Quotes Isla Fisher

(A few months after the birth of her first child, Olive)
I love it when a beautiful designer dresses me. But these days, it’s more like getting in the car and realising the burp cloth is still on my left shoulder.

(after getting engaged to Sacha Baron Cohen)
All I know is that I’ve ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that’s not cool anymore.

(on writing and acting)
I really love creating characters and I love following a structure. It’s exciting, writing. Acting, you’re told where to stand, what to say and you’re always being cut out of the exciting bit, where you could go anywhere and do anything with any character.

(On doing the film “Definitely, Maybe”)
I loved the idea of doing a romantic comedy that wasn’t formulaic and glossy. It felt like real people getting involved at different stages of their lives, and how important timing is.

I couldn’t marry someone who doesn’t have the same sense of humour as me. Humour’s really important - it’s the most important quality in a person.

It was great having red hair as a kid, because I had something to blame my temper on. Now I go for the same colour palette as Conan O’Brien. I did dye it blonde once, but it backfired, as I had nothing to blame my temper on anymore!

(revealing she would never work with fiancé Sacha Baron Cohen)

God, no! I mean, how successful are married working relationships? Nicole and Tom split up after Eyes Wide Shut … I feel like working together is the kiss of death.

When we met, Sacha [Baron Cohen] kept saying, ‘Stand up, stand up.’ And I said, ‘I am.’ Height doesn’t matter - I’m so small, I’m a circus freak.

Isla Fisher

Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2008) — Following our extremely popular contest, ‘HD Hottie Hysteria,’ we’ve started a new feature in which we will highlight a top female star every day. The gorgeous female will come from a program that can be seen in gorgeous high-def that very day.

Today’s ‘HD Hottie’ is Isla Fisher, who stars tonight in high-def in The Lookout on Starz Edge at 9 p.m.

The 32-year-old actress, who was born in Australia, started as a soap opera actress in her native country. But her first big break was landing the role of Vince Vaughn’s girlfriend in the smash 2005 comedy, Wedding Crashers.

Since then, Isla has starred in The Lookout, London, Wedding Daze and Hot Rod. Her most recent film was Definitely, Maybe with Ryan Reynolds. Her next movie will be Confessions of a Shopaholic, due out in 2009.

Isla is also well known for being the fiance of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, a.k.a. Borat.

* Isla won the 2006 MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance for her role in Wedding Crashers.
* Isla’s name is pronounced “Eye-luh.”
* After being raised without a religion, Isla converted to Judaism in preparation for her marriage to Sacha Baron Cohen. She studied the religion for three years before she converted to it.
* Isla ranked #91 in Maxim’s 2007 Hot 100 List.
* After announcing her pregnancy in early 2007, Isla and her partner Sacha Baron Cohen welcomed their first child, a baby girl into the world on October 19, 2007 in Los Angeles. They named her Olive, a name they didn’t decide upon until after her birth so as not to jinx her birth.
* Isla was chosen as one of People Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.
* Isla went to drama school in Paris.
* In 2008, Isla is filming the movie Groupies. She co-wrote the screenplay with comedienne Amy Poehler. Isla describes their work as “little like Dumb and Dumber with two women”.
* In 2003, Isla was voted No.26 in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women in the World. In 1997, she ranked No.35.
* Isla was raised in Australia, after her family moved to Perth when she was nine months old.
* Isla started acting in Australian TV ads at the age of 9.
* Isla wore a blonde wig for her role in Scooby-Doo.
* Isla’s nickname is Is.
* On the 2nd of August 2005 Isla was the 1000th guest on Rove Live.
* Isla won Best Break Through Performace for her role in Wedding Crashers.
* Isla has done some modelling.
* Isla’s background is Scottish.
* Isla was once engaged to Darren Day.
* Isla is 5′ 3″ (1.60 m) tall. She is a natural redhead.
* Isla’s mum is a romantic novelist.
* Isla got her first job as a extra in a lottery ad.
* As of March 2007, Isla is engaged to comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, otherwise known as “Ali G.”

Isla Fisher

Isla Lang Fisher (born February 3, 1976) is an Australian actress and author. She began acting on Australian Television, and is best known for her role of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away and for her role in the 2005 comedy Wedding Crashers opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.


Early life

Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman to Scottish parents who resided there because of her father's job as a banker for the United Nations.

Her name, after the Scottish island of Islay, is pronounced eye-la; she has two brothers.[3] Fisher moved with her family to Perth, Western Australia, when she was nine months old. Fisher has said that she had a "great" upbringing in Perth with a "very outdoorsy life".

She began appearing in commercials on Australian television at the age of nine, before going on to win roles in popular children's television shows Bay City and Paradise Beach. She attended Methodist Ladies' College and appeared in lead roles in school productions.

Career

At the age of eighteen, with the help of her mother, she wrote two teen novels, Bewitched and Seduced by Fame, that became bestsellers.

From 1994 to 1997 she played the role of Shannon Reed on the hit Australian soap opera Home and Away. After leaving the popular soap to pursue new challenges, Fisher enrolled at a prestigious theatre and arts training school in Paris, and went on to appear in pantomime in the United Kingdom. She also toured with Darren Day in the Summer Holiday musical, and appeared in a London theatre production called Così. Fisher's ambition was always to progress onto the big screen however, and in 2002 she had a part in the film version of Scooby-Doo as Mary-Jane, Shaggy Rogers's love interest, and subsequently was taken on by an American agent.

A larger role in Wedding Crashers, alongside Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, in 2005 won her the Breakthrough Performance Award at the MTV Movie Awards. While promoting Wedding Crashers, she was officially crowned the 1000th guest on Australian talk show Rove on August 2, 2005. She entered the set ahead of Owen Wilson, winning the title by two meters.

In 2006, Fisher starred as Becca, a Manhattan party host in the offbeat relationship drama London co-starring Jessica Biel, Chris Evans and Jason Statham. In 2007, she appeared in The Lookout, a thriller co-starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Matthew Goode, and Hot Rod, opposite Andy Samberg. She was scheduled to appear in The Simpsons Movie, although her appearance was cut from the final version.

In 2008, she starred in Wedding Daze with Jason Biggs, Definitely, Maybe, with Ryan Reynolds and Abigail Breslin,and had a voice role in Horton Hears a Who!

Fisher has also co-written a treatment for a script entitled Groupies with Amy Poehler, as well as another project entitled The Cookie Queen.She has signed up to star in the movie adaption of the book Confessions of a Shopaholic, the filming of which started in January 2008.

Fisher has spoken out against the lack of opportunities for comediennes in Hollywood.

Personal life

Fisher resides in Los Angeles, California, as well as in London,with her fiancé, English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Fisher, who was raised without religion, converted to Judaism after three years of study, in advance of her marriage to Baron Cohen.As of March 2007, the couple have not set a date for their wedding.

Fisher has said that her "sensibility is Australian" and that she has a "laid-back attitude to life" that she feels is "very Australian".
Her mother and siblings live and work in Athens, Greece, while her father lives in Frankfurt, Germany.

On 19 October 2007, Fisher gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Olive, in Los Angeles.