- She almost drowned during shooting a scene for Now You See Me (2013), in which she performed in a piranha tank. The top of the tank remained opened so that Fisher would be able to swim to the top to get some air, and there was also an emergency lever inside the tank that, if pulled, would alert the crew that she needed help. During one take, Fisher was running out of air and tried to swim to the top, but the chains on the handcuffs she was wearing got stuck on the bottom of the tank, so she was unable to swim to the top or pull the lever. She then attempted to alert the crew by hitting the glass of the tank, but since her character is supposed to be panicked and scared in the scene, the crew thought she was acting. The stunt coordinator finally realized that something was wrong after he noticed that her handcuffs were stuck.
- At the age of 18, with the help of her mother, Isla wrote two teen novels, "Bewitched" and "Seduced by Fame". Both novels became bestsellers.
- Is so often mistaken for actress/friend Amy Adams that she and her prankster husband Sacha Baron Cohen once pasted Amy's face over Isla's on their custom holiday greeting cards with the message, "Season Greetings from Sacha, Isla and the Kids". Apparently none of the recipients even noticed. And, when Lady Gaga met her in person, she told her how much she loved her acting in American Hustle (2013) (starring Amy Adams), Isla didn't want to spoil her excitement -- then Amy Adams actually walked in.
- Baz Luhrmann is her favorite director and she agreed to star in his film The Great Gatsby (2013), without reading the script.
- Grew up in Perth, Western Australia.
- Her first job was as a lottery ad extra. She was so excited that she hyperventilated for four hours and nearly fainted.
- Born in Oman of Scottish parents.
- On March 15, 2010, she married her boyfriend of eight years and father of her two-year-old daughter Olive, Sacha Baron Cohen, in Paris following a six-year-long engagement.
- Converted to Sacha Baron Cohen's religion, Judaism, and took the name Ayala, meaning "doe" in Hebrew.
- Gave birth to her third child at age 39, son Montgomery Moses Brian Baron Cohen on March 17, 2015. Brian is Isla's father's name. Child's father is her husband, Sacha Baron Cohen.
- Her mother is a romance novelist.
- Her first name is pronounced Eye-Lah.
- Gave birth to her first child at age 31, daughter Olive Cohen, on October 17, 2007 in Los Angeles. Child's father is her fiancee (now husband), Sacha Baron Cohen.
- Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Olive in order to begin filming Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).
- Returned to work 12 months after giving birth to her daughter Elula Cohen to begin filming Bachelorette (2012).
- Stepsister of Conor Reid.
- Was once engaged to Darren Day.
- Ranked #61 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
- Ranked #91 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.
- Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her daughter Olive in order to begin filming Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009).
- Ex-sister-in-law of Erran Baron Cohen.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content