Photo: Frazer Harrison/GettyIsla Fishersays it was her husband,Sacha Baron Cohen, who gave her some helpful advice very early on in her career.“Sacha was the reason I got into comedy. I was going up for a lot of dramatic roles and getting rejected,” Fisher, 44, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “He said, ‘You’re one of the funniest people I know. You should be doing comedy.'“Soon after, the actress, who got her start on the Australian soap operaHome and Away, landed her breakout role in 2005’sWedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.“It was such a departure from anything I’d played before,” Fisher says of the comedy, which now has early buzz of a possible sequel.“That would definitely be a lot of fun,” she says of aWedding Crashers 2. “I would love to read the script.“For more on Isla Fisher, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLEIn the meantime, the Australian star is busier than ever. She currently plays a widowed mother of two who gets a visit from a magical fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) in the new comedyGodmothered(now streaming on Disney+) and early next year, will star in the comedyBlithe Spiritwith Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Leslie Mann.The mother of three says this year also marks the 19th anniversary of her and Baron Cohen being together. Fisher met theBoratstar at a party in Sydney in 2001 and the two married in an intimate ceremony in Paris in 2010.“We will be celebrating 19 years together this year,” says Fisher. “I feel very fortunate.“Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher.Isla Fisher/InstagramIn October, the actress shared a sweet throwback photo of the two of them onInstagramas her husband turned 49.“Happy Birthday boo 🎂. You have had an amazing year as an activist, actor, father and husband,” Fisherwrote in the caption. “Thank you for trying as hard as you can to make the world a better place 💕❤️.”
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Isla Fishersays it was her husband,Sacha Baron Cohen, who gave her some helpful advice very early on in her career.“Sacha was the reason I got into comedy. I was going up for a lot of dramatic roles and getting rejected,” Fisher, 44, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “He said, ‘You’re one of the funniest people I know. You should be doing comedy.'“Soon after, the actress, who got her start on the Australian soap operaHome and Away, landed her breakout role in 2005’sWedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.“It was such a departure from anything I’d played before,” Fisher says of the comedy, which now has early buzz of a possible sequel.“That would definitely be a lot of fun,” she says of aWedding Crashers 2. “I would love to read the script.“For more on Isla Fisher, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLEIn the meantime, the Australian star is busier than ever. She currently plays a widowed mother of two who gets a visit from a magical fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) in the new comedyGodmothered(now streaming on Disney+) and early next year, will star in the comedyBlithe Spiritwith Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Leslie Mann.The mother of three says this year also marks the 19th anniversary of her and Baron Cohen being together. Fisher met theBoratstar at a party in Sydney in 2001 and the two married in an intimate ceremony in Paris in 2010.“We will be celebrating 19 years together this year,” says Fisher. “I feel very fortunate.“Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher.Isla Fisher/InstagramIn October, the actress shared a sweet throwback photo of the two of them onInstagramas her husband turned 49.“Happy Birthday boo 🎂. You have had an amazing year as an activist, actor, father and husband,” Fisherwrote in the caption. “Thank you for trying as hard as you can to make the world a better place 💕❤️.”
Isla Fishersays it was her husband,Sacha Baron Cohen, who gave her some helpful advice very early on in her career.
“Sacha was the reason I got into comedy. I was going up for a lot of dramatic roles and getting rejected,” Fisher, 44, tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “He said, ‘You’re one of the funniest people I know. You should be doing comedy.'”
Soon after, the actress, who got her start on the Australian soap operaHome and Away, landed her breakout role in 2005’sWedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
“It was such a departure from anything I’d played before,” Fisher says of the comedy, which now has early buzz of a possible sequel.
“That would definitely be a lot of fun,” she says of aWedding Crashers 2. “I would love to read the script.”
In the meantime, the Australian star is busier than ever. She currently plays a widowed mother of two who gets a visit from a magical fairy godmother-in-training (Jillian Bell) in the new comedyGodmothered(now streaming on Disney+) and early next year, will star in the comedyBlithe Spiritwith Judi Dench, Dan Stevens and Leslie Mann.
The mother of three says this year also marks the 19th anniversary of her and Baron Cohen being together. Fisher met theBoratstar at a party in Sydney in 2001 and the two married in an intimate ceremony in Paris in 2010.
“We will be celebrating 19 years together this year,” says Fisher. “I feel very fortunate.”
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher.Isla Fisher/Instagram
In October, the actress shared a sweet throwback photo of the two of them onInstagramas her husband turned 49.
“Happy Birthday boo 🎂. You have had an amazing year as an activist, actor, father and husband,” Fisherwrote in the caption. “Thank you for trying as hard as you can to make the world a better place 💕❤️.”
source: people.com
