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Thora Birch
Thora Birch | |
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 Birch Volunteering at Los Angeles Mission's 2024 Thanksgiving Event | |
| Born | March 11, 1982[1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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Michael Benton Adler
(m. 2018) |
| Parent(s) | Jack Birch
(father) Carol Connors (mother) |
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Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress, producer, and director. She made her feature film debut with a starring role in Purple People Eater (1988), for which she won a Young Artist Award for "Best Actress Under Nine Years of Age". Birch rose to prominence as a child star during the 1990s through a string of parts in films, including Paradise (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (1994), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). Her breakthrough into adult-oriented roles came with her portrayal of Jane Burnham in American Beauty (1999), for which she was nominated for that year's BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress.
Birch received further acclaim—and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress—for starring as Enid Coleslaw in the cult hit Ghost World (2001),[2] and was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work in the 2003 television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Her other film credits during the 2000s included Dungeons & Dragons (2000), The Hole (2001), Silver City (2004), and Dark Corners (2006). Birch took a break from acting after producing and starring in the film Petunia (2012).[3] She returned in 2016 and has since appeared in various independent films, such as The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019). From 2019 to 2020, she played Mary (aka "Gamma") in the tenth season of the AMC series The Walking Dead.
In 2022, Birch made her directorial debut with the Lifetime television film The Gabby Petito Story.[4] She will make her directorial debut film with an adaptation of Elmore Leonard's novel Mr. Paradise, making her the first woman to direct an adaptation of Leonard's writings.[5]
- ^ "Famous birthdays for March 11: Thora Birch, Alex Kingston". UPI. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
- ^ Burin, Rick (March 17, 2021). "Ghost World at 20: 'In an era of teen comedies and American Pie, this was an antidote'". The Independent. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Marine, Brooke (June 18, 2019). "Where Has Thora Birch Been? Allow Thora Birch to Explain". W. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
- ^ Petski, Denise (May 5, 2022). "Thora Birch Set to Co-Star & Direct 'The Gabby Petito Story' Movie for Lifetime". Deadline.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 19, 2023). "Thora Birch To Direct Elmore Leonard Adaptation 'Mr. Paradise' For 'The Guilty' & 'Oslo' Producer Gary Michael Walters – Cannes Market". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 26, 2023.
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