Joan Cusack

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1962-10-11 (61 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As 琼·库萨克, 瓊安‧庫薩克

Joan Cusack

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2026
Toy Story 5

as Jessie (voice)

2019
Klaus

as Mrs. Krum (voice)

2019
Let It Snow

as Tin Foil Woman

2019
Toy Story 4

as Jessie (voice)

2018
Instant Family

as Mrs. Howard

2018
Homecoming

as Francine Bunda

2017
2017
Unicorn Store

as Gladys

2017
Snatched

as Barb

2017
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
Freaks of Nature

as Peg Parker

2015
2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot

as Jessie (voice)

2014
Welcome to Me

as Dawn Hurley

2013
Toy Story of Terror!

as Jessie (Voice)

2012
Partysaurus Rex

as Jessie (voice)

2011
Small Fry

as Jessie (voice)

2011
Arthur Christmas

as Lead Elf (voice)

2011
Hawaiian Vacation

as Jessie (voice)

2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

as Verushka the Witch (voice)

2011
Mars Needs Moms

as Mom (voice)

2011
Shameless

as Sheila Jackson

2011
Shameless

as Self

2010
Toy Story 3

as Jessie (voice)

2009
Acceptance

as Nina

2009
My Sister's Keeper

as Judge De Salvo

2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic

as Jane Bloomwood

2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

as Miss Lucinda Bond

2008
War, Inc.

as Marsha Dillon

2007
2007
The Pixar Story

as Jessie (voice) (archive footage)

2007
2006
The Inspiration for 'Cars'

as Jessie (archive voice)

2006
2005
Chicken Little

as Abby Mallard (voice)

2005
Ice Princess

as Joan Carlyle

2005
The Office

as Erin's Biological Mother

2005
American Dad!

as Widow Support Group Leader (voice)

2004
The Last Shot

as Fanny Nash (uncredited)

2004
Raising Helen

as Jenny Portman

2004
Peep and the Big Wide World

as Narrator (voice)

2003
School of Rock

as Rosalie Mullins

2001
What About Joan?

as Joan Gallagher

2000
Where the Heart Is

as Ruth Meyers

2000
1999
Cradle Will Rock

as Hazel Huffman

1999
Toy Story 2

as Jessie (voice)

1999
Runaway Bride

as Peggy Flemming

1999
Arlington Road

as Cheryl Lang

1997
In & Out

as Emily Montgomery

1997
A Smile Like Yours

as Nancy Tellen

1997
1997
The View

as Self

1996
Mr. Wrong

as Inga Gunther

1995
Two Much

as Gloria

1995
Nine Months

as Gail Dwyer

1994
The Mother

as Annie

1994
1993
Addams Family Values

as Debbie Jellinsky

1993
1992
Toys

as Alsatia Zevo

1992
Hero

as Evelyn Laplante

1991
Performance

as Annie

1990
My Blue Heaven

as Hannah Stubbs

1990
1989
Say Anything...

as Constance Dobler

1988
1988
1988
Stars & Bars

as Irene Stein

1987
Broadcast News

as Blair Litton

1987
1984
Grandview, U.S.A.

as Mary Maine

1984
Sixteen Candles

as Geek Girl #1

1983
Class

as Julia

1980
My Bodyguard

as Shelley

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Various Characters

1971
1953
The Oscars

as Self

Writer