Fisher Island

“I don’t have many limits when it comes to laughing at myself in my private life,” says Isla Fisher, who was born on February 3, 1976 in Muscat, Oman. Her father worked for the United Nations, hence the reason for her birth in such an exotic country. When she was 9 months old, her parents and her four siblings moved to Perth, Australia, where she grew up on the little Island. “I definitely think Perth is a very isolated place to live. But I’ve had a wonderful upbringing. He rode a horse and had a lot of outdoor life.” Shortly after arriving at her new home, her parents divorced her. “You can’t understand how traumatic a divorce is for children. Your parents getting divorced makes you grow up fast.” Isla forgot to mention that since she was little she dedicated a lot of time to acting, either in school plays or in television commercials. In 1993 she made her debut in a television episode of the seriesBay Cove and just a year later he signed for the hit series Home and Away , which gave him great popularity in both Australia and England. So precocious was the creature that she combined her years of success in the series with her debut as a writer. “I started my first book when I was 18. But before that I was taking special writing classes after school and have always written. My mother writes and I always wanted to be a writer. She published in 1996 “Bewitched” -about a young dancer- and “Seduce by Fame” -about a girl who dreams of succeeding on television-. However, her vocation seemed to be more on the acting side. “Writing is great, but you all know it’s a bit antisocial. Not antisocial, but you’re alone in a room. isolates you I’ve figured it out over the years.”

Having made her debut as a novelist, Isla packed her belongings and went to Paris to study acting at the Jacques Lecoq school. She thus began her pilgrimage through Europe and her debut in a secondary film, the thriller Out of Depth (2000). She soon after made the leap to Hollywood with the character of Mary Jane in Scooby-Doo (2002). She was very lucky, as she herself admits, because she never went to the movie mecca to look for work, but rather she came directly from the director of the film, Raja Gosnell .. “I always thought I would live in Hollywood, in a seven-bedroom house with a giant pool. And just when I imagined it, I always thought that I would be the maid. But the fact is that since then her works began to follow one another, predominantly in comedy, taking advantage of her great sense of humor, as happened in From Wedding to Wedding (2005) where she worked alongside Vince Vaughn . “Communication was difficult at first because my eyes fall to the height of her belt, it is so high…”. Despite her capacity for comedy, Fisher has also tried other darker characters like the one she played in The Lookout .(2007). On the complexity of Luvlee she stated that she enjoyed “a director who had the vision to imagine me as something more than a bipolar nymphomaniac”.

Despite what was previously said, “I’ve done a lot of things that I’m not proud of. I had to work”. But now things have changed and “I’m lucky enough to choose.” An example of past experience that is not so gratifying is her work in the comedy Flipado sobre ruedas (2007). “It was a very attractive project for me, because I was going to be responsible for creating the character and we were going to make a fun girl, but time ran out on us.” A pity, but where she has composed a fantastic character is in Confessions of a shopaholic. She’s a really funny girl, which worries Fisher, “I think there’s a lack of quality roles for women in comedies. Most are hired to play the ‘serious’ part of the story, while the men do all the fun stuff. And reason is not lacking.

Fisher not only gets serious when it comes to comedy, but also when it comes time to talk about her family. “Motherhood changes your perspective on life. It’s amazing. It’s my favorite role, but I don’t like to talk about it publicly because I want Olive to be as protected as possible from the craziness of this business. She did not choose to be born into this. She deserves her anonymity!” With whom she fully shares this theory is hers dear From her Sacha Baron Cohen, his partner and father of Olive, born on October 19, 2007. Although it can be said that both make a living from comedy, it is evident that there is no room for jokes in the family. “My personal life is very important and it definitely comes first.” However, this couple does not share everything. Isla doesn’t even think of working with Sacha, “thinking about working together is the kiss of death”. But it is also true that Fisher has wanted to get closer to Cohen in other spheres of his life, such as religion. “I don’t come from a religious home but I have always had a very strong spiritual sense. I started studying religions years ago and was fascinated by all of them.” But there is a special one, which is precisely what Sacha professes, Judaism. “I’m still learning about it and I love it.” So, there will be no movie,