Joan Cusack

Joan Cusack
Background information
Born	Joan Mary Cusack October 11, 1962 (age 58) New York City, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actress, voice actress, comedian
Years active	1979-present
Spouse	Richard Burke (1993-present)
Children	Dylan and Miles

Joan Mary Cusack is an American actress, voice actress, and comedian, who is best known for her roles in the romantic comedy-drama, Working Girl and the romantic comedy, In & Out. She is the older sister of John Cusack.

For Disney, she is known for voicing Jessie in the Disney/Pixar Toy Story franchise and Abby Mallard in the Chicken Little franchise. She also played Hazel Huffman in Cradle Will Rock, Jenny Portman in Raising Helen, and Marcella in Grosse Pointe Blank. She also voiced Glenda Wilkins in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Last Train to Bustville".

Disney filmography

Films

• Two Much (1995) - Gloria
• Mr. Wrong (1996) - Inga Gunther  
• Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) - Marcella
• Toy Story 2 (1999) - Jessie
• Cradle Will Rock (1999) - Hazel Huffman
• High Fidelity (2000) - Liz
• Raising Helen (2004) - Jenny Portman
• Ice Princess (2005) - Joan Carlyle
• Chicken Little (2005) - Abby Mallard
• Toy Story 3 (2010) - Jessie
• Mars Needs Moms (2011) - Mom
• Toy Story of Terror! (2013) - Jessie
• Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014) - Jessie
• Toy Story 4 (2019) - Jessie

Shorts

• Toy Story Toons (2011-2012) - Jessie

Video games

• Chicken Little (2005) - Abby Mallard (archive footage)
• Chicken Little: Ace in Action (2006) - Abby Mallard
• Toy Story 3: The Video Game (2010) - Jessie
• Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011) - Jessie
• Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure (2012) - Jessie

Disney Roles

Jessie
(Toy Story franchise)

Abby Mallard
(Chicken Little)

Hazel Huffman
(Cradle Will Rock)

Jenny Portman
(Raising Helen)

Marcella
(Grosse Pointe Blank)

Milo’s mom
(Mars Needs Moms)

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Gallery

Joan Cusack behind the scenes of Toy Story 2.

Joan Cusack behind the scenes of Chicken Little.

Joan Cusack behind the scenes of Toy Story 3.

Cusack with a Jessie doll in June 2010.

Joan Cusack with Kermit the Frog.

Joan Cusack at premiere of Mars Needs Moms in March 2011.

Joan Cusack with her brother, John at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in April 2012.

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Trivia

• Before Joan Cusack was even chosen for the role of Jessie, her brother, John Cusack was one of the many actors originally considered for the role of Woody before Tom Hanks was picked.