Thora Birch

Thora Birch, born March 11, 1982, is an American actress. She made her film debut in Purple People Eater (1988) which earned her the Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress under Nine Years of Age". Birch became famous as a child actor with appearances in films including All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (1994), Now and Then (1995) as well as Alaska (1996).Her first major role came in 1999 when she played Jane Burnham in the highly popular film American Beauty, for which she was awarded an BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Birch then appeared as Enid in the cult hit Ghost World (2001), receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress. In 2003, Birch received an Emmy Award nomination for playing the lead character in Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Other films she has appeared in include Dungeons & Dragons (2000), The Hole (2001), Silver City (2004), Dark Corners (2006), Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009) and Petunia (2012).After having a break from acting, Birch resumed her career in the year 2016 and since then has appeared in several independent films. Birch has also appeared as Whisperer Mary / Gamma in Season 10 of The Walking Dead (2019-2020). Birch was the eldest child born to Jack Birch (and Carol Connors) in Los Angeles. Birch her family's initial surname was Biersch and is German-Jewish, Scandinavian, French-Canadian and Italian origins. [6] Her name, "Thora," is derived from that of Norse god of lightning and thunder "Thor" and would be her name were she a boy. Kian Bolt Birch who is her younger brother, is her mother. Both are former adult film actors and were both actors in Deep Throat. Based on their own experiences working in the entertainment business, they were reluctant to encourage her, but they were persuaded by Thora's picture to agents by a babysitter who noticed her imitating commercials. Birch was just four years old when she received her first big break when the babysitter took her on a audition for the Quaker Oats advertisement.



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