Cast
Joan Cusack
Acting
Cast
Joan Cusack
Known for
Acting
Born
1962-10-11
From
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Joanna Mary Cusack, Joan Mary Cusack
Biography
Joanna "Joan" Mary Cusack is an American actress. An acclaimed character actress known for her distinctive voice and offbeat comedic timing, her portrayals of neurotic, endearing characters have earned her numerous accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards and five Primetime Emmy Awards, winning once in 2015. Cusack received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama Working Girl (1988) and the romantic comedy In & Out (1997). Her other starring roles include those in Toys (1992), Addams Family Values (1993), Nine Months (1995), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Where the Heart Is (2000), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), School of Rock (2003), and Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008). She has also provided the voice of Jessie in the Toy Story franchise (1999–present), for which she won an Annie Award, and Abby Mallard in Chicken Little (2005). Cusack was a cast member on the comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1986. She starred on the Showtime hit drama comedy series Shameless (2011–2015) as Sheila Jackson, a role for which she received five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for the first time in 2015. She is the sister of actress Ann Cusack and actor John Cusack.
★7.4
MOVIE2026
Toy Story 5
as Jessie (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2019
Toy Story 4
as Jessie (voice)
★7.6
MOVIE1999
Toy Story 2
as Jessie (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE2010
Toy Story 3
as Jessie (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
as Dr. Burton
★7.5
MOVIE2018
Instant Family
as Mrs. Howard
★7.1
MOVIE2003
The School of Rock
as Rosalie Mullins
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Chicken Little
as Abby Mallard (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Addams Family Values
as Debbie Jellinsky
★7.4
MOVIE2009
My Sister's Keeper
as Judge De Salvo
★7.1
MOVIE2014
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Jessie (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE1984
Sixteen Candles
as Geek Girl #1
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Klaus
as Mrs. Krum (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Hawaiian Vacation
as Jessie (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Jane Bloomwood
★6.1
MOVIE1999
Runaway Bride
as Peggy Flemming
★6.8
MOVIE2011
Arthur Christmas
as Lead Elf (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Small Fry
as Jessie (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2011
Mars Needs Moms
as Mom (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Mother
★6.1
MOVIE2004
Raising Helen
as Jenny Portman
★6.6
MOVIE1988
Working Girl
as Cyn
★7.0
MOVIE1999
Arlington Road
as Cheryl Lang
★7.0
MOVIE1989
Say Anything...
as Constance Dobler
★7.1
MOVIE2000
High Fidelity
as Liz
★7.1
MOVIE2012
Partysaurus Rex
as Jessie (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Ice Princess
as Joan Carlyle
★5.1
MOVIE2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Verushka the Witch (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1980
My Bodyguard
as Shelley
★5.3
MOVIE2017
Snatched
as Barb
★5.3
MOVIE1992
Toys
as Alsatia Zevo
★5.1
MOVIE2006
Friends with Money
as Franny
★7.1
MOVIE2000
Where the Heart Is
as Ruth Meyers
★6.6
MOVIE2016
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Tilly
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Marcella
★5.8
MOVIE1984
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mary Maine
★6.3
MOVIE1992
Hero
as Evelyn Laplante
★6.1
MOVIE2015
Freaks of Nature
as Peg Parker
★6.1
MOVIE1990
My Blue Heaven
as Hannah Stubbs
★6.0
MOVIE2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Rachel Bitterman
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Married to the Mob
as Rose
★6.5
MOVIE1997
In & Out
as Emily Montgomery
★5.7
MOVIE1995
Nine Months
as Gail Dwyer
MOVIETBA
Toy Story 6
as Jessie (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE1983
Class
as Julia
★6.1
MOVIE2019
Let It Snow
as Tin Foil Woman
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Unicorn Store
as Gladys
★6.7
MOVIE1994
Corrina, Corrina
as Jonesy
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Men Don't Leave
as Jody
★5.7
MOVIE2004
The Last Shot
as Fanny Nash (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE2007
The Pixar Story
as Jessie (voice) (archive footage)
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Broadcast News
as Blair Litton
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Welcome to Me
as Dawn Hurley
★7.0
MOVIE2015
The End of the Tour
as Patty
MOVIE2026
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1999
Cradle Will Rock
as Hazel Huffman
★6.7
MOVIE2007
Martian Child
as Liz
★6.4
MOVIE2017
The Christmas Train
as Agnes
★5.5
MOVIE2008
War, Inc.
as Marsha Dillon
★2.0
MOVIE2009
The Face is Familiar
★4.0
MOVIE1996
Mr. Wrong
as Inga Gunther
★5.5
MOVIE1995
Two Much
as Gloria
★4.7
MOVIE1987
The Allnighter
as Gina
★8.0
MOVIE2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2008
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Miss Lucinda Bond
★4.0
MOVIE1997
A Smile Like Yours
as Nancy Tellen
★4.4
MOVIE1988
Stars & Bars
as Irene Stein
★6.8
MOVIE2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Cathy
★7.8
MOVIE1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
MOVIE1994
The Mother
as Annie
★8.0
MOVIE1980
Cutting Loose
★3.7
MOVIE2009
Acceptance
as Nina
★7.5
MOVIE1999
Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'
★7.2
MOVIE2013
Toy Story of Terror!
as Jessie (Voice)