36 Facts About Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress and producer.

Lisa Kudrow rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004.

Lisa Kudrow created, produced, wrote, and starred in the HBO mockumentary series The Comeback, which initially lasted for one season in 2005 but was revived for a critically acclaimed second and final season in 2014.

Lisa Kudrow was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for both seasons.

Lisa Kudrow produced and starred in the Showtime program Web Therapy, which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Lisa Kudrow currently is a voice actress on the animated series HouseBroken.

Lisa Kudrow has had roles in Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That, Dr Dolittle 2, Bandslam, Hotel for Dogs, Easy A, Neighbors and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, The Girl on the Train, The Boss Baby, Long Shot and Booksmart.

Lisa Valerie Kudrow was born in the Encino neighborhood of Los Angeles on July 30,1963, the daughter of Nedra, a travel agent, and Lee Kudrow, a doctor who specialized in treating headaches.

Lisa Kudrow has an older sister named Helene, and two brothers named David and Derrick.

Lisa Kudrow was raised in a middle-class Jewish family and had a Bat Mitzvah.

Lisa Kudrow is of Belarusian, German, Hungarian, and Polish descent.

Lisa Kudrow attended Portola Middle School in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Lisa Kudrow graduated from Taft High School in the Woodland Hills neighborhood, which was attended at the same time by rappers Ice Cube and Eazy-E and actress Robin Wright.

Lisa Kudrow received her BA in biology from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, intending to become an expert on headaches like her father.

At the urging of comedian Jon Lovitz, who was a childhood friend of her brother, Lisa Kudrow began her comedic career as a member of The Groundlings, an improv and sketch comedy school in Los Angeles.

Lisa Kudrow has credited Cynthia Szigeti, her improv teacher at The Groundlings, for changing her perspective on acting, calling her "the best thing that happened, on so many levels".

Briefly, Lisa Kudrow joined with Conan O'Brien and director Tim Hillman in the short-lived improv troupe Unexpected Company.

Lisa Kudrow was the only regular female member of the Transformers Comedy Troupe.

Lisa Kudrow played a role in an episode of the NBC sitcom Cheers.

Lisa Kudrow tried out for Saturday Night Live in 1990, but the show chose Julia Sweeney instead.

Lisa Kudrow had a recurring role as Kathy Fleisher in three episodes of season one of the Bob Newhart sitcom Bob, a role she played after taking part in the series finale of Newhart's previous series Newhart.

Lisa Kudrow was cast as Roz Doyle in Frasier, but the role was re-cast with Peri Gilpin during the taping of the pilot episode.

Lisa Kudrow reprised the character of Ursula on the NBC sitcom Friends, in which Lisa Kudrow co-starred as massage therapist Phoebe Buffay, Ursula's twin sister.

Lisa Kudrow played Phoebe until the show ended in 2004.

Lisa Kudrow guest-starred on numerous television series during Friends, including The Simpsons, Hope and Gloria and King of the Hill, and hosted Saturday Night Live.

Lisa Kudrow received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on The Comeback.

Lisa Kudrow co-created an improvised comedy webseries, Web Therapy on Lstudio.

The improv series, which launched online in 2008, has earned several Webby nominations and one Outstanding Comedic Performance Webby for Lisa Kudrow, who plays therapist Fiona Wallice.

Lisa Kudrow has guest starred on multiple television series such as Cougar Town, BoJack Horseman, Angie Tribeca, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Scandal.

Lisa Kudrow has appeared in multiple comedic films such as Happy Endings, Hotel for Dogs, Easy A, Neighbors and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, Long Shot, and Booksmart.

In 2020, Lisa Kudrow played Hypatia of Alexandria in season 4 episode 12 of The Good Place "Patty", and starred as Maggie Naird in the Netflix comedy series, Space Force.

Lisa Kudrow is currently, along with Mary McCormack, an executive producer of the syndicated game show, 25 Words or Less; sometimes, Kudrow herself is one of the two celebrity guests playing with a contestant on the show.

Lisa Kudrow married French advertising executive Michel Stern on May 27,1995.

Lisa Kudrow's pregnancy was written into the fourth season of Friends, with her character having triplets as a surrogate mother for her half-brother and his wife.

Lisa Kudrow revealed in 2019 that she had experienced body dysmorphic disorder while working on Friends.

Lisa Kudrow has been honored with numerous accolades over her career.