Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow
Biography
Lisa Valerie Kudrow (/ˈkuːdroʊ/ KOO-droh; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, American Comedy and TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the most significant television characters of all time and is considered Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career. Kudrow initially appeared in a 1989 episode of the hit sitcom Cheers, playing a character named Emily. She also starred in several episodes of the show Mad About You(1993) as Ursula before auditioning and earning the role of Phoebe on Friends; her character on Mad About You was written into the Friends storyline as Phoebe's twin. In the late 1990s, Kudrow starred in the cult comedy film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and followed it with an acclaimed performance in the comedy/drama The Opposite of Sex (1998), which won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress and a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. She 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. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for both seasons. In 2007, Kudrow received praise for her starring role in the film Kabluey and appeared in P.S. I Love You. She produced and starred in the Showtime program Web Therapy (2011–2015), which was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She is a producer on the TLC/NBC reality program Who Do You Think You Are, which has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award five times. She played Honey the Dog on the FOX animated series HouseBroken. Kudrow has also had roles in Analyze This (1999) and its sequel, Analyze That (2002), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Bandslam (2008), Hotel for Dogs (2009), Easy A (2010), Neighbors (2014) and its sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), The Girl on the Train (2016), The Boss Baby (2017), Long Shot (2019) and Booksmart (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Kudrow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Liddy
as Lydia Morgan
as Penelope
as Self - Guest
as Aunt Heidi
as Self
as Janice Templeton (voice)
as Self
as Honey (voice)
as Jeanetta Grace Susan
as Self
as Shay Whitmore
as Maggie Naird
as Self
as Linda
as Phoebe Buffay
as Charmaine
as Katherine
as Judy Elk (voice)
as Self
as Janice Templeton (voice)
as Bina Kepp
as Martha
as Dean Carol Gladstone
as Lucille (voice)
as Hypatia
as Monica Vivarquor
as Sheree
as Self - Guest
as Fairy Godmother (voice)
as Lori-Anne Schmidt
as Carol Gladstone
as Self
as Self
as Wanda Pierce (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Tyrannosaurus Rex (voice)
as Self
as Self
as Congresswoman Josephine Marcus
as Fiona Wallice
as Carolyne Soule
as Mrs. Griffith
as Self
as Self
as Karen Burton
as Claire Dunn
as Sally
as Lois Scudder
as Dr. Amy Evans
as Self - Guest
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Special Guest
as Fiona Wallice
as Denise
as Leslie
as Self - Guest
as Mamie
as Self
as Sandy
as Valerie Cherish
as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
as Phoebe Buffay
as Foo Lin (voice)
as Foo-Lin (voice)
as Sharon Holmes
as Marci Feld
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Laura Sobel
as Darla
as Self
as Marie
as Ava (voice)
as Crystal
as Maddy Mozell
as Laura MacNamara Sobel
as Self - Nominee
as Lucia DeLury
as Aphrodite (voice)
as Reading Woman
as Paula
as Michele Weinberger
as Amy Pittman (voice)
as Linda
as Phoebe Buffay
as Adrian Wexler-Jones
as Denise
as Phoebe Buffay
as Self - Guest
as Millie
as Esther
as Ursula Buffay
as Karen
as Kathy Fleisher
as Self / Host
as Friend of Perky Girl
as Miss Stitch
as Louisa Krelm
as Alex Whitney (voice)
as Nurse Alice
as Lauren
as Sada
as Emily
as Self - It Got Better
as Self - Host
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Self
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer