“RANGO” - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

ISLA FISHER
Biography
Isla Fisher will next star in the Gore Verbinski animated feature RANGO alongside Johnny Depp. She
also has a number of comedy projects in development at Universal including LIFE COACH, which she
is also producing, and DESPERADOS.
Fisher is most widely recognized for her critically-acclaimed performance as Vince Vaughn's offkilter
love interest in the blockbuster THE WEDDING CRASHERS and most recently starred in
Disney’s CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, the film adaptation of the best-selling book series by
Sophie Kinsella. Her additional film credits include: John Landis’s BURKE AND HAIR with Simon
Pegg and Andy Serkis; DEFINITELY, MAYBE, a romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds; the
critically-acclaimed film THE LOOKOUT, written and directed by Scott Frank and also starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels; HORTON HEARS A WHO with Jim Carrey and Steve Carrell;
the comedy HOT ROD with Andy Samberg. David O. Russell’s I HEART HUCKABEES and SCOOBY-
DOO. She also starred in the scripted/improvisation TV series, “Pilot Season,” with comedic actors
David Cross, Andy Dick, and Sarah Silverman.
Born in the Middle Eastern country of Oman, Fisher’s family moved to the small city of Perth in
Western Australia when she was a young girl. At the age of nine, Fisher was already appearing in
commercials broadcast on Australian television. She then became best known for her role as
"Shannon Reed" in the popular soap “Home & Away,” which also helped launch the careers of Guy
Pearce, Naomi Watts, and Heath Ledger. While working on the set of “Home & Away,” she also found
the time to write and release two best selling teen-themed novels.
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