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Joan Mary Cusack (/ ˈ k juː s æ k /; born October 11, 1962) [1] [2] is an American actress. She 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).
Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois into an Irish Catholic family. His parents are writer-actor-producer and documentary filmmaker Richard J. "Dick" Cusack (1925–2003), originally from New York City, [2] [3] [4] and Ann Paula "Nancy" Cusack (née Carolan; 1929–2022), [5] originally from Massachusetts, a former mathematics teacher and political activist.
Cusack has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Mike Nichols' Working Girl (1988) and for the Frank Oz comedy In & Out (1997). She has also received five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her performance as Sheila Gallagher in Shameless .
In an interview, Joan Cusack said, "I think, in a way, [War, Inc.] was a Grosse Pointe Blank 2." [3] John Cusack described it as a "spiritual cousin to Grosse Pointe Blank". [4] John Cusack co-wrote and produced the film, as well as starring in the lead role as Brand Hauser. A working title of the film was Brand Hauser: Stuff Happens.
Ann Cusack (born May 22, 1961) [2] is an American actress and singer. She had roles in Multiplicity (1996), A League of Their Own (1992), and The Informant! (2009). Additionally, she has made guest appearances in a number of television series, including Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, One Tree Hill, Charmed, Ghost Whisperer, The Unit, Boston Legal, Bones, Frasier, Ally McBeal, Criminal Minds, Private ...
Toys is a 1992 American surrealist comedy film directed by Barry Levinson, cowritten by Levinson and Valerie Curtin, and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, Arthur Malet, Donald O'Connor, Jack Warden, and Jamie Foxx in his feature film debut.
Cusack and his wife, Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan; 1929–2022), [2] [7] had five children: Ann Cusack, Joan Cusack, Bill Cusack, John Cusack and Susie Cusack, all of whom followed him into the acting profession. [5] Circa 1963–1966, the Cusack family moved from New York City to Evanston, Illinois, where the five children grew up.
Joan Cusack, American actress, daughter of Dick Cusack; John Cusack, American actor and writer, son of Dick Cusack; John Cusack (Australian politician) Joyce Cusack, American politician; Loretta Cusack (born 1963), British judoka; Maddy Cusack, English football player; Maggie Cusack, academic and head of Irish university