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Fairuza Balk (born Fairuza Alejandra Feldthouse; May 21, 1974 in Point Reyes, California) is an American actress. The Farsi word for turquoise is "Fairuza", which is what her dad exclaimed when he first saw her eye color.

She has played witches in two movies. She also appeared in ''Celebrity Ghost Stories'' once or twice, along with an episode of ''Tyler Henry: Hollywood Medium.''

To casual filmgoers, she is best-known as the antagonist in ''Film/TheCraft'' and as Creator/EdwardNorton's ex-girlfriend in ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. This was a bit of [[IronyAsSheIsCast tongue-in-cheek casting]]: a Roma woman playing a neo-Nazi.

Fans of ''Series/TheSopranos'' fans may recall that when the third-season finale "Army of One" first aired, it starred Balk as FBI Agent Ciccerone, who entraps Adriana into becoming an informant. After Balk declined to join the series as a regular the following season, David Chase [[TheOtherMarty had all of her scenes reshot and replaced her]] with Lola Glaudini, who took over the role. Since this OrwellianRetcon, any imagery of Balk in the role has been scrubbed; it only exists in old issues of ''Magazine/TVGuide'' and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rff7-6ejd9Q VHS copies]]. Even her credit on Website/{{IMDb}} for the original episode was removed at some point.

She is the frontwoman of Armed Love Militia, a collaborative band. Fairuza was inspired by traditional folk songs taught by her father when she was younger.

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!Film Roles
* 1983 ''Literature/TheBestChristmasPageantEver'' as Beth Bradley
* 1985 ''Film/ReturnToOz'' as Dorothy Gale
* 1986 ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' as Mildred Hubble
* 1989 ''Film/{{Valmont}}'' as Cécile de Volanges
* 1992 ''Film/GasFoodLodging'' as Shade
* 1995 ''Film/ThingsToDoInDenverWhenYoureDead'' as Lucinda
* 1996 ''Film/TheCraft'' as Nancy Downs
** 2020 ''Film/TheCraftLegacy'' as Nancy Downs (cameo)
* 1996 ''[[Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1996 The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' as Aissa
* 1998 ''Film/AmericanHistoryX'' as Stacey
* 1998 ''Film/TheWaterboy'' as Vicki Vallencourt
* 2000 ''Film/AlmostFamous'' as Sapphire
* 2000 ''Red Letters'' as Gretchen Van Buren
* 2009 ''Film/TheBadLieutenantPortOfCallNewOrleans'' as Officer Heidi
* 2013 ''Dose of Reality'' as Rose
* 2015 ''Battle Scars'' as Rifka
* 2017 ''August Falls'' as Anna Ellison
!Television Roles
* 2000 ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' as Connie D'Amico (episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E14LetsGoToTheHop Let's Go to the Hop]]")
* 2001 ''Series/TheSopranos'' as Agent Deborah Ciccerone (original airing only)
* 2003 ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' as Penny Dee (episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream Only a Dream]]")
* 2006 ''Series/MastersOfHorror'' as Stacia (episode "[[Recap/MastersOfHorrorS1E11PickMeUp Pick Me Up]]")
* 2015 ''Series/RayDonovan'' as Ginger
* 2021 ''Paradise City'' as Lizzie Thomas
* 2022 ''WesternAnimation/CloseEnough'' as Roxy
!Videogame Roles
* 2002 ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' as Mercedes Cortez
* 2003 ''[[VideoGame/EverQuest Lords of EverQuest]]'' as Lady T'Lak