Thora Birch

Thora Birch was born March 11th 1983. She is an American actress, producer, and director. Her first film role was in Purple People Eater (1988) and was the recipient of the Young Artist Award for "Best Young Artistress Under Nine Years of age". Birch was a child actress who was in films such as All I Want For Christmas (1991) The Patriot Games(1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (94), Now and Then (1995) and Alaska (1996). She received a Young Artistic Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years Old." In 1999, Birch played Jane Burnham in American Beauty. This film brought her an BAFTA nomination. Then, she starred as Enid in the cult classic Ghost World (2001), earning a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress. In 2003, Birch received an Emmy Award nomination for her performance as the lead character in Homeless to Harvard The Liz Murray Story. Birch also appeared on Dungeons & Dragons (2000) (2001), The Hole (2004), Silver City (2004), Dark Corners (2006) and Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009). Birch has also appeared as Whisperer Mary or Gamma in Season 10 of The Walking Dead (2019-2020). Birch is Jack Birch's oldest son, was born in Los Angeles. Birch, whose family originally had the surname Biersch is German-Jewish as well as Scandinavian. She also has French-Canadianand French-Canadian and Italian ancestral roots.  Her name, Thora, is derived from that of Norse god of thunder and lightning "Thor", which would have been her name, were she a boy. Kian Bolt Birch, her younger brother, is her mother. Both were adult film actors and were both actors in Deep Throat. They were hesitant to promote Thora due to their past experience working in the entertainment industry. But, the babysitter noticed Thora imitating commercials and encouraged them to show her image to agents. Birch received her first major breakthrough at the age of four, when the babysitter took her to an audition for the Quaker Oats commercial.