Joan Cusack

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Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack, 2006
Born Joan Mary Cusack
October 11, 1962 (1962-10-11) (age 46)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Actress/Comedian
Years active 1980–present
Spouse(s) Richard Burke (1993–present)

Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an American actress and comedian.

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[edit] Personal life

Joan Cusack was born in New York City to an Irish American Catholic family. She was raised in Evanston, Illinois.[1] Her mother, Nancy, is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. Her father, Dick Cusack, as well as her siblings Ann, Bill, John and Susie, have also been actors; her father was also a documentary filmmaker,[2] owned a film production company[3] and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan.[4]

Cusack is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is married to Chicago attorney Dick Burke, with whom she has two sons, Dylan John and Miles. She also owns a home in Three Oaks Township, MI.

[edit] Career

Cusack has twice been nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in Working Girl and In & Out. She co-starred with her brother John in the movies Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., Class, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Say Anything..., Cradle Will Rock, Martian Child,and most recently, War, Inc.

For many years, Cusack was also the commercial spokeswoman for U.S. Cellular.

Her recurring characters on Saturday Night Live included, "Salena," a socially inept girl who tries to ask out her boyfriend, "Biff" (played by Jon Lovitz), who is also socially inept. In addition, she did celebrity impersonations of Brooke Shields, Jane Fonda and Queen Elizabeth II. She is very well known for her acting in the 2003 film "School of Rock" as the uptight principal Rosaline Mullins.

She currently narrates the public TV animated series Peep and the Big Wide World.

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role
1980 Cutting Loose
1980 My Bodyguard Shelley
1983 Class Julia
1984 Sixteen Candles Geek Girl #1
1984 Grandview, U.S.A. Mary Maine
1987 The Allnighter Gina
1987 Broadcast News Blair Litton
1988 Stars and Bars Irene Stein
1988 Married to the Mob Rose
1988 Working Girl Cyn
1989 Say Anything... Constance Dobler
1990 Men Don't Leave Jody
1990 My Blue Heaven Hannah Stubs
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez Cathy
1992 Hero (also known as Accidental Hero) Evelyn Laplante
1992 Toys Alzatia Zevo
1993 Addams Family Values Debbie Jelinsky
1994 Corrina, Corrina Jonesy
1995 Nine Months Gail Dwyer
1995 Two Much Gloria
1996 Mr. Wrong Inga Gunther
1997 Grosse Pointe Blank Marcella
1997 A Smile Like Yours Nancy Tellen
1997 In & Out Emily Montgomery
1999 Arlington Road Cheryl Lang
1999 Cradle Will Rock Hazel Huffman
1999 Runaway Bride Peggy Flemming
1999 Toy Story 2 Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl
2000 High Fidelity Liz
2000 Where the Heart Is Ruth Meyers
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Rachel Bitterman
2003 School of Rock Rosalie Mullins
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Mother
2004 Raising Helen Jenny Portman
2004 The Last Shot Fanny Nash
2005 Ice Princess Joan Carlyle
2005 Chicken Little Abby Mallard
2006 Friends with Money Franny
2007 Martian Child Liz
2008 War, Inc. Marsha Dillon
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Miss Lucinda Bond
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Jane Bloomwood
2009 My Sister's Keeper Judge De Salvo
2010 Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil Witch
2010 Toy Story 3 Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl


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