The return of Thora Birch: ‘I wouldn’t trade child stardom… but it has a heavy price’

No one was cooler at the turn of the millennium than the teenage star of ‘American Beauty’ and ‘Ghost World’. And then she was gone. As she returns with a haunting role in Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’, she speaks to Adam White about early fame, trauma and survival

Published: February 7, 2026 6:00 am

Source: The Independent — Read original