| Jméno: | Joan Cusack |
| Datum narození: | 1962-10-11 |
| Místo narození: | New York City, New York, USA |
| Výška: | 1.75 m |
| IMDb ID: | nm0000349 |
Joan Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Nancy (née Carolan) and Dick Cusack. Her father was an advertising executive, writer and actor, and her mother was a math teacher. Her siblings - Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack also act. Her family is of Irish descent. Raised in Evanston, Illinois, Cusack was actively encouraged to explore her creativity by her parents, and as a child she joined the Piven Theater Workshop. She went on to learn and perform improvisation at the Story Theater and The Ark. Later she attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, graduating with a bachelor's degree in English. Whilst at university, Cusack took some small film roles, but her big break came after graduation, when she joined the cast of the legendary Saturday Night Live. However, she only stayed for a season before moving on to explore other projects. In 1987, she produced a memorable turn in the acclaimed Broadcast News (1987), and she was Oscar-nominated for her performance in Working Girl (1988). Other notable films include Addams Family Values (1993), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and In & Out (1997), which earned her a second Oscar nomination. She also provided, superbly, the voice of Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl in Toy Story 2 (1999) and Toy Story 3 (2010). On television, she scored a role on Shameless, with her work garnering her an Emmy nomination. Joan Cusack is married to an attorney, Dick Burke. They have two sons - Dylan and Miles.
- In 2003, both Joan and her brother John Cusack signed the "Not in My Name" resolution (along with people such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon) opposing the invasion of Iraq.
- She was supposed to play Bobbie Markowitz in Stepfordské paničky (2004). When her father became sick, both she and her brother John Cusack had to drop out of the film. Bette Midler then got the role.
- Cusack was the first regular cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975) (1985-1986 season) to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Podnikavá dívka (1988).
- One of her conditions for starring in the sitcom What About Joan (2000) was that it had to be produced in Chicago so she would not have to leave her family.
- Husband, Dick Burke, is a Chicago attorney.
- In the mid-1980s, she was a co-founder of the three woman improv comedy troupe, "An Impulsive Thing", with Bonnie Hunt and Holly Wortell.
- She and Julianne Moore played pregnant women in Nine Months (1995). In 1997, their own sons were born.
- In the film Svatba naruby (1997), where Joan stars alongside Kevin Kline, there is a group dance scene on the song "Macho Man" by The Village People. Years earlier, in Addamsova rodina 2 (1993), Joan sings the same song.
- Shares her birthday (October 11) with Michelle Trachtenberg, her on-screen daughter in Disney's Ice Princess (2005).
- First son, Dylan John Burke, born. (June 17, 1997)
- Graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a degree in English in 1984.
- 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.
- Second son, Miles Burke, born. (July 2000)
- Has appeared with her brother John Cusack in ten films: Třída (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything... (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Martian Child (2007) and Válka a.s. (2008).
- Both she and Matt Dillon were in their debut film, My Bodyguard (1980), as classmates. 17 years later, they both had roles in the film Svatba naruby (1997), but this time she was his former teacher.
- Has appeared with Alec Baldwin in four films: Married to the Mob (1988), Podnikavá dívka (1988), The Last Shot (2004) and Je to i můj život (2009).
- Has appeared in five films each with the word "Toy": Hračky (1992), Na pude aneb Kdo má dneska narozeniny? (2009), Toy Story 2: Příběh hraček (1999), Toy Story 3: Příběh hraček (2010) and Toy Story 4: Příběh hraček (2019).
- Has appeared with Whoopi Goldberg in four films: Corrina, Corrina (1994), Svatba naruby (1997), It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) and Toy Story 3: Příběh hraček (2010).
- Born at 11:00am-EDT.
