American actress Joan Mary Cusack Burke was born 60 years ago in New York City, is married and has 2 sons.
Joan comes from a family of artists, as her dad was a movie producer as well as an actor, whilst her brother John and sister Ann are also actors. She in fact starred in 10 films alongside her brother, namely ‘Class’, ‘Cradle will Rock’ and ‘War Inc.’ to name a few.
Amongst the numerous movies she acted in there are ‘Addams Family Values’, ‘Arlington Road’, ‘Nine Months’, ‘Runaway Bride’, ‘Mr Wrong’, ‘Snatched’ and ‘School of Rock’. Apart from acting, Joan ‘lent’ her voice in three of the popular animated films of ‘Toy Story’ and even impersonated famous people like Queen Elizabeth II, Jane Fonda and Brooke Shields.
Joan also starred in sitcoms like ‘What about Joan?’ and ‘Shameless’ as well as TV series and shows like ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’.
During her +40-year career, Joan appeared in more than 60 movies and 14 TV productions. She was also honoured with a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award out of 9 nominations.