E' mezza rumena e mezza nativa americana, ha un nome di origini arabiche, collezziona coltelli, fa parte della rock-band femminile della G13 e possiede un negozio di oggetti esoterici. Forse queste notizie saranno anche un po' falsate, magari costruite con l'aiuto di qualche manager o consulente per l'immagine, tuttavia Fairuza Balk è sicuramente la mia dark lady favorita nell'attuale panorama hollywoodiano.
Esordita ancora bambina nel film disneyano Return to Oz, una sorta di sequel de Il Mago di Oz, sempre tratto dai romanzi di Frank Baum, si è poi imposta al pubblico con Giovani Streghe di Andrew Fleming, incentrato su un gruppo di ragazze che si dabble in magic and neo-panesimo. In the film, Fairuza is the most twisted and vindictive of the three soon to be seduced by black magic. Sure, the film is a masterpiece, but it has become a small cult in the genre of horror teenageristici and also provided much food (as well as a song of the column sonar) to the TV series Charmed (Streghe in Italy).
Following Fairuza a film that interprets the intent of the producers should throw in the Star-System: we are talking about the new adaptation of The Island Dr.Moreau with Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer. Unfortunately, the film started by the South African Richard Stanley (Demonic, hardware) and completed by John Frankenheimer (Birdman of Alcatraz, Ronin) turns out to be well below the standards of entrembi directors, as well as a flop at the box office. In fact, despite the rich seem to budget for an Assyrian rickety B-Movie.
In any case, Balk boasts many appearances in off-Hollywood productions such as American History X Tony Kaye, where is the girlfriend of the skin-head Edward Norton (with whom he has a fiery embrace, however, immediately after the titles of head), Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller, Do not Come Knocking by Wim Wenders, Milos Forman's Valmont and What to Do in Denver When You're Dead?
I personally remember it in the guise of a vampire in the video clip of ZZ-Top Breakaway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHhAkVreiw a characterization that, if you read my comics, you know what influenced me.
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