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Trivia
Birth name: Fairuza Alejandra Balk
Nickname: Ru
Date of birth: 21 May 1974
Place of birth: Point Reyes,
California, USA
Height: 5' 3" (1.60 m)
When she was born, her father took one look
at her eyes and exclaimed "Firuze!" which is Farsi for
"turquoise."
Once appeared as a vampire in a ZZ Top video
Born at 3:00am-PDT
She once fully owned her own Occult Craft
shop in California called Panpipes. In 2001, she sold 50% of the
business to a co-owner. Later, she sold her remaining share of the store
to the current owners.
Has nine tattoos and a nose ring.
Has a triangle-shaped tattoo on her shoulder
because the soldiers of the Nazi regime branded the symbol on the Romany
in concentration camps. This is her way of paying respect to her culture
and remembering the suffering her ancestors endured.
Is of Persian and Romany heritage.
A 2002 Internet poll confirmed that fans'
favorite movie she did was The Craft (1996)
She is dyslexic.
Enjoys listening to punk rock
Plays guitar and piano
Loves to read, and her favorite authors are
William S. Burroughs, James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Carl Jung, Isabel
Allende, Mikhail A. Bulgakov, Ernest Hemingway, and Honoré de Balzac.
Ranked #88 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)
Has Irish ancestry |
