Isla Lang Fisher

Isla Lang Fisher

February 3, 1976 (1976-02-03) (age 34)

Muscat, Oman

Occupation Actress, author

Years active 1993–present

Spouse Sacha Baron Cohen (2010–present)

Isla Lang Fisher (pronounced /ˈaɪlə/; born February 3, 1976) is a Scottish-Australian actress and author. She began acting on Australian television, on the short-lived soap opera Paradise Beach before playing Shannon Reed on the soap opera Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in Wedding Crashers (2005),[1] Hot Rod (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).

Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents from Bathgate and Stranraer, and was raised in Perth, Western Australia.[2] They resided in Muscat because of her father's job as a banker for the United Nations. She was named after the Scottish island of Islay.[3] She has four brothers. Fisher spent her early years in Bathgate before moving with her family to Perth, Western Australia, when she was six years old. Fisher has said that she had a "great" upbringing in Perth with a "very outdoorsy life".[1] She attended Methodist Ladies' College and appeared in lead roles in school productions.