Thora Birch

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.

Known For

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

Late Show with David Letterman

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Colony

Touched by an Angel

The Outer Limits

All Movies (50)

• The Chronology of Water2025 · as Claudia
• Thirsty2025 · as Sonia Allen
• The Midway Point2024 · as Cristina
• The Gabby Petito Story2022 · as Nichole Schmidt
• 13 Minutes2021 · as Jess
• In Search of the Sanderson Sisters: A Hocus Pocus Hulaween Takeover2020 · as Dani
• Above Suspicion2019 · as Jolene
• Kindred Spirits2019 · as Chloe
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco2019 · as Becca
• Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash2018 · as Self
• Affairs of State2018 · as Callie Roland
• The Etruscan Smile2018 · as Emily
• The Competition2018 · as Lauren
• Petunia2013 · as Vivian Petunia
• The Pregnancy Pact2010 · as Sidney Bloom
• Deadline2009 · as Lucy Woods
• Capitalism: A Love Story2009 · as Self
• Winter of Frozen Dreams2009 · as Barbara Hoffman
• Train2008 · as Alex
• Dark Corners2006 · as Karen Clarke / Susan Hamilton
• My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime2005 · as Vega (voice)
• Slingshot2005 · as April
• Silver City2004 · as Karen Cross
• The Dot2004 · as Narrator
• Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story2003 · as Liz Murray
• Shadow Realm2002 · as Susan Thornhill
• Ghost World2001 · as Enid
• Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored2001 · as Self
• The Making of "Dungeons and Dragons"2001 · as Empress Savina (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Hole2001 · as Liz Dunn
• Dungeons & Dragons2000 · as Empress Savina
• American Beauty: Look Closer...2000 · as Self
• The Smokers2000 · as Lincoln Roth
• Anywhere but Here1999 · as Mary
• American Beauty1999 · as Jane Burnham
• Night Ride Home1999 · as Clea Mahler
• Alaska1996 · as Jessie Barnes
• Now and Then1995 · as Teeny
• Clear and Present Danger1994 · as Sally Ryan
• Monkey Trouble1994 · as Eva
• Hocus Pocus1993 · as Dani Dennison
• The Itsy Bitsy Spider1992 · as Little Girl (voice)
• Patriot Games1992 · as Sally Ryan
• All I Want For Christmas1991 · as Hallie O'Fallon
• Paradise1991 · as Billie Pike
• Dark Avenger1990 · as Susie Donovan
• Purple People Eater1988 · as Molly Johnson
• Hurricane Bianca: The Roots of All Evil— · as Mary
• Civilian—
• Hocus Pocus 3— · as Dani Dennison

All TV Shows (19)

• Mayfair Witches2023 · as Gifford Mayfair
• Colony2016 · as Morgan
• The Walking Dead2010 · as Mary
• The Walking Dead2010 · as Gamma
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Punk'd2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn1999 · as Self - Guest
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Aggie Travers
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Erin
• Monty1994
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Parenthood1990 · as Taylor Buckman
• Doogie Howser, M.D.1989 · as Megan
• Day by Day1988 · as Molly Farrell
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Clea