Fairuza Balk Net Worth

Fairuza Balk is an American actress and soundtrack born on May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California. Her father was a traveling musician and her mother was a belly dancer. She began her career at the age of nine on the ABC special The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983). She then went to the United Kingdom to attend the Royal Academy of Ballet, the Ramona Beauchamp Agency and the Bush Davies Performing Arts School. She was chosen from out of 1,200 girls to play the part of Dorothy in Return to Oz (1985). She achieved cult status with her starring role as a teenage witch in The Craft (1996). She has since starred in Gas, Food Lodging (1992), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), The Waterboy (1998) and American History X (1998). She enjoys writing poetry and stories, playing the guitar, singing and dancing and lives in Venice, California and New York City.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Day May 21, 1974
Birth Place  Point Reyes, California, United States
Age 49 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Gemini
Occupation Actress
Years active 1983–present

💰 Net worth: $1.3 Million (2024)

Fairuza Balk is a well-known actress and soundtrack artist in the United States whose net worth is estimated to be $1.3 million in 2024. With her talent and dedication to her craft, Fairuza has successfully established herself in the entertainment industry and gained recognition for her performances. She has appeared in numerous films and television shows, showcasing her versatility as an actress. In addition to her acting career, Fairuza has also contributed to the world of music as a soundtrack artist. Her diverse skill set has undoubtedly contributed to her financial success and made her a prominent figure in the American entertainment industry.

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Biography/Timeline

1960

Fairuza's mother, Cathryn Balk, has studied, performed, and taught the ethnic and traditional dance forms of many countries such as Egypt, Turkey, Morocco and Spain. Her father, Solomon Feldthouse, was one of the founding members of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Kaleidoscope, and is also a traveling folk musician. He was born in Pingree, Idaho and between the ages of 6 and 10, he lived in Turkey where he learned Greek, Turkish, Iraqi and Iranian music. Balk has stated that her father is of Romani and Cherokee ancestry, and that her mother is of Irish and French descent.

1983

Balk's debut role was in a television film titled The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, produced in 1983. While in London, Balk was cast by Walt Disney Productions to star as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz, the unofficial sequel to MGM's 1939 musical The Wizard of Oz. This role led to other, minor roles, including that of Mildred Hubble in The Worst Witch, and in 1988, at age 14, she moved to Paris to work on Valmont with Miloš Forman. By 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she attended high school. However, she soon decided to take correspondence courses instead and went back to Hollywood, where she gained increasing notice as an Actress. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as best Actress for her performance in the Allison Anders film Gas Food Lodging.

1996

In 1996, she appeared in a lead role in The Craft, in which her character formed a teenage coven with characters portrayed by Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney. Since then, Balk has continued to find roles, primarily dark ones. In 1996, she co-starred in The Island of Dr Moreau. In 1998, played a neo-Nazi goth-punk opposite Edward Norton in American History X, and was featured in The Waterboy, alongside Adam Sandler. Since 2000, she has appeared in over a dozen films. She has also done voice work for animated films, TV shows and video games, including Justice League, Family Guy, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Lords of EverQuest. The 2007 documentary Return to Oz: The Joy That Got Away was dedicated to her.

2010

In 2010, Balk released the single "Stormwinds" under the Artist title "Armed Love Militia".

2012

In 2011, Balk began to exhibit art in Los Angeles and New York. On August 4, 2012, she participated in the group show 'MiXTAPE', with other notable artists Mark Ryden, Camille Rose Garcia, Jessicka Addams, and Marion Peck. Artists were asked to pick a song and create art inspired by that song. Fairuza chose the song “Nuages” by Django Reinhardt and created a 16"x20"x12" mixed-media sculpture. The eclectic mix of songs chosen were featured for digital download on iTunes.

2017

In 2017, the emo puppet band Fragile Rock performed a song entitled "Fairuza Balk" on their NPR Tiny Desk Concert. Balk tweeted that the song was "wonderful and hilarious" and made her year.