Joan Cusack is an American actress, and comedian. She has appeared in minor roles in classic films of the 1980s such films as Sixteen Candles (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Working Girl (1988), and Say Anything... (1989). She continued working in supporting roles in film such as the romantic comedy Nine Months (1995), the thriller Grosse Point Blank (1997), the comedy In & Out (1997), the romantic comedy Runaway Bride (1998), romance High Fidelity (2000), the musical School of Rock (2003), and the coming of age film The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012). She is also known for her voice as Jessie the Cowgirl in the Pixar animated Toy Story franchise (1999–present) and in Chicken Little (2005), and Arthur Christmas (2011). She also starred in the family films, It's a Very Merry Muppet Chris