self
In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover
Movie • 2020
Dani
13 Minutes
Movie • 2021
Jess
Civilian
Movie
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Clea
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Day by Day
TV • 1988
Molly Farrell
Monty
TV • 1994
Parenthood
TV • 1990
Taylor Buckman
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Aggie Travers
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Colony
TV • 2016
Morgan
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Mary
The Walking Dead
TV • 2010
Gamma
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Erin
Mayfair Witches
TV • 2023
Gifford Mayfair
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest