Trivia

She was supposed to play Bobbie Markowitz in Et l'homme créa la femme (2004). When her father became sick, both she and her brother John Cusack had to drop out of the film. Bette Midler then got the role.

In 2003, both Joan and her brother John Cusack signed the "Not in My Name" resolution (along with people such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon) opposing the invasion of Iraq.

Cusack was the first regular cast member of Saturday Night Live (1975) (1985-1986 season) to be nominated for an Academy Award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her work in Working Girl (1988).

One of her conditions for starring in the sitcom What About Joan (2000) was that it had to be produced in Chicago so she would not have to leave her family.

Husband, Dick Burke, is a Chicago attorney.

In the mid-1980s, she was a co-founder of the three woman improv comedy troupe, "An Impulsive Thing", with Bonnie Hunt and Holly Wortell.

She and Julianne Moore played pregnant women in Neuf mois aussi (1995). In 1997, their own sons were born.

Graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a degree in English in 1984.

In the film In & Out (1997), where Joan stars alongside Kevin Kline, there is a group dance scene on the song "Macho Man" by The Village People. Years earlier, in Les Valeurs de la famille Addams (1993), Joan sings the same song.

First son, Dylan John Burke, born. (June 17, 1997)

Shares her birthday (October 11) with Michelle Trachtenberg, her on-screen daughter in Disney's Princesse on Ice (2005).

Has appeared with her brother John Cusack in ten films: Class (1983), Seize bougies pour Sam (1984), Stock-car city (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Un monde pour nous (1989), Tueurs à gages (1997), Broadway, 39ème rue (1999), High Fidelity (2000), Un enfant pas comme les autres (2007) and War, Inc. (2008).

Second son, Miles Burke, born. (July 2000)

She was nominated for a 1991 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play for "A Midsummer's Night Dream" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Both she and Matt Dillon were in their debut film, Veux-tu être mon garde du corps? (1980), as classmates. 17 years later, they both had roles in the film In & Out (1997), but this time she was his former teacher.

Has appeared with Alec Baldwin in four films: Veuve, mais pas trop... (1988), Working Girl (1988), The Last Shot (2004) and Ma vie pour la tienne (2009).

Has appeared with Whoopi Goldberg in four films: Corrina, Corrina (1994), In & Out (1997), Joyeux Muppet Show de Noël (2002) and Toy Story 3 (2010).

She has appeared in three films that have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Broadcast News (1987), Working Girl (1988) and Toy Story 3 (2010).

Has appeared in five films each with the word "Toy": Toys (1992), Drôle de grenier! (2009), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010) and Toy Story 4 (2019).

Born at 11:00am-EDT.

She has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Broadcast News (1987).