Fairuza Balk
E161342
Fairuza Balk is an American actress known for her intense, offbeat roles in films such as "The Craft," "American History X," and "Almost Famous."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fairuza Balk canonical | 15 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1408259 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairuza Balk Context triple: [Deuces Wild, starring, Fairuza Balk]
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A.
Ayda Sirhan
Ayda Sirhan is a family member of Munir Sirhan, who is known as the brother of Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.
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B.
Gianna Nannini
Gianna Nannini is an Italian rock singer-songwriter renowned for her powerful voice and international hit collaborations, including the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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C.
Nita Naldi
Nita Naldi was a prominent American silent film actress best known for her sultry vamp roles opposite stars like Rudolph Valentino in the early 1920s.
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D.
Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio is a Franciscan sister, theologian, and scholar known for integrating Christian theology with science and the evolutionary vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
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E.
Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri is a Greek singer renowned worldwide for her distinctive clear voice, multilingual repertoire, and prolific recording career spanning several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fairuza Balk Target entity description: Fairuza Balk is an American actress known for her intense, offbeat roles in films such as "The Craft," "American History X," and "Almost Famous."
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A.
Ayda Sirhan
Ayda Sirhan is a family member of Munir Sirhan, who is known as the brother of Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.
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B.
Gianna Nannini
Gianna Nannini is an Italian rock singer-songwriter renowned for her powerful voice and international hit collaborations, including the official song of the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
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C.
Nita Naldi
Nita Naldi was a prominent American silent film actress best known for her sultry vamp roles opposite stars like Rudolph Valentino in the early 1920s.
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D.
Ilia Delio
Ilia Delio is a Franciscan sister, theologian, and scholar known for integrating Christian theology with science and the evolutionary vision of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
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E.
Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri is a Greek singer renowned worldwide for her distinctive clear voice, multilingual repertoire, and prolific recording career spanning several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
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human ⓘ television actress ⓘ voice actress ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1974-05-21 ⓘ |
| familyName | Balk ⓘ |
| genre | independent film ⓘ |
| givenName | Fairuza ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
French-Canadian descent
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German descent ⓘ Irish descent ⓘ Romani descent ⓘ |
| hasResidence |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| knownFor |
intense acting style
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offbeat roles ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Fairuza Balk self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Almost Famous
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American History X ⓘ Bad Lieutenant ⓘ
surface form:
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Gas Food Lodging ⓘ Paradise City ⓘ Ray Donovan ⓘ Return to Oz ⓘ The Craft ⓘ The Island of Doctor Moreau ⓘ
surface form:
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Waterboy ⓘ The Worst Witch ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
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musician ⓘ |
| parent |
Catherine Balk
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Solomon Feldthouse ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
film industry
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television industry ⓘ voice acting for animation and video games ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Point Reyes National Seashore
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surface form:
Point Reyes, California, United States
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| portrayed |
Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz
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surface form:
Dorothy Gale in Return to Oz
Nancy Downs in The Craft ⓘ Sapphire in Almost Famous ⓘ American History X ⓘ
surface form:
Stacey in American History X
Christina Applegate ⓘ
surface form:
Vicki Vallencourt in The Waterboy
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| yearsActive | 1980s–present ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fairuza Balk Description of subject: Fairuza Balk is an American actress known for her intense, offbeat roles in films such as "The Craft," "American History X," and "Almost Famous."
Referenced by (15)
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