Meet Isla Fisher, the star of ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’ which opens in theaters Friday, February 13, 2009. See photos, video and a biography of Isla Fisher below.
Isla Fisher plays Rebecca Bloomwood, the fashion-obsessed heroine of ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic.’ As she struggles with her obsession for shopping, Rebecca suddenly finds herself without income. When she accidentally lands a job writing for a financial magazine after a drunken letter-mailing mix-up, she quickly becomes a star with her unconventional metaphors for economics and gains the admiration of her hunky boss, Luke (Hugh Dancy). Her ultimate goal is to write for a major fashion magazine but she wonders if overcoming her “shopaholic” condition will bring her real happiness.
Born in 1976 to Scottish parents in the Middle Eastern country of Oman, her family moved to Australia in the early 1980s. From a young age Isla showed an interest in both acting and writing. At nine years old, she was appearing in Australian TV commercials. She landed some small parts in the Australian TV series “Bay Cove” (1993) (aka “Bay City”). This led to a bigger part in the series “Paradise Beach” (1993). When that show ended she landed a role in the long-running Australian soap opera “Home and Away” (1988). While working on that show she indulged in another of her passions, writing, and published two best-selling novels, “Seduced By Fame” and “Bewitched”. In 1997 she was picked by the readers of FHM magazine as #35 on the list of the “100 Sexiest Women in the World”, and in 2003 she placed 26th. She also joined Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in the 2005 film, ‘Wedding Crashers.’
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