Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack

1962-10-11 New York City, New York, USA 73 Credits

Biography

Joan Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Nancy (née Carolan) and Dick Cusack. Her father was an advertising executive, writer and actor, and her mother was a math teacher. Her siblings - Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack also act. Her family is of Irish descent. Raised in Evanston, Illinois, Cusack was actively encouraged to explore her creativity by her parents, and as a child she joined the Piven Theater Workshop. She went on to le...

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Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5

2026

as Jessie (voice)

Acting

Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs get exponentially harder when they go head to head with an all-new threat to playtime: tech.

Klaus

Klaus

2019

as Mrs. Krum (voice)

8.2
Acting

When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above th...

Let It Snow

Let It Snow

2019

as Tin Foil Woman

6.1
Acting

In a small town on Christmas Eve, a snowstorm brings together a group of young people. They soon find their friendships and love lives colliding, and ...

Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4

2019

as Jessie (voice)

7.5
Acting

Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when ...

Instant Family

Instant Family

2018

as Mrs. Howard

7.5
Acting

When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but when they ...

The Christmas Train

The Christmas Train

2017

as Agnes

6.4
Acting

Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon find...

Unicorn Store

Unicorn Store

2017

as Gladys

5.9
Acting

A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.

Snatched

Snatched

2017

as Barb

5.3
Acting

When her boyfriend dumps Emily, a spontaneous woman in her 30s, she persuades her ultra-cautious mom to accompany her on a vacation to Ecuador. When t...

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

2016

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

Highlighting one of the most innovative American directors, this film reveals the path traveled by the auteur from his small-town Texas roots to his w...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

2016

as Tilly

6.6
Acting

When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collap...

Freaks of Nature

Freaks of Nature

2015

as Peg Parker

6.1
Acting

In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, on...

The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour

2015

as Patty

7.0
Acting

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right af...

Toy Story That Time Forgot

Toy Story That Time Forgot

2014

as Jessie (voice)

7.0
Acting

During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerou...

Welcome to Me

Welcome to Me

2014

as Dawn Hurley

5.8
Acting

A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline personality disorder who wins the Mega Millions lottery, quits her meds and buys her own ta...

Toy Story of Terror!

Toy Story of Terror!

2013

as Jessie (Voice)

7.2
Acting

What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one ...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012

as Dr. Burton

7.8
Acting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam ...

Partysaurus Rex

Partysaurus Rex

2012

as Jessie (voice)

7.1
Acting

When Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.

Small Fry

Small Fry

2011

as Jessie (voice)

6.9
Acting

A fast food restaurant mini variant of Buzz forcibly switches places with the real Buzz and his friends have to deal with the obnoxious impostor.

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

2011

as Lead Elf (voice)

6.8
Acting

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each...

Hawaiian Vacation

Hawaiian Vacation

2011

as Jessie (voice)

7.0
Acting

The toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

2011

as Verushka the Witch (voice)

5.1
Acting

Red Riding Hood is training in the group of Sister Hoods, when she and the Wolf are called to examine the sudden mysterious disappearance of Hansel an...

Mars Needs Moms

Mars Needs Moms

2011

as Mom (voice)

5.9
Acting

When Martians suddenly abduct his mom, mischievous Milo rushes to the rescue and discovers why all moms are so special.

Toy Story 3

Toy Story 3

2010

as Jessie (voice)

7.8
Acting

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally le...

Acceptance

Acceptance

2009

as Nina

3.7
Acting

A comedic, sometimes poignant look at the absurdity of today's college-applications process for parents and teens. Joan Cusack stars as a stressed-out...

My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

2009

as Judge De Salvo

7.4
Acting

Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to ma...

The Face is Familiar

The Face is Familiar

2009

2.0
Acting

Get to know some of Hollywood's most talented character actors, who have supported leading roles in films for decades. Some have even gone on to beco...

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Confessions of a Shopaholic

2009

as Jane Bloomwood

6.5
Acting

In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping – a little too good, perhaps. She dream...

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

2008

as Miss Lucinda Bond

6.5
Acting

The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin ...

War, Inc.

War, Inc.

2008

as Marsha Dillon

5.5
Acting

In the future, the desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after private corporation Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the Unite...

Martian Child

Martian Child

2007

as Liz

6.7
Acting

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's ...

The Pixar Story

The Pixar Story

2007

as Jessie (voice) (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...

Friends with Money

Friends with Money

2006

as Franny

5.1
Acting

As she reaches her mid-thirties and quits her lucrative job, singleton Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her suc...

Chicken Little

Chicken Little

2005

as Abby Mallard (voice)

5.9
Acting

When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chic...

