Career īalk took her first acting course around the summer of 1983, where she was taught how to look at a camera and not be shy. īalk owned an occult shop in Los Angeles as a young woman upon signing to act in the 1996 film The Craft. They remained there for six months before returning to Vancouver. They moved to London and then to Paris for another role. They then moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, where she began acting at age six. Until the age of two, Balk lived in Jackson, Michigan with her mother.
Feldthouse was one of the founding members of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope, and was also a traveling folk musician.
Her father gave her the name for the color of her eyes. The name Fairuza is of Persian origin meaning " turquoise". Balk has been releasing music since 2010 under the name of her unsigned act, Armed Love Militia.īalk was born on May 21, 1974, in Point Reyes, California to Solomon Feldthouse (born David Earle Scaff 1940–2021), a musician, and Catherine Balk (1944–2018), a belly dancer. She played the recurring role of Ginger on Showtime's Ray Donovan in 2015, and starred as Lizzie Thomas in the Amazon Prime series Paradise City in 2021. Outside of film, Balk portrayed Mildred Hubble in the 1986 television adaptation of The Worst Witch, based on the book series of the same name. Moreau (1996), American History X (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Almost Famous (2000), Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), Deuces Wild (2002), Don't Come Knocking (2005), Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006), Humboldt County (2008), and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009). Her other credits include The Island of Dr.
After roles in Imaginary Crimes (1994) and Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), Balk received acclaim and a cult following for her portrayal of Nancy Downs in The Craft (1996), which earned her an MTV Movie Award. Her career progressed with parts in films such as Valmont (1989) and Gas Food Lodging (1992), the latter earning her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Known for her portrayals of distinctive characters-often with a dark edge and " goth-girl" persona -she has appeared in numerous independent films and blockbuster features.įollowing a series of television roles, Balk made her feature film debut as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz (1985), for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award for Best Starring Performance. Fairuza Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American actress, musician, and visual artist.
0 kommentar(er)
