• Joan Cusack is an American actress and comedian who has appeared in such films as Nine Months and Working Girl. She comes from a family of actors and entertainers, and has starred alongside her brother John in High Fidelity, Sixteen Candles and Grosse Point Blank.

  Cusack plays the mother of Isla Fisher, in the romantic comedy Confessions of a Shopaholic, which opens in U.S. theaters on February 13, 2009.

• 1. Full name: Joan Mary Cusack
  2. Born: October 11, 1962Yahoo Movies: Joan Cusack Profile
  3. Birthplace: New York City, New York
  4. Raised in Evanston, Illinois
  5. Father owned a film production company and was an actor
  6. Sister of actors John Cusack, Ann Cusack, Susie Cusack and Bill Cusack
  7. Husband: Dick Burke
  8. Has two children
  9. Academy Award nominations: 2
  10. Golden Globe nominations: 1
  11. Attended: University of Wisconsin, in Madison

• Awards

  Cusack was twice nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her roles in Working Girl and In & Out. She also secured nominations for the Golden Globes and American Comedy Awards.

• Notable Films

  1. Grosse Point Blank
  2. High Fidelity
  3. In & Out
  4. Say Anything
  5. School of Rock
  6. Sixteen Candles
  7. Toy Story 2
  8. Working Girl

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