Ice Princess

Ice Princess

2005

as Joan Carlyle

6.4
Acting

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni, nothing can stop Casey Carlyle from realizing her dream to be a champion figu...

The Last Shot

The Last Shot

2004

as Fanny Nash (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

A movie director-screenwriter finds a man to finance his latest project but soon discovers that the producer is actually an undercover FBI agent worki...

Raising Helen

Raising Helen

2004

as Jenny Portman

6.1
Acting

Helen Harris has a glamorous, big-city life working for one of New York's hottest modeling agencies. But suddenly her free-spirited life gets turned u...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

2003

as Mother

6.3
Acting

Fed up with all the attention going to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck quits Hollywood, teams up with recently-fired stuntman Damien Drake Jr. and embarks on a...

School of Rock

School of Rock

2003

as Rosalie Mullins

7.1
Acting

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a priva...

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

2002

as Rachel Bitterman

6.0
Acting

The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the o...

Where the Heart Is

Where the Heart Is

2000

as Ruth Meyers

7.1
Acting

Novalee Nation is a 17-year-old Tennessee transient who has to grow up in a hurry when she's left pregnant and abandoned by her boyfriend on a roadsid...

High Fidelity

High Fidelity

2000

as Liz

7.1
Acting

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top...

Cradle Will Rock

Cradle Will Rock

1999

as Hazel Huffman

6.5
Acting

A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2

1999

as Jessie (voice)

7.6
Acting

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, ...

Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road'

1999

6.0
Acting

Interviews with cast and crew, regarding the making of Arlington Road.

Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1999

as Peggy Flemming

6.1
Acting

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his...

Arlington Road

Arlington Road

1999

as Cheryl Lang

7.0
Acting

Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly p...

In & Out

In & Out

1997

as Emily Montgomery

6.5
Acting

A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.

A Smile Like Yours

A Smile Like Yours

1997

as Nancy Tellen

3.6
Acting

A comedy about a couple who cannot conceive a baby

Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997

as Marcella

6.9
Acting

Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his...

Mr. Wrong

Mr. Wrong

1996

as Inga Gunther

3.9
Acting

A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and ...

Two Much

Two Much

1995

as Gloria

5.4
Acting

Art Dodge is a painter-turned-gallerist drowning in debt. He gets in over his head when a con job leads to an engagement with a rich divorcee. He gets...

Nine Months

Nine Months

1995

as Gail Dwyer

5.7
Acting

When he finds out his longtime girlfriend is pregnant, a commitment-phobe realizes he might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much wors...

The Mother

The Mother

1994

as Annie

Acting

Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a job after 40 years of being a homemak...

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina

1994

as Jonesy

6.7
Acting

When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper ...

Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values

1993

as Debbie Jellinsky

7.0
Acting

Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...

Toys

Toys

1992

as Alsatia Zevo

5.3
Acting

Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the op...

Hero

Hero

1992

as Evelyn Laplante

6.3
Acting

Bernie Laplante is having a rough time. He's divorced, his ex-wife hates him and has custody of their son, the cops are setting a trap for him, then t...

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

as Cathy

4.8
Acting

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who...

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

Story

4.8
Writing

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat who...

My Blue Heaven

My Blue Heaven

1990

as Hannah Stubbs

6.1
Acting

FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is s...

Men Don't Leave

Men Don't Leave

1990

as Jody

6.5
Acting

A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

1989

as Self

7.5
Acting

A TV special celebrating the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. Before a celebrity audience, many of the former cast members and guest hosts ret...

Say Anything...

Say Anything...

1989

as Constance Dobler

7.0
Acting

Lloyd, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of Diane, an unattainable high school beauty and straight-A student. He surprises just about ev...

Working Girl

Working Girl

1988

as Cyn

6.6
Acting

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg ski...

Married to the Mob

Married to the Mob

1988

as Rose

6.0
Acting

Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affa...

Stars & Bars

Stars & Bars

1988

as Irene Stein

4.4
Acting

A British art expert leaves New York to buy a long-lost Renoir from a Georgia eccentric.

Broadcast News

Broadcast News

1987

as Blair Litton

6.7
Acting

Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she...

The Allnighter

The Allnighter

1987

as Gina

4.9
Acting

Molly, Val and Gina are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginnin...

Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984

as Mary Maine

5.8
Acting

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to...

Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984

as Geek Girl #1

6.8
Acting

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. ...

Class

Class

1983

as Julia

6.0
Acting

Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the ...

Cutting Loose

1980

Acting

An alienated high school senior feels apprehensive about the future.

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

1980

as Shelley

6.3
Acting

Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmat...