Thora Birch Add to My Celebs Age 30 Birthday Mar. 11th, 1982 Born in Los Angeles, California, USA Height 5' 4"

Thora Birch's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Monty Ann Sherman Night Visions Susan Thorn… Parenthood Taylor Buck… Day by Day Molly

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Winter of Frozen Dreams 2009 - Capitalism: A Love Story 2006 - Dark Corners 2005 - Slingshot 2001 - The Hole 2001 - Ghost World 2000 - Dungeons & Dragons 2000 - The Smokers 1999 - Anywhere But Here 1999 - American Beauty 1996 - Alaska 1995 - Now and Then 1994 - Monkey Trouble 1994 - Clear and Present Danger 1993 - Hocus Pocus 1992 - Patriot Games 1991 - All I Want For Christmas

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

From Monkey Trouble (1994) to American Beauty (1999)-- that's Hollywood "Hocus Pocus"! Thora Birch was born on Thursday (as in Thor's Day) March 11, 1982. Her father Jack, and mom Carol, named her after the Norse God Thor ("Thora" being the feminine), the God of thunder; she has a younger brother named Bolt. Thora appeared in one of the "classic" California raisin commercials in 1986 (at age 4), and later did other commercials. At age 6, Thora appeared in Purple People Eater (1988) and won a Youth in Film Award for her performance. Then she appeared in the television series "Parenthood" (1990), which co-starred a not-yet-discovered Leonardo DiCaprio. Thora's breakout movie was Paradise (1991) with bona fide stars Don Johnson (I) and Melanie Griffith; Thora bested 4,000 young hopefuls to land the role, and she again got great reviews. Thora appeared in Hocus Pocus (1993) with major stars; however, she got real recognition by having a starring role in Monkey Trouble (1994), in which her affection for her pet (and sometimes scene-stealing) monkey basically carried the entire movie (she and the monkey did their own stunts). All grown up, this petite beauty (5' 4") with green eyes had a major role in American Beauty (1999) which won 5 Oscar awards. Thora delivered a strong, effective performance as the alienated daughter of parents whose mid-life crises drive them to affairs and destruction; her acting was convincing and inspired, and once again received good reviews. A down-to-earth young woman in real life, she loves Italian food and diet root beer.


TRIVIA:

• Was actually only 16 years old at the time she was filmed nude for a scene in _American Beauty (1999)_ (qv). She told TV talk show host 'Craig Kilborn' (qv) when she appeared on his show in 2002 that her parents didn't have a problem with her doing a nude scene, despite her being under age, and they encouraged her to go ahead and do it. They agreed that her character's nude scene was so important to the development of her character that they gave their approval.
• She is of German, Scandinavian, and Italian descent.
• Her parents, 'Jack Birch' (qv) & 'Carol Connors (I)' (qv), thought that she would be a boy, and planned on naming the child Thor, after the Norse God of Thunder and Lightning. When she was born, however, her parents feminized the name and called her Thora.
• Appeared in 'Moby (I)' (qv)'s video "We Are All Made Of Stars" (2002) and "Eat You Alive" by 'Limp Bizkit' (qv) (2003).
• Brother is 'Bolt Birch' (qv).
• Was fired from _Election (1999)_ (qv) due to differences with director 'Alexander Payne (I)' (qv).
• Does her own stunts.
• Used to live on her family ranch in East Los Angeles, but now lives in an apartment in LA.

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