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 Joan Cusack
Birthday: October 11, 1962
Birth Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 5' 9"
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One of Hollywood's funniest and most underappreciated actresses, Joan Cusack was for years relegated to playing the buddy sidekicks of her more glamorous co-stars and known primarily as John Cusack's older sister. Thanks to a couple of Oscar nominations and strong roles in a number of movies, Cusack finally began getting her due in the late 1990s, earning both recognition and respect for her singular talent.Born in New York City on October 11, 1962, Cusack grew up in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. The daughter of actor and filmmaker Richard Cusack, she and her siblings were encouraged to perform from an early age. As a result, Cusack grew up acting on the stage and training with the Piven Theatre Workshop. She broke into film while still in her teens, getting her start - -and often acting alongside her brother — in such teen comedies as My Bodyguard (1980) and Sixteen Candles (1984). In 1985 she was offered a part on the Saturday Night Live roster, but felt constrained by the lack of quality material offered to women, and left the show after one season. Gradually getting better supporting work in such films as Broadcast News (1987) and Married to the Mob (1988), Cusack had her screen breakthrough in Working Girl (1988), earning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Melanie Griffith's street-smart best friend. More strong notices followed in 1989 for Cusack's work in the drama Men Don't Leave, in which she played a nurse who helps get Jessica Lange's life back on track after her husband's death. Following a negative experience during the making of the Steve Martin comedy My Blue Heaven (1990), Cusack decided to abandon Hollywood in favor of Chicago, where she spent the next few years concentrating more on her family than on her acting career. Her film appearances were sporadic (1993's Addams Family Values, 1994's Corrina, Corrina, 1995's Nine Months), but when she finally did make a comeback in 1997, it was a remarkable one. For her role as a would-be bride who gets left at the altar when her fianc |
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- Daughter of Dick Cusack
- Sister of Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack
- Son, Dylan John Burke, born [17 June 1997]
- Had second child, Miles, in July 2000.
- 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).
- She was the first regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live" (1975)(1985-86 season) to be nominated for an Academy Award: for Best Supporting Actress in the 1988 film 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.
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