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Isla Lang Fisher (/ˈaɪlə/; born 3 February 1976) is an Australian actress and author. Born to Scottish parents in Oman, she moved to Australia at age six where she began appearing in television commercials. Fisher came to prominence for her portrayal of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera Home and Away from 1994–97, for which she received two Logie Award nominations.

After various appearances on television and stage, Fisher made a successful transition to Hollywood with her portrayal of Mary Jane in the 2002 live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo, and has since played prominent roles in films such as Wedding Crashers (2005), Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009), Bachelorette (2012), The Great Gatsby, Now You See Me (both 2013), and Nocturnal Animals (2016). Her other notable credits include Swimming Pool (2001), I Heart Huckabees (2004), London (2005), Wedding Daze (2006), The Lookout, Hot Rod (both 2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), Burke & Hare (2010), Visions (2015), Grimsby, Keeping Up with the Joneses (both 2016), Tag (2018), The Beach Bum, Greed (both 2019), and Blithe Spirit (2020). She has also voiced characters in animated films such as Horton Hears a Who! (2008), Rango (2011), and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Outside film, Fisher played a recurring role on the fourth and fifth seasons of Arrested Development (2013, 2018–19), and currently stars as Mary on Wolf Like Me (2022–present). Fisher has authored two young adult novels and the Marge in Charge book series. She is married to Sacha Baron Cohen, with whom she has three children.

Early life
Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman, on 3 February 1976, she is the daughter of Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher from Scotland. Her father was working as a banker in Oman for the United Nations. Fisher and her family returned to their hometown of Bathgate, Scotland, then moved to Perth, Western Australia, when she was six. She has four brothers, and said that she had a "great" upbringing in Perth with a "very outdoorsy life". She has stated that her "sensibility is Australian", she has a "laid-back attitude to life", and that she feels "very Australian". She considers herself a feminist. Her mother and siblings live in Athens, Greece, while her father lives in Frankfurt, Germany. Fisher attended Swanbourne Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College, Perth. She appeared in lead roles in school productions such as Little Shop of Horrors. At 21, she attended L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, where she studied clown, mime, musical theatre and commedia dell'arte.