Who is Fairuza Balk? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse Wiki Biography

Fairuza Balk was born as Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse on the 21st May 1974, in Point Reyes, California, USA, and has mixed heritage – from her father`s side as Romani and Cherokee, and from her mothers, Irish and French. She is probably best known for being an actress who has appeared in a number of roles in TV and film titles, including the role of Dorothy Gale in “Return To Oz” (1985), as Shade in “Gas Food Lodging” (1992), and for playing Nancy Downs in “The Craft” (1996). She has also starred in “Murder In The Heartland” (1993), and “Masters Of Horror” (2006). Her career has been active since 1983.

Have you ever wondered how rich Fairuza Balk is, as of mid-2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the overall size of Balk’s net worth is equal to $3 million, which has been accumulated through her successful involvement in the entertainment industry.

Fairuza Balk Net Worth $3 Million

Fairuza Balk is the daughter of Solomon Feldthouse, who worked as a traveling musician and was one of the founding members of the band Kaleidoscope, and Cathryn Falk, who was a belly dancer. When she was a baby, her parents divorced, and she was raised by her mother in San Francisco, California. Later, they moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where her career started.

Fairuza`s career began when she was only six years old, but until 1983, she didn`t make official screen appearances. That year, she was cast as Bet Bradley in the TV film “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”, starring Loretta Swit. Two years later, she featured as Dorothy in the film “Return To Oz”, and the same year she also appeared in the film “Deceptions”. By the end of the 1980s, Fairuzahad shown her acting skills in “The Worst Witch” (1986), “The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick” (1988), and “Valmont” (1989), among others, all of which added to her net worth.

In the 1990s, Fairuza emerged as a young and talented actress, which only helped her acquire new roles, first as Stacey in the film “Deadly Intentions… Again?” in 1991, with such actors as Harry Hamlin and Joanna Kerns, andthe following year she appeared in the film “Gas, Food Lodging” with James Brolin, and Brooke Adams. In 1996 she starred in the lead role in the film “The Craft”, alongside Neve Campbell and Robin Tunney, which increased her net worth to a large degree. By the end of the 1990s, she had appeared in several other notable roles, including that of Mona in the film “Life In The Fast Lane” (1998), and Stacey in the film “American History X” (1998), among others, all of which added to her net worth.

Balk continued acting successfully in the early 2000s, appearing in the films “Red Letters”, “Almost Famous”, in 2000, and two years later she featured in the films “Personal Velocity”, and “Deuces Wild”. In 2005 she appeared in a brief role in the film “Don`t Come Knocking”, and the same year she had a supporting role in the film “A Year And A Day”, alongside Edoardo Ballerini. To speak further of her accomplishments, Fairuza`s net worth increased from her appearances in such films as “Humboldt County” (2008), “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans” (2009), “Dose of Reality” (2013), and most recently she was selected for the role of Ginger in the TV series “Ray Donovan”. She will also appear in the film “August Falls”, which is currently in post-production; however, the release date is yet to be determined.

Thanks to her skills, Fairuza has received several prestigious nominations and awards, including the Independent Spirit Award in the category of Best Female Lead for her work on the film “Gas, Food Lodging”, among others. Speaking about Fairuza Balk’s personal life, little is known in the media about it as she is very discreet, just information that she enjoys playing the guitar and piano in her spare time.



Full Name Fairuza Balk
Net Worth $3 Million
Date Of Birth May 21, 1974
Place Of Birth Point Reyes, California, USA
Height 5′ 3″ (1.6 m)
Profession Actress, Soundtrack
Nationality American
Parents Solomon Feldthouse, Cathryn Balk
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/officialfairuza/
Twitter https://twitter.com/fairuza?lang=en
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000103
Awards MTV Movie Award for Best Fight, Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominations Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance
Movies The Craft, The Waterboy, Return to Oz, American History X, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Almost Famous, Valmont, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Gas Food Lodging, The Worst Witch, Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, Don’t Come Knocking, Deuces Wild, Imaginary Crimes, Things to Do in Denver Whe…
TV Shows Murder in the Heartland
Trademark
1 She often plays supernatural characters or are somehow involved with the supernatural
2 Husky voice
3 Petite figure
4 Large icy blue eyes
5 Dark hair and pale skin
Quote
1 I got beat up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
2 I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
3 I’m beginning to get pigeonholed as the girl who plays the crazies and weirdoes – and that’s not the entirety of who I am. Hopefully, the whole point of being in this profession is that you change into anyone you want to be.
Fact
1 Owns several cats.
2 Ranked #88 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” (2002).
3 Loves to read, and her favorite authors are William S. Burroughs, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Carl Jung, Isabel Allende, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Ernest Hemingway and Honoré de Balzac.
4 Enjoys listening to punk rock, plays guitar and plays piano.
5 Parents are Solomon Feldthouse and Cathryn Falk.
6 A 2002 Internet poll confirmed that fans’ favorite movie she did was The Craft (1996).
7 While her first name is Persian, Fairuza herself is not of Persian descent. Fairuza’s paternal grandparents were David Stanley Scaff and Mary Lorraine Cole. Fairuza’s maternal grandfather, Frederick Franklin Balk, was of German descent, while Fairuza’s maternal grandmother, Lavergne Leone White, had English ancestry.
8 Has a triangle-shaped tattoo on her shoulder because the soldiers of the Nazi regime branded the symbol on the Romany in concentration camps. This is her way of paying respect to her culture and remembering the suffering her ancestors endured.
9 Has nine tattoos and a nose ring.
10 She once fully owned her own Occult Craft shop in California called Panpipes. In 2001, she sold 50% of the business to a co-owner. Later, she sold her remaining share of the store to the current owners.
11 Born at 3:00am-PDT
12 Once appeared as a vampire in a music video by ZZ Top.
13 When she was born, her father took one look at her eyes and exclaimed “Firuze!” which is Farsi for “turquoise”.

