Isla Lang Fisher is a Scottish-Australian actress-author, who was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman. Her parents came from Bathgate and Stranraer, and brought up in the Perth, Western, Australia. She together with her family lived in Muscat because of the reason that her father named, Brian, was a banker for UN. In addition, Fisher was named after the Scottish island called Islay. She also has four brothers. She spent most of her early age in Bathgate before they relocated to Perth at the young age of six. Fisher entered the Methodist Ladies’ College, where she portrayed lead roles in school productions.
At the young age of nine, Fisher started on appearing in some of the commercials of Australian TV, before she portrayed the roles in the well known children’s TV shows of Bay City and the Paradise Beach. At the young age of 18, Fisher launched her two teen novels with the help of her supporting mother. The books have been entitled to Bewitched Seduced by Fame. From the year 1994 up to year 1997, she portrayed the role of Shannon Reed in the Soap Opera called, Home and Away. In year 1996, she earned a Logie Award nomination for the category for the most popular Actress for her portrayal,
After Fisher left the soap, she attended the L‘Ecole Internationale de Theater Jacque Lecoq, which is a theater and arts training school in Paris. She subsequently appeared in pantomime in the United Kingdom. She also toured with Darren Day in the musical called, Summer Holiday, and also appeared in the London Theater production called, Cosi. In year 2001 she portrayed the role of Kim in the horror film of Swimming Pool. On the following year, she became a part of the film version of Scooby-Doo, where she portrayed the role of Mary Jane. She subsequently portrayed the role of Kristy in the Australian comedy film of The Wannabes, which also includes the stars of Nick Giannopoulos and Russell Dykstra.
Fisher was taken by an American agent. She then portrayed a bigger role in the 2005 romantic comedy film of Wedding Crashers, together with the stars of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn. The film garnered her Breakthrough Performance Award at the MTV Movie Awards. In year 2006, Fisher portrayed the role of Becca in the film of London, which also includes the stars of Jessica Biel and Chris Evans and well as Jason Statham. In year 2007, she appeared in the crime film of The Lookout, which starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels as well as Matthew Goode.
On the following year, Fisher starred in the romantic comedy film of Definitely, Maybe, together with Ryan Reynolds and Elizabeth Banks as well as Rachel Weisz and Abigail Breslin. In year 2010, Fisher stares in the comedy film of Burke and Hare. She then voiced for the role of Beans in the animated film of Rango, which has been released on March 4, 2011.
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