When Joan Cusack stepped out for the Toy Story 5 <\/em>premiere on Thursday evening, the internet quickly settled on the story: After 11 years away from the red carpet, the beloved actor had returned to the limelight.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an irresistible narrative. After all, Cusack\u2019s a true Hollywood great, with a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to prove it. As the daughter of actor Dick Cusack and the sister of John Cusack, she may be from a show business family, but she became famous on the strength of her own work. Her distinctive comic presence \u2014 and voice \u2014 has led to her being nominated for Academy Awards twice (for her roles in Working Girl<\/em> and In and Out<\/em>), and she has appeared in a number of films that have either won or been nominated for Academy Awards, including Klaus<\/em> and, of course, the Toy Story<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n It was a\u00a0Saturday Night Live<\/em>\u00a0season in the mid-1980s that put Cusack in front of a mainstream American TV audience, but her Hollywood breakthrough came a few years later, when she landed the role of Cyn \u2014 alongside Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver \u2014 in\u00a0Working Girl<\/em>. Cusack quickly showed audiences that you don\u2019t need to be the lead in a production to be indispensable.<\/p>\n Instead, Cusack built a career out of making every role she\u2019s played \u2014 from the best friend in Runaway Bride<\/em> to the love interest in School of Rock<\/em> \u2014 her own, and entirely unforgettable.<\/p>\n So, when she appeared at the London premiere on Thursday night to promote her return as Jessie, it was easy to frame the moment as a comeback. However, the truth \u2014 we hate to break it to you \u2014 looks to be far less dramatic. An actor can stop appearing at photographed events without vanishing; instead, they can work selectively or pick up more roles in voice or television, remaining very present.<\/p>\n![\"Jessie](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/shJQ3qZXsosGio5PLMBbMw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/d29szjachogqwa.cloudfront.net\/images\/user-uploaded\/gettyimages-2278645827_4224.jpg\"\/)