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Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack is an American actress. She is known for her distinctive voice and offbeat comedic timing, and her portrayals of neurotic, endearing characters have earned her numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1962) · film actor · television actor · voice actor · actor · comedian · also Joan Cusack, Joan Mary Cusack Burke, Joan Mary Cusack, Cusack
Born 11 October 1962 · Q272946
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2026· 11 entries
Public attention spiked: 24,564 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.6× the usual 5,283, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Undid revision 1360323275 by ~2026-35938-75 (talk) source for retirement announcement?
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Public attention spiked: 40,816 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.7× the usual 5,283, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Joan Cusack Walks First Movie Premiere Red Carpets in 11 Years and Says She Stopped Acting for 6 Years Because It’s ‘Priceless’ Being a ‘Normal Person’” (Variety).
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Variety: Joan Cusack Walks First Movie Premiere Red Carpets in 11 Years and Says She Stopped Acting for 6 Years Because It’s ‘Priceless’ Being a ‘Normal Person’
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AOL: Tim Allen and Joan Cusack Bring Their Families to “Toy Story 5” Premiere
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People: Joan Cusack Explains Stepping Away from Hollywood Before Returning for
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Hello!: Inside Joan Cusack's reclusive life with attorney husband and 2 kids away from Hollywood
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Public attention spiked: 54,649 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.3× the usual 5,283, with 5 article edits. Coverage that week: “Inside Joan Cusack's reclusive life with attorney husband and 2 kids away from Hollywood” (Hello!).
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AOL: Joan Cusack Returns to the Red Carpet for the First Time 11 Years as She Reprises This Iconic Role
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Yardbarker: Joan Cusack Makes Rare Red Carpet Appearance at ‘Toy Story 5’ Premiere
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2015· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Shameless (2015).
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2011· 1 entry
2012, and 2013, as well as a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014 and 2015, winning in the latter year
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2010· 1 entry
Cusack joined the Showtime drama/comedy Shameless as Sheila Jackson, the mother of Karen Jackson (Laura Slade Wiggins)
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1996· 1 entry
Cusack married attorney Richard Burke in 1996.
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Theatre World Award (1989).
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1962· 2 entries
Born 1962-10-11.
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In New York City and was raised in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago
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