Celebrated Name: | Fairuza Balk |
Real Name/Full Name: | Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse |
Gender: | Female |
Age: | 50 years old |
Birth Date: | May 21 1974 |
Birth Place: | Point Reyes, California, USA |
Nationality: | American |
Height: | 5’3’’ |
Weight: | 56 kg |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Single |
Husband/Spouse (Name): | No |
Children/Kids (Son and Daughter): | No |
Dating/Boyfriend (Name): | NA |
Is Fairuza Balk Lesbian/Gay?: | No |
Profession: | Actress |
Salary: | NA |
Net Worth in 2024: | $5 million |
Last Updated: | October 2024 |
Fairuza Balk is an American actress who started her career through Disney’s 1985 film Return to Oz. Balk is one of the most respected and versatile actresses of this era and has contributed significantly to our movie industry. Balk has also appeared in movies like Valmont, The Craft, The Island of Dr Moreau, Almost Famous, American History X, The Waterboy, and Personal Velocity: Three Portraits.
Maybe you know about Fairuza Balk very well, but do you know how old and tall is she and what is her net worth in 2024? If you do not know, we have prepared this article about details of Fairuza Balk’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.
Early Life & Biography
Fairuza was born in Point Reyes, California, and her original name is Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse. Until the age of two, she lived in Cloverdale, California, with her mother. Later both of them moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, and there she began acting at the tender age of six. Later in search of different roles, she moved to London and then to Paris. She stayed there for six months before returning to Vancouver. Then she signed an act in The Craft and had to move to Los Angeles.
The major USPs were her blue eyes and dark hair that became her trademark in acting from the age of 11.
Personal Life
Talking of her personal life, her parents are Solomon Feldthouse and Cathryn Falk. She enjoys listening to punk rock, plays the guitar, and represents the piano. She loves reading, and her Oscar Wilde is one of her favourite authors.
In 2002 she was ranked 88 in Stuff magazine’s ‘102 Sexiest Women in the World’. She is a cat lover, and she once owned five cars, and their names were: Scout, Oscar, Sweetpea Poteet Tennessee, Mouse.
She had relationships with actors Crispin Glover and David Thewlis in the mid-1990s, and since then, she been guarding her private life. Talking of the year 2020, she hasn’t been married to anyone, and it isn’t much known about her dating life.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on May 21 1974, Fairuza Balk is 50 years old as of today’s date 7th October 2024. Her height is 5’3’’ tall, and her weight is 56 kg.
Career
Balk, the first role was in a 1983 film The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Later, when she was living in London, she was also cast by Walt Disney Productions, and she starred as Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz. Then she did other minor roles, and at the age of 14, she moved to Paris and worked on Valmont Milos Forman.
She moved to Los Angeles soon, and there she was noticed by many celebrities. She was also awarded an Independent Spirit Award in 1992 as the best actress for her role in Allison Ander’s film Gas Food Lodging, which was a hit back then. Later she acted in many more movies, and since 2000 she has appeared in dozen of films, and she was briefly in a band called G-13. Balk has also done some voice work for animated movies, TV shows, and video games like Justice League, Family Guy, GTA: Vice City, and Lords of Ever Quest.
In 2007 a documentary Return to Oz: The Joys That Got Away was dedicated to her. In 2010 she released her own song ‘Stormwinds.’ In 2017, the emo puppet band called Fragile Rock performed a song which was named “Fairuza Balk” on their NPR Tiny Desk Concert. She said that the song was beautiful; it made her year.
Awards & Achievements
She has won the following awards:
- She has won MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for the movie ‘The Craft’ in 1997.
- She has also won Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for the movie ‘Gas Food Lodging’ in 1993.
- She won the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Cast Performance in 2001 for ‘Almost Famous.’
Net Worth & Salary of Fairuza Balk in 2024
As of October 2024, the current net worth of this wonderful actress is calculated to be $5 million, and she has earned all this from her struggling career. She has acted in many movies, and due to this, she made a lot of wealth and fans. She is the inspiration for many of us and many of the actors that are still struggling. She has acted in over 22 movies and appeared in more than 30 TV shows, and all this has helped her in earning quite an amount of wealth.
Fairuza is an inspiration for many of us and for many actors that are still struggling in Hollywood. She has acted in record-breaking movies like ‘The Return of Oz,’ ‘The Waterboy,’ ‘The Craft,’ and many more. She has given us a lot of memorable moments in her movies, and she continues to amuse us with her acting.