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Joan Cusack
Born	Joan Mary Cusack October 11, 1962 (1962-10-11) (age 47) 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.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 Television 5 References 6 External links

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, Richard Cusack, as well as her siblings Ann, Bill, John and Susie, have also been actors.

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.

Career

Cusack has twice been nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in Working Girl and In & Out. She appeared 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, Broadcast News and most recently, War, Inc. She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom What About Joan? in 2001-02.

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

Cusack was a cast member on the NBC sketch show, Saturday Night Live, from 1985 to 1986. 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 currently narrates the public TV animated series Peep and the Big Wide World.

In 2003, both Joan and her brother John signed the "Not in My Name" resolution (along with people such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon) opposing the invasion of Iraq.

Filmography

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

Television

• Saturday Night Live (1985-1986; various)
• Peep and the Big Wide World (Narrator)
• What About Joan? (21 episodes, 2001-2002)²

References

External links

• Joan Cusack at the Internet Movie Database
• Joan Cusack at the Internet Broadway Database
• Joan Cusack at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Sac Ticket: Joan Cusack