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Thora Birch

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Biography

Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress. She was a child actor in the 1990s, starring in movies such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996). She came to prominence in 1999 after earning worldwide attention and praise for her performance in American Beauty. She then starred in the well received film Ghost World (2001), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

American Beauty

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Ghost World

Appears in a KinoChain journey

13 Minutes

As Jess

Hocus Pocus

As Dani Dennison

Patriot Games

As Sally Ryan

Clear and Present Danger

As Sally Ryan

The Hole

As Liz Dunn

Now and Then

As Teeny

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Cracks in the Picket Fence: Suburban Critique Across Generations

From the manicured lawns of 1999 to the glowing screens of today, this chain traces how cinema has dissected the suburban dream, revealing the isolation, confor...

8 films

Girlhood Reclaimed

From institutionalised rebellion to the raucous freedom of the last day of school, a chain of films that lets young women be messy, angry, and gloriously themse...

8 films

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