Joely Fisher

Birthday: 29 October 1967, Burbank, California, USA

Height: 170 cm

Growing up in a Beverly Hills mansion, well-fed, well-educated and well-traveled - what could be more perfect? But absentee father Eddie Fisher, an alcoholic and self-confessed drug addict, and sexpot mother Connie Stevens, introducing a succession of men into her life, made growing up very complicated. Childhood was emotional and problem filled. Having so vivacious a mother produced jealousy and an eating disorder and, by adolescence, she was overweight and playing the "fat friend" in summer stock and on TV. Entertaining was, however, in her blood, and her first show business gig was in Las Vegas at the age of 7. Two years later, she and her sister, Tricia Leigh Fisher, joined her mother in a nightclub act. Travel became a part of her life as the act toured the world. Schooling was sporadic, with many different schools and tutors until high school, when she and Tricia entered Beverly Hills High School. But, even there, the fast-lane, experimenting with drinking, drugs, smoking. Also, after-school jobs in an ice cream parlor and as a receptionist. A semester at the University of Paris was followed by Emerson College, but she left before graduating to start a serious acting career. Her weight cost her parts - she went into therapy, lost weight, and turned the career corner with I'll Do Anything (1994). On the personal front, she re-established relations with her father by "dropping in", unannounced, in New York as she was traveling to the University of Paris, and forced her way into his life. Show less «

On the death of her half-sister, Carrie Fisher....... Breaking my silence with a broken heart... the...Show more »

On the death of her half-sister, Carrie Fisher....... Breaking my silence with a broken heart... the Unfathomable loss... the earth is off its axis today... how dare you take her away from us. Show less «

I've never been a waif; I have a womanly figure and always did.

Skiing makes me feel great, and it gives my legs such an incredible workout.

I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction rec...Show more »

I didn't finish college, which is really weird because they awarded me the Alumni of Distinction recently. Show less «

I stay in my own little zone, and that's good for me.

I loved psychology and I loved history.

I'm obsessed with cooking shows, even though they make everything look so easy when it isn't.

I'm always on the quest for something delicious and healthful.

At this point, I wouldn't be able to digest meat, and I don't like eating things with faces.

I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.

I definitely have a Fisher voice.

I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body...Show more »

I just believe that whatever you put into your system you're going to see on your face and your body. Show less «

I don't believe in depriving myself of any food or being imprisoned by a diet.

You want the best for your kid, but everybody's career is completely different in this industry.

My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

I am vegetarian, though, and so is my family.

I took up French boys and wine and I studied psychology.

I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.

I'm sure that my mom would have been happy with any path I chose.

I love to cook. I make an award-winning turkey chili.

But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today...Show more »

But unfortunately, when you have a kid, you sometimes eat everything they leave behind. So far today I've had some of her leftover pancakes with peanut butter. Show less «

I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.

It's challenging, but you have to at least try to eat right and exercise.

I am still learning every day not to watch other people's careers and compare.