About
| Birth Name: | Joan Mary Cusack |
| Birth Notes: | 11 October 1962, New York City, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 9" |
| Family: | * 'Richard Burke' (1993 - present); 2 children |
Filmography
| Addams Family Values (1993) as Debbie Jellinsky |
| Arlington Road (1999) as Cheryl Lang |
| Chicken Little (2005) as Abby Mallard |
| Class (1983) as Julia |
| Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) as Jane Bloomwood |
| Corrina, Corrina (1994) as Jonesy |
| Cradle Will Rock (1999) as Hazel Huffman |
| Friends with Money (2006) as Franny |
| Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) as Marcella |
| High Fidelity (2000) as Liz |
| Ice Princess (2005) as Joan Carlyle |
| In & Out (1997) as Emily Montgomery |
| Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) as Miss Lucinda Bond |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) as Mother |
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) as Judge De Salvo |
| Nine Months (1995) as Gail Dwyer |
| The Last Shot (2004) as Fanny Nash |
| The School of Rock (2003) as Rosalie Mullins |
| Toy Story 2 (1999) as Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl |
| Toy Story 3 (2010) as Jessie |
| Toys (1992) as Alsatia Zevo |
| A Smile Like Yours (1997) as Nancy Tellen |
| Broadcast News (1987) as Blair Litton |
| Cutting Loose (1980) |
| Grandview, U.S.A. (1984) as Mary Maine |
| Hero (1992) as Evelyn |
| Hitman 2 (2012) as Dr. Hannelore von Komprad |
| Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil (2010) as Verushka the Witch |
| Married to the Mob (1988) as Rose |
| Mars Needs Moms! (2011) as Milo's Mom |
| Martian Child (2007) as Liz |
| Men Don't Leave (1990) as Jody |
| Mr. Wrong (1996) as Inga Gunther |
| My Blue Heaven (1990) as Hannah Stubbs |
| My Bodyguard (1980) as Shelley |
| Raising Helen (2004) as Jenny Portman |
| Runaway Bride (1999) as Peggy Flemming |
| Say Anything... (1989) as Constance Dobler |
| Sixteen Candles (1984) as Geek Girl #1 |
| Stars and Bars (1988) as Irene Stein |
| The Allnighter (1987) as Gina |
| The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991) as Cathy |
| Two Much (1995) as Gloria |
| War, Inc. (2008) as Marsha Dillon |
| Where the Heart Is (2000) as Ruth Meyers |
| Working Girl (1988) as Cyn |
Trivia
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* Daughter of Dick Cusack * Sister of Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack. * (17 June 1997) First son, Dylan John Burke, born. * (July 2000) Second son, Miles Burke, born. * Husband, Dick Burke, is a Chicago attorney. * She and Julianne Moore played pregnant women in Nine Months (1995). In 1997, their own sons were born. * Attended the Piven Theater workshop. * Was supposed to play "Bobbie Markowitz" in The Stepford Wives (2004). When her father became ill, both she and her brother, John Cusack, had to drop out of the film. Bette Midler then got the role. * Shares her birthday (October 11) with Michelle Trachtenberg, her on-screen daughter in Disney's Ice Princess (2005). * Cusack was the first regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) (1985-86 season) to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Working Girl (1988). * One of her conditions for starring in the show "What About Joan" (2001) was that it had to be produced in Chicago so she would not have to leave her family. * In the mid-1980s, was a co-founder of the three woman improv comedy troupe, "An Impulsive Thing," with Bonnie Hunt and Holly Wortell. * Has appeared in 10 movies with her brother John Cusack. (2008). * She was nominated for a 1991 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "A Midsummer's Night Dream" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. |
Quotes
| * I was never the 'babe,' so I knew I'd never get those big roles. I'd always be the best friend or the quirky sidekick. |
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