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.

Filmography

• 2025The Chronology of Water — Claudia
• 2025Thirsty — Sonia Allen
• 2024The Midway Point — Cristina
• Mayfair Witches — Gifford Mayfair
• 2022The Gabby Petito Story — Nichole Schmidt, Director, Co-Executive Producer
• 202113 Minutes — Jess
• 2020In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover — Dani
• 2019Above Suspicion — Jolene
• 2019Kindred Spirits — Chloe
• 2019The Last Black Man in San Francisco — Becca
• 2018Affairs of State — Callie Roland
• 2018The Competition — Lauren, Producer
• 2018The Etruscan Smile — Emily
• Colony — Morgan
• 2013Petunia — Vivian Petunia
• 2010The Pregnancy Pact — Sidney Bloom
• The Walking Dead — Mary, Gamma
• 2009Deadline — Lucy Woods
• 2009Winter of Frozen Dreams — Barbara Hoffman
• 2008Train — Alex
• 2006Dark Corners — Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton
• 2005My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime — Vega (voice)
• 2005Slingshot — April
• 2004Silver City — Karen Cross
• 2004The Dot — Narrator
• 2003Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story — Liz Murray
• 2002Shadow Realm — Susan Thornhill
• 2001Ghost World — Enid
• 2001The Hole — Liz Dunn
• 2001The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons" — Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2000Dungeons & Dragons — Empress Savina
• 2000The Smokers — Lincoln Roth
• 1999American Beauty — Jane Burnham
• 1999Anywhere but Here — Mary
• 1999Night Ride Home — Clea Mahler
• 1996Alaska — Jessie Barnes
• TFI Friday
• 1995Now and Then — Teeny
• The Outer Limits — Aggie Travers
• 1994Clear and Present Danger — Sally Ryan
• 1994Monkey Trouble — Eva
• Monty
• Touched by an Angel — Erin
• 1993Hocus Pocus — Dani Dennison
• 1992Patriot Games — Sally Ryan
• 1992The Itsy Bitsy Spider — Little Girl (voice)
• 1991All I Want For Christmas — Hallie O'Fallon
• 1991Paradise — Billie Pike
• 1990Dark Avenger — Susie Donovan
• Parenthood — Taylor Buckman
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Megan
• Day by Day — Molly Farrell
• 1988Purple People Eater — Molly Johnson
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Clea
• Civilian
• Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil — Mary
• Mr. Paradise — Director
• The Last Seder

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2018Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash — Self
• 2009Capitalism: A Love Story — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• Punk'd — Self
• 2001Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored — Self
• 2000American Beauty: Look Closer... — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self