Isla Fisher may always look a million dollars, but the self-confessed tomboy is actually nothing like her latest character in Confessions Of A Shopaholic, the big-screen adaptation of Sophie Kinsella’s bestselling novel.

In fact, Fisher says she was literally thrown in the fashionista deep end to play the film’s out-of-control spendthrift Rebecca Bloomwood, who’s forced to take stock when her shopping obsession leaves her drowning in debt.

“Playing Becky was fun. But I’ve never been mad on fashion; I’m most happy in a T-shirt and jeans,” says the 32-year-old mum, who researched the role by attending shopaholic support groups and learning from the film’s style guru, Patricia Field.

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It wasn’t her first role, but Isla Fisher’s performance as the, ahem, adventurous woman in Wedding Crashers was certainly her most-noticed.

Until now. Playing the lead for the first time, the Australian Fisher stars as Rebecca Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic, which opens Friday. Based on the best-selling novel by Sophie Kinsella — Fisher said she read and loved it long before the film came along — it’s the story of a woman who hopes to become a finance writer, despite drowning in debt herself due to her inability able to stop shopping

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If you’re looking for a luxury-mad label-lover, Isla Fisher’s not your girl.

The red-haired Australian actress, clad in a striped sweater and poufy skirt, doesn’t even know who designed her outfit, which she got from her stylist. And she gets annoyed when a gorgeous studded bracelet keeps catching on her black tights, nearly ripping them.

“I’m all right,” she says. “This is a hazardous bracelet. It looks fabulous, but it’s a hazard.”

And unlike your typical calorie-averse fashionista, she eats. At a window table at Fred’s at Barneys, Fisher tears through her lobster salad, buttery bread and tiramisu with the same zest that her Confessions of a Shopaholic character, Rebecca Bloomwood, reserves for spending sprees she can’t afford. In the film, opening Friday and based on Sophie Kinsella’s books, Fisher’s Becky shops till she drops — and ends up $16,000 in debt.

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Isla Fisher was featured as “Maxim’s Girlfriend of the Day” yesterday, February 11, 2009. View her entry here.

Birthday: February 3, 1976
Hometown: Muscat, Oman

Get to Know Her: She’s appeared in such films as I Heart Huckabees, Horton Hears a Who!, Definitely, Maybe, and The Lookout. Most recently, she stars in Confessions of a Shopaholic, in theaters now. And, of course, who could forget her wild ways in Wedding Crashers? She had the best table manners we’ve ever seen.

Role Playing: “I actually did a couple of soap operas. On one of them, I played an anorexic incest-victim home-wrecking lesbian. And then the other one, I was in a bikini. I would go to school in a bikini. I would go to work in a bikini. If I went to a funeral, I’d be in a bikini.” – Late Night with David Letterman

“You see it on the screen,” he says. “She’s vivacious, she’s funny, she’s a wonderful dramatic actress. This movie wouldn’t work without the ability she has to pull this character off and show that she is serious. The comedic part – we saw what she could do in Wedding Crashers and some of her other work, but the real surprise is that she’s a wonderful dramatic actress.” – Jerry Bruckheimer

Canada.com published a nice article about Ms. Isla Fisher. She discusses Sacha, growing up in Australia, Confessions and mentions a little more on Rango. Check it out in the press archive!

Go see Confessions of a Shopaholic for shopping tips and financial advice?

That’s producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s idea. He thinks that the timing for the release of his comedy about a girl hooked on plastic is eerily prescient, considering the current economic turmoil.

And that may make people want to spend money to go see the film, right?

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The premiere of her first Hollywood film isn’t the only thing leading lady Isla Fisher has to brag about – she’s apparently doing her bit for the ailing world economy, too.

As a big-spending, designer-label fashion addict in Confessions of a Shopaholic, the former Home and Away gal is set to inspire retail consumption on a grand scale.

So, says heavyweight producer Jerry Bruckheimer, anyway. “The timing for this movie couldn’t be better,” Bruckheimer told the LA Times. “This is about a girl spending too much money who figures out how to stop.”

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I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails regarding when the dates of premieres and things are so I’m re-listing all the ones I know. I have no other information about these premieres (like locations etc) if it’s not listed below.

Thursday, February 5th (tonight)
• Confessions NY Premiere and Cocktail After Party at Ziegfeld Theatre in NY, New York.
• Isla on David Letterman

Tuesday, February 10, 2009
• Isla on Regis & Kelly

Friday, February 13, 2009
• Isla on Conan O’Brien
• Shopaholic in US theatres!

Monday, February 16th
• Confessions UK Premiere at Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, London.

Friday, February 20th
• Shopaholic in UK theatres!

Get more Confessions of a Shopaholic release dates!

Feel free to e-mail me anymore media alerts and premiere dates if you have them and they aren’t listed!

Today is Isla’s 33rd Birthday! We would like to wish her a very happy day and hope all her wishes come true!

Also today, February 3rd marks the one year anniversary of the site, Isla Fisher Web! Riikka and Maria started this site one year ago today.