Despite living in the shadow of her superstar younger brother, John, actress Joan Cusack carved out a... (Learn more)
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Joan Cusack’s Milestones
| While in college joined The Ark, improvisational comedy group | |
| 1980 | Screen acting debut in "My Bodyguard"; her father also had small role |
| 1983 | First appearance alongside brother John in "Class" |
| 1984 | TV-movie debut, "All Together Now" |
| 1985 - 1986 | Series regular debut, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" |
| 1988 | Made Off-Broadway debut in "Road" |
| 1989 | Appeared Off-Broadway in the Circle Repertory Company's "Brilliant Traces" |
| 1989 | Earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Melanie Griffith's best friend in "Working Girl" |
| 1989 | Played on-screen siblings with real life brother John Cusack in Cameron Crowe's "Say Anything" |
| 1993 | Played a murderous nanny in "Addams Family Values" |
| 1994 | Had a rare dramatic TV role in "The Mother" (PBS) opposite Anne Bancroft |
| 1995 | Had a supporting role in the comedy, "Nine Months" |
| 1997 | Once again co-starred with brother John playing his secretary in the comedy "Grosse Pointe Blank" |
| 1997 | Played Kevin Kline's bride-to-be whose life hinges on whether he is gay or not in the comedy "In & Out"; garnered second Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination |
| 1999 | Played Hazel Huffman in the Tim Robbins-directed "Cradle Will Rock" |
| 1999 | Voiced a yodeling cowgirl named Jessie, in the animated film "Toy Story 2" |
| 2000 | Had a small role in Stephen Frears' "High Fidelity" starring her brother John |
| 2001 | Starred as a Chicago high school teacher in ABC's "What About Joan" |
| 2003 | Played a prep school's straight-laced principal opposite Jack Black in the Richard Linklater directed "School of Rock" |
| 2004 | Cast as Kate Hudson's sister in the comedy "Raising Helen" |
| 2005 | Voiced Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling) in the animated feature "Chicken Little" |
| 2006 | Co-starred with Frances McDormand, Jennifer Aniston and Catherine Keener in Nicole Holofcener's "Friends with Money" |
| 2007 | Once again played on-screen siblings with real life brother John in "The Martian Child" |
| 2008 | Cast opposite Abigail Breslin in the family film, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" |
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