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Isla Fisher Profile |
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Birth Date: February 3, 1976
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Birth Place: Muscat, Oman
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Birth Name: Isla Lang Fisher
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Height: 5'3"
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Biography |
Isla Fisher was born on February 3, 1976, in Muscat, the
capital of the Middle Eastern nation of Oman. When Isla was
a young child, her Scottish parents moved her and her four
brothers to Australia. There, inspired by the literary
achievements of her novelist mother and the encouraging
words of her banker father, Isla was permitted the freedom
to follow her own path.
Even as a primary school student, Isla was using her free
reign to pursue a budding interest in acting. By age 9, she
was appearing in Australian television commercials, her
first gig coming as an extra in a lottery ad. From then on,
Isla realized that acting truly was her passion.
In 1993, Isla won roles in the TV dramas Bay Cove and
Paradise Beach. Though her work in both series lasted only
about one full season each, Fisher was more than pleased
with the exposure that these experiences provided. Isla's
visibility jumped to that of minor celebrity after it was
revealed that this young star had been stopped by the police
for public nudity during a wild vacation with friends in
Western Australia.
Fisher's first serious role came in Home and Away, a soap
opera series in which she played the seductive Shannon Reed
from 1994 until 1997. The character was very promiscuous in
the show, and this fueled many men's fantasies about the
actress behind the role. By the time that Shannon was
finally written off the show (the writers had her run away
with a lesbian lover), Isla was looked upon as a
full-fledged hottie. In fact, in 1998, readers of FHM voted
her as the 11th sexiest woman in the world.
Even as men worldwide were drooling over her, it had been
well established that there was much more to Isla than met
the eye. In 1996, she had written two teenage-targeted
romance books: Bewitched and Seduced by Fame were both hot
sellers in Australia, and their publication proved that Isla
was an all-around star.
Ever intent on further improving herself, Isla moved to
England and began a regular commute across the English
Channel to attend acting school in Paris. From here, she
starred alongside Keira Knightley in a miniseries adaptation
of Oliver Twist, a handful of theatrical presentations and
several episodes of the kids' show Scoop. She began a
well-publicized relationship with fellow actor Darren Day,
and the two were even engaged for a brief period.
Her frank accounts of her other relationships with
celebrities of the day, including multimillionaire Sir
Evelyn de Rothschild, were goldmines for tabloids, and Isla
soon became a popular news figure for reasons other than her
good looks.
In the early years of the new millennium, as she was filming
the miniseries Hearts and Bones and the German horror flick
Swimming Pool, Isla began seeing Sacha Baron Cohen, an
English comic known popularly as Ali G. The two became a
serious couple and were engaged to be married in 2004.
When Cohen signed a deal with HBO to take his act to
television sets in America, Isla came along. The couple
moved into Jennifer Aniston's old house, although she kicked
them out to move back in after her breakup with Brad Pitt.
Residing in the heart of the American entertainment
industry, Isla soon began hooking up great roles. She played
Mary Jane in Scooby-Doo (2002), had a big role in the
English comedy The Wannabes (2003), then returned to America
to star with Jeff Goldblum and Selma Blair in the artsy
flick Dallas 362 (2003).
Isla held down a small role in the existential film I Heart
Huckabees in 2004, then went on to appear alongside Vince
Vaughn and Owen Wilson in 2005's The Wedding Crashers.
As Isla and fianc Cohen become more comfortable in the U.S.,
expect to see this cute redhead in an increasing amount of
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Other
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Raised in Australia, currently lives in England.
Is a natural redhead but wore a blonde wig for Scooby-Doo
(2002) because Sarah Michelle Gellar was supposed to be the
only redhead in the film.
Was once engaged to Darren Day.
Despite being born in Oman, an Arab country, both of her
parents are Scottish.
Her first job was as a lottery ad extra. She was so excited
that she hyperventilated for four hours and nearly fainted.
Her mother is a romance novelist.
Engaged to "Da Ali G Show" (2000) star Sacha Baron Cohen.
Stepsister of Conor Reid. |
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