Joan Cusack
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.
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Toy Story 6
as Jessie (voice)
Toy Story: 30 Years and Beyond - A Special Edition of 20/20
as Self
Klaus
as Mrs. Krum (voice)
Let It Snow
as Tin Foil Woman
Instant Family
as Mrs. Howard
Homecoming
as Francine Bunda
The Christmas Train
as Agnes
Unicorn Store
as Gladys
Snatched
as Barb
A Series of Unfortunate Events
as Justice Strauss
The Stinky & Dirty Show
as Red (voice)
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
as Tilly
Freaks of Nature
as Peg Parker
The End of the Tour
as Patty
Welcome to Me
as Dawn Hurley
Toy Story That Time Forgot
as Jessie (voice)
Toy Story of Terror!
as Jessie (Voice)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
as Dr. Burton
Partysaurus Rex
as Jessie (voice)
Small Fry
as Jessie (voice)
Arthur Christmas
as Lead Elf (voice)
Hawaiian Vacation
as Jessie (voice)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil
as Verushka the Witch (voice)
Mars Needs Moms
as Mom (voice)
Shameless
as Sheila Jackson
Acceptance
as Nina
My Sister's Keeper
as Judge De Salvo
The Face is Familiar
as Unknown
Confessions of a Shopaholic
as Jane Bloomwood
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
as Miss Lucinda Bond
War, Inc.
as Marsha Dillon
Martian Child
as Liz
The Pixar Story
as Jessie (voice) (archive footage)
Phineas and Ferb
as Glenda
Friends with Money
as Franny
Chicken Little
as Abby Mallard (voice)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
as Self
The Office
as Erin's Biological Mother
Ice Princess
as Joan Carlyle
American Dad!
as Widow Support Group Leader (voice)
The Last Shot
as Fanny Nash (uncredited)
Raising Helen
as Jenny Portman
Peep and the Big Wide World
as Narrator (voice)
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
as Mother
The School of Rock
as Rosalie Mullins
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Rachel Bitterman
Max & Ruby
as Unknown
What About Joan?
as Joan Gallagher
Where the Heart Is
as Ruth Meyers
High Fidelity
as Liz
Cradle Will Rock
as Hazel Huffman
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Pam Burton
Runaway Bride
as Peggy Flemming
Arlington Road
as Cheryl Lang
In & Out
as Emily Montgomery
A Smile Like Yours
as Nancy Tellen
The View
as Self
Grosse Pointe Blank
as Marcella
Mr. Wrong
as Inga Gunther
Two Much
as Gloria
Nine Months
as Gail Dwyer
The Mother
as Annie
Corrina, Corrina
as Jonesy
Addams Family Values
as Debbie Jellinsky
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Toys
as Alsatia Zevo
Hero
as Evelyn Laplante
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Cathy
Performance
as Annie
My Blue Heaven
as Hannah Stubbs
Men Don't Leave
as Jody
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self
Say Anything...
as Constance Dobler
Working Girl
as Cyn
Married to the Mob
as Rose
Stars & Bars
as Irene Stein
Broadcast News
as Blair Litton
The Allnighter
as Gina
Grandview, U.S.A.
as Mary Maine
Sixteen Candles
as Geek Girl #1
Class
as Julia
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
My Bodyguard
as Shelley
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Various Characters
Great Performances
as Anne
The Oscars
as Self
The Oscars
as Jessie (voice)