Joan-Cusack

Name: Joan Cusack

Birth Name: Joan Cusack

Birthdate: Oct. 11, 1962

Birthplace: New York, NY

Most young actresses would shun being cast as the geeky sidekick, as Joan was early in her career. But the classically trained actress honed her schtick and wound up with a spot on the Saturday Night Live cast (1985-1986). Hollywood fell for Joan's charisma, too, and cast her in Broadcast News, Married to the Mob and Working Girl, for which she earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nod. Ten years later, she earned her second Oscar nod for In & Out, playing a bride-to-be who gets ditched by her outed fiancee. The mom-of-two doesn't take a lot of high-profile roles these days, but keeps busy with steady voice work for animated films, constant guest spots in brother John's films, and the occasional standout supporting showcase, such as 2006's Friends With Money.


1. Joan has appeared in eight films with her brother, John: Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything… (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999) and High Fidelity (2000)
2. She was the first regular cast member of Saturday Night Live to be nominated for an Academy Award.
3. She starred in her own sitcom, What About Joan on ABC from 2001-2002.
4. Joan is a trained singer, often lending her voice to her film work.
5. She studied acting at the Piven Theater Workshop in Evanston, Illinois.


On type-casting: "There are way more different character roles for men than there are for women. With women, it's usually you're the babe or you're the supportive friend, sort of brassy and obnoxious, cracking jokes. I'm not the babe."


Husband: Richard Burke, attorney; married 1993-present
Son: Dylan John Burke, born June 1997
Son: Miles, born July 2000

1989: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Working Girl

1998: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, In & Out.
1998: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, In & Out.

FILMS

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl - (2008) - Actor
Martian Child - (2007) - Actor
Friends With Money - (2006) - Actor
Peep and the Big Wide World - (2005) - Narrator
Ice Princess - (2005) - Actor
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep Finds - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep Floats - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep's New Friends - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Educational Set 1 - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Chirp Flies - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep and His Pals - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep Explores - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Quack Knows it All - (2005) - Narrator
Chicken Little - (2005) - Actor
Peep and the Big Wide World - A Duck's Tale - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Night Light - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Peep's Adventures in Science - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Quack's Stuck Stick - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Spring Thing - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Stormy Weather - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - The Fish Museum - (2005) - Narrator
Peep And the Big Wide World - The Real Decoy - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - The Trip to the Green Island - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - The Windy Day - (2005) - Narrator
Peep and the Big Wide World - Under Duck - (2005) - Narrator
Raising Helen - (2004) - Actor
The Last Shot - (2004) - Actor
The School of Rock - (2003) - Actor
Looney Tunes: Back in Action - (2003) - Actor
It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie - (2002) - Actor
High Fidelity - (2000) - Actor
Where the Heart Is - (2000) - Actor
Cradle Will Rock - (1999) - Actor
Arlington Road - (1999) - Actor
Runaway Bride - (1999) - Actor
Toy Story 2 - (1999) - Voice
Grosse Pointe Blank - (1997) - Actor
In & Out - (1997) - Actor
A Smile Like Yours - (1997) - Actor
Mr. Wrong - (1996) - Actor
Two Much - (1996) - Actor
Nine Months - (1995) - Actor
Corrina, Corrina - (1994) - Actor
Shelley Duvall Presents Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle - V. 1 - (1993) - Actor
Shelley Duvall Presents Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle - V. 2 - (1993) - Actor
Shelley Duvall Presents Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle - Five Ep. Feature - (1993) - Actor
Addams Family Values - (1993) - Actor
Toys - (1992) - Actor
Hero - (1992) - Actor
Men Don't Leave - (1990) - Actor
My Blue Heaven - (1990) - Actor
Say Anything - (1989) - Actor
Married to the Mob - (1988) - Actor
Stars & Bars - (1988) - Actor
Working Girl - (1988) - Actor
The Allnighter - (1987) - Actor
Broadcast News - (1987) - Actor
Sixteen Candles - (1984) - Actor
Class - (1983) - Actor
War, Inc. - () - Actor