| Date of Birth:
11 October 1962, New York, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Joan Mary Cusack
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse
Richard Burke (1993 - present) 2 children
Trivia:
Daughter of Dick Cusack
Sister of Susie Cusack, John Cusack, Ann Cusack and Bill Cusack.
First son, Dylan John Burke, born. [17 June 1997]
Second son, Miles Burke, born. [July 2000]
Husband, Dick Burke, is a Chicago attorney.
She and Julianne Moore played pregnant women in Nine Months (1995). In 1997, their own sons were born.
Attended the Piven Theater workshop.
Was supposed to play "Bobbie Markowitz" in The Stepford Wives (2004). When her father became ill, both she and her brother, John Cusack, had to drop out of the film. Bette Midler then got the role.
Shares her birthday (October 11) with Michelle Trachtenberg, her on-screen daughter in Disney's Ice Princess (2005).
Cusack was the first regular cast member of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) (1985-86 season) to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Working Girl (1988).
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