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Isla Lang Fisher (pronounced /ˈaɪlə/; born 3 February 1976) is an 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 Scooby-Doo (2002), Wedding Crashers(2005), Hot Rod (2007), Definitely, Maybe (2008), and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).

Early life

Fisher was born in Muscat, Oman, to Scottish parents from Bathgate and Stranraer, and was brought up in Perth, Western Australia. They resided in Muscat because her father, Brian, was a banker for the UN. She was named after the Scottish island of Islay and has four brothers. Fisher spent her early years in Bathgate before moving with her family to Perth when she was six years old. Fisher has said that she had a “great” upbringing in Perth with a “very outdoorsy life”. She attendedMethodist Ladies’ College and appeared in lead roles in school productions.

Personal life

Fisher first met English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in 2002 at a party in Sydney, Australia. The couple became engaged in 2004, and wed on 15 March 2010 in Paris, France.

In order to marry Baron Cohen, Fisher converted to Judaism after three years of study and completed her conversion in early 2007, saying “I will definitely have a Jewish wedding just to be with Sacha. I would do anything – move into any religion – to be united in marriage with him. We have a future together, and religion comes second to love as far as we are concerned.” She took the Hebrew name Ayala (איילה), the Hebrew word for Doe, and has described herself as keeping Shabbat. Fisher and Baron Cohen have two daughters. Fisher has said that her “sensibility is Australian” and that she has a “laid-back attitude to life” that she feels “very Australian.” Her mother and siblings live in Athens, Greece, while her father divides his time between Frankfurt, Germany and Nicaragua.