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Isla Fisher
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Isla Lang Fisher (born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress and author. Born to Scottish parents in Oman, she moved to Australia at age six and began appearing in television commercials. Fisher came to prominence for her portrayal of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1997, for which she received two Logie Award nominations. She made a successful transition to Hollywood in the live-action film adaptation of Scooby-Doo (2002), and has since appeared in Wedding Crashers (2005), Hot Rod (2007), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), The Great Gatsby (2013), and Now You See Me (2013). Her other notable film credits include I Heart Huckabees (2004), The Lookout (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Burke & Hare (2010), Bachelorette (2012), Visions (2015), Grimsby, Nocturnal Animals, Keeping Up with the Joneses (all in 2016), and Tag (2018). She has also voiced characters in animated films such as Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Rango (2011), and Rise of the Guardians (2012). On television, she had a recurring role on the fourth and fifth seasons of Arrested Development (2013, 2018). Fisher has authored two young adult novels and the Marge in Charge book series.
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Isla Lang Fisher (born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress and author. Born to Scottish parents in Oman, she moved to Australia at age six and began appearing in television commercials. Fisher came to prominence for her portrayal of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1994 to 1997, for which she received two Logie Award nominations. She made a successful transition to Hollywood in the live-action film adaptation of Scooby-Doo (2002), and has since appeared in Wedding Crashers (2005), Hot Rod (2007), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), The Great Gatsby (2013), and Now You See Me (2013). Her other notable film credits include I Heart Huckabees (2004), The Lookout (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Burke & Hare (2010), Bachelorette (2012), Visions (2015), Grimsby, Nocturnal Animals, Keeping Up with the Joneses (all in 2016), and Tag (2018). She has also voiced characters in animated films such as Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Rango (2011), and Rise of the Guardians (2012). On television, she had a recurring role on the fourth and fifth seasons of Arrested Development (2013, 2018). Fisher has authored two young adult novels and the Marge in Charge book series.
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Oscars
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Graham Norton Show
Today
Arrested Development
Home and Away
Chelsea
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Lights Out with David Spade
Sofia the First
I ♥ Huckabees
Attila
Real Creatures of Dirt
Scooby-Doo
Horton Hears a Who!
Tag
The Great Gatsby
Hot Rod
Wedding Crashers
Nocturnal Animals
Dog Man
Now You See Me
Rise of the Guardians
Bachelorette
Definitely, Maybe
Grimsby
Strays
Wedding Daze
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Rango
Godmothered
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Back to the Outback
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Wolf Like Me
Production Credits
The Dictator
Wolf Like Me
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