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead 1995 Lucinda
ZZ Top: Breakaway 1994 TV Short Vampire Girl
Tollbooth 1994 Doris
Imaginary Crimes 1994 Sonya Weiler
Murder in the Heartland 1993 TV Mini-Series Caril Ann Fugate
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story 1992 TV Movie Lisa
Shame 1992 TV Movie Lizzie Curtis
Gas, Food Lodging 1992 Shade
Deadly Intentions… Again? 1991 TV Movie Stacey
Valmont 1989 Cecile
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick 1988 Celia Brzjinski
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story 1987 TV Movie Barbara – age 12 (part 1)
The Worst Witch 1986 TV Movie Mildred Hubble
Discovery 1986 Short Molly
Return to Oz 1985 Dorothy
Deceptions 1985 TV Movie Penny Roberts
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 1983 TV Movie Beth Bradley
August Falls 2017 Anna Ellison
Ray Donovan 2015 TV Series Ginger
Battle Scars 2015/I Rifka
Dose of Reality 2013 Rose
Shit Year 2010 Message Voice (voice)
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans 2009 Heidi
Grindstone Road 2008 Hannah
Humboldt County 2008 Bogart
Masters of Horror 2006 TV Series Stacia
Orpheus 2006 TV Movie Karen
Wild Tigers I Have Known 2006 Logan’s Mom
A Year and a Day 2005 Lola
Don’t Come Knocking 2005 Amber
What Is It? 2005 Screaming Snail / Insect / Monkey Girl (voice)
Lords of EverQuest 2003 Video Game Lady T’Lak (voice)
Justice League 2003 TV Series Penny Dee
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 2002 Video Game Mercedes Cortez (voice)
Deuces Wild 2002 Annie
Personal Velocity 2002 Paula
Almost Famous 2000 Sapphire
Red Letters 2000 Gretchen Van Buren
Family Guy 1999-2000 TV Series Connie D’Amico
The Waterboy 1998 Vicki Vallencourt
American History X 1998 Stacey
Life in the Fast Lane 1998 Mona
The Maker 1997 Bella Sotto
American Perfekt 1997 Alice Thomas
The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996 Aissa
The Craft 1996 Nancy Downs
Shadow of a Doubt 1995 TV Movie Angel Harwell

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Humboldt County 2008 performer: “I Want You To Be My Baby”

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau 2014 Documentary special thanks
Cupcake 2010/I Short special thanks
Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away 2007 Documentary dedicatee
Fairuza Returns to Oz 1999 Video documentary special thanks – as Ms. Fairuza Balk

Self

Title Year Status Character
Remembering Return to Oz 2017 Documentary filming Herself
Hollywood Medium 2016 TV Series Herself
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau 2014 Documentary Herself – Actress
Beyond Clueless 2014 Documentary Herself – Narrator
The Haunting Of 2013 TV Series Herself
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2011-2012 TV Series documentary Herself
Blood Into Wine 2010 Documentary Herself
The Heart Is a Drum Machine 2009 Documentary Herself
Personal Velocity: Creating ‘Personal Velocity’ 2003 Video documentary short Herself
Personal Velocity: In Conversation Rebecca, Parker, Fairuza, and Kyra 2003 Video documentary short Herself
Film Trix 2002 2002 Documentary short Herself
7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 TV Special Herself
Conjuring ‘The Craft’ 2000 Video documentary short Herself
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 TV Special documentary Herself
Fairuza Returns to Oz 1999 Video documentary Herself (interview)
1997 MTV Movie Awards 1997 TV Special documentary Herself
The Witching Hour 1996 TV Short documentary Herself
The Whimsical World of Oz 1985 TV Movie documentary Herself

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Moby: Play – The DVD 2001 Video Moby’s Love (uncredited)
The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue 1985 Video short Dorothy

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2001 OFCS Award Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Ensemble Almost Famous (2000)
1997 MTV Movie Award MTV Movie Awards Best Fight The Craft (1996)
1994 Enzian Award Florida Film Festival For artistic achievement.
1993 Independent Spirit Award Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Gas, Food Lodging (1992)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Award Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Drama/Romance Almost Famous (2000)
2001 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture Almost Famous (2000)
1997 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Supporting Actress The Craft (1996)
1993 CableACE CableACE Awards Supporting Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Shame (1992)
1986 Saturn Award Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA Best Performance by a Younger Actor Return to Oz (1985)
1986 Young Artist Award Young Artist Awards Best Starring Performance by a Young Actress – Motion Picture Return to Oz (1985)

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