<P> Birch headlined the 2001 black comedy Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff and co-starring Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi and Brad Renfro . The film, focused on the lives of two teenage outsiders (Birch and Johansson) in an unnamed American city, was released in a specialty theatrical run, to a highly favorable critical reception . James Berardinelli found Birch's part to be her "first effectively developed role" since American Beauty and positively singled out the actress for the "quirkiness (and the) underlying sense of melancholy and ennui" in her portrayal . She earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress--Musical or Comedy . </P> <P> Birch appeared as the title character in the biographical television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003), playing a young woman who, after becoming homeless at 15 amid personal tragedies, begins her work to finish her studies . She garnered acclaim for her part, receiving an Emmy nomination . After her professional achievements in the 1990s and early 2000s, Birch's profile decreased significantly in the next decade, as she had more infrequent acting appearances in much smaller - scale productions . Reflecting on her career trajectory the subsequent years during a January 2014 interview, she attributed it to not "taking" the demands the film industry had for her, opting to "maintain a strong identity and pursue things that were a little more thoughtful, and I guess nobody really wanted women to do that at that time". </P> <P> Birch appeared in several musics including Moby's We Are All Made of Stars, and Limp Bizkit's Eat You Alive, which also featured Bill Paxton . </P> <P> She played a supporting role in Silver City, a political satire written and directed by John Sayles, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival . In 2006, Birch had the lead role in the horror - thriller Dark Corners, portraying a troubled young woman who wakes up one day as a different person--someone who is stalked by creatures . The film did not receive a theatrical release, and instead, went straight to DVD . It rated poorly with reviewers, but Birch was considered "convincing as the two halves of this split personality". She followed with the female lead role in the 2008 slasher Train, which revolved around a group of US college athletes who get stalked and killed in an Eastern Europe train . The film received a DVD release, to a mediocre overall reception, with critics comparing it unfavorably to Hostel and Turistas . </P>

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