Thora Birch

Thora Birch (born March 11 1982) is an American actress and producer. Her first film role was in Purple People Eater (1988) and she won the Young Artist Award for "Best Young Artistress Under Nine Years of age". Birch was a child actress who was in films such as All I Want For Christmas (1991) as well as Patriot Games(1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (94), Now and Then (1995) as well as Alaska (1996). The actress received a Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age." In 1999, Birch played Jane Burnham in American Beauty. This film earned her an BAFTA nomination. After that, she starred in Ghost World (2001) as Enid. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Birch received an Emmy Award for her performance in Homeless to Harvard The Liz Murray Story in 2003. Birch was also on Dungeons & Dragons (2000) (2001), The Hole (2004), Silver City (2004), Dark Corners (2006) and Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009). Birch played the role of Whisperer Mary/Gamma in season 10 of The Walking Dead (2019-202). Birch was born in Los Angeles, the eldest child of Jack Birch and Carol Connors. Birch is German-Jewish, Scandinavian and French-Canadian in her ancestry. [6] Thora is her name. It's derived from the Norse god Thor, thunder and lightning. If she were a boy, it would have been the full name. Kian Bolt Birch is her younger brother, is also her mother. Both are former adult film actors, and were both actors in Deep Throat. Because of their own experience in the entertainment industry, they were hesitant to support the actress, but were convinced to show her photo to agents by a babysitter who saw her imitation of commercials. Birch had her first big break at the age four, when the babysitter accompanied her to an audition for an Quaker Oats commercial.



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