Kirstie Alley

This and other reasons has led Alley to a renewed fight against her obesity.[1] (http://entertainment.lycos.com/celebrities/AMINewsStory.asp?storyid=954088&op=getArticle). She also dated Marilyn Manson, but they have since split. Recently Alley has confided that she has not have sex in 4 and 1/2 years, due to the fact she didn't want to have 'fat sex'. Balk has been romantically linked to British actor David Thewlis. She is currently filming a series for the cable station Showtime, called Fat Actress, which deals with the travails of an actress whose career suffers due to her problems with her weight. Balk also had a memorable performance as a neo-nazi opposite Edward Norton in American History X. Despite her weight, high or low, Alley remains in demand for TV and movie roles. This was particularly appropriate casting, as Fairuza is a wiccan in real life, and she owns a store dedicated to that religion, named Panpipes Magickal.

Her weight yo-yos from high to low as she struggles and then brings her weight under control, only to lose it again and gain weight. Balk was soon cast in The Craft, in which she forms a teenage coven along with Neve Campbell, Rachel True and Robin Tunney. Alley has struggled with obesity for years. In 1992 she was awarded an Independent Spirit Award as Best Actress for her performance in Gas Food Lodging. Her NBC TV sitcom Veronica's Closet ran for three seasons. Then she went back to Hollywood, where she began to be more and more noticed as an actress. She played neurotic corporate executive Rebecca Howe on hit TV series Cheers, (replacing Shelley Long,) and later starred in the Look Who's Talking movie series with fellow Scientologist, John Travolta. In 1988 she moved to Paris to do more work as an actress, and by 1989 she was back in Vancouver, where she began to attend high school. Soon, however, she decided to take correspondence courses instead.

Alley also co-starred in a short-lived secret agent television series, Masquerade. At that age also, she was picked by the Walt Disney Company to star in the movie Return to Oz. Alley turned down the role of Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock because she didn't want to be type cast as a Vulcan. At the age of 11 she moved to London, where she attented various prestigious ballet and acting schools. Alley rose to prominence in the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing Vulcan officer Saavik. Raised for the first part of her life in San Francisco, she and her mother moved to Vancouver when Fairuza counted nine years of age. Kirstie Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American actress. Soon after her parents split, Fairuza became a world traveller.

She's Having a Baby (1988). Legend has it that she was named Fairuza because her father, an expert in Persian culture, exclaimed that word the moment she was born, Fairuza meaning Turquoise in Persian, and Balk's eyes being of that color. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). She is a native of Point Reyes, California. Blind Date (1984). Fairuza Alejandra Balk (born May 21, 1974) is an American film actress, probably most famous for her participation in the 1996 movie The Craft. Runaway (1984). What Is It? (2003).

A Bunny's Tale (1985). Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002 video game), as "Mercedes Cortez". Prince of Bel Air (1986). Deuces Wild (2002). Summer School (1987). Personal Velocity (2002). Shoot to Kill (1988). Almost Famous (2000).

Loverboy (1989). Red Letters (2000). Look Who's Talking (1989). Family Guy (TV animated series, three episodes from 1999-2001). Sibling Rivalry (1990). The Sopranos (TV, appearing in three episodes in 1999 and 2001). One More Chance (1990). The Waterboy (1998).

Madhouse (1990). American History X (1998). Look Who's Talking Too (1991). There's no Fish Food in Heaven (1998). Look Who's Talking Now (1993). American Perfekt (1997). David's Mother (1994). The Maker (1997).

Village of the Damned (1995). The Island of Doctor Moreau (1996). Sticks and Stones (1996). The Craft (1996). Nevada (1997). Shadow of a Doubt (1995, TV). The Last Don (1997). Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), alongside Andy Garcia.

For Richer or Poorer (1997). Tollbooth (1994). Deconstructing Harry (1997). Imaginary Crimes (1994). The Last Don II (1998). Murder in the Heartland (1993, TV). Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). The Danger of Love (1992, TV).

Peter and the Wolf (2003). Shame (1992, TV). Gas Food Lodging (1992). Deadly Intentions....Again (1991, TV). Valmont (1989).

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988). Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987, TV), as Barbara Hutton at 12. Discovery (1986). The Worst Witch (1986, TV).

Deceptions (1986, TV). The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Review (1985, video). Return to Oz (1985). The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983, TV).