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Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

ActingBorn July 30, 1963 (age 62)Encino, California, USA

Biography

Lisa Valerie Kudrow (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. She 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, she 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, she 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. She 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.

Filmography

2026
Shut Up Evan

as Self - Guest

TV
2025Movie
2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2024
No Good Deed

as Lydia Morgan

TV
2024
Time Bandits

as Penelope

TV
2022Movie
2021
The Boss Baby: Family Business

as Janice Templeton (voice)

Movie
2021
HouseBroken

as Honey (voice)

TV
2021Movie
2020
Death to 2020

as Jeanetta Grace Susan

Movie
2020
Space Force

as Maggie Naird

TV
2020Movie
2020TV
2020
Feel Good

as Linda

TV
2020
Like a Boss

as Shay Whitmore

Movie
2019
Human Discoveries

as Judy Elk (voice)

TV
2019
Booksmart

as Charmaine

Movie
2019
Long Shot

as Katherine

Movie
2018TV
2017
The Boss Baby

as Janice Templeton (voice)

Movie
2017
Table 19

as Bina Kepp

Movie
2016Movie
2016
The Good Place

as Hypatia

TV
2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

as Dean Carol Gladstone

Movie
2016
Americano

as Lucille (voice)

Movie
2016
Angie Tribeca

as Monica Vivarquor

TV
2015Movie
2015TV
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Fairy Godmother (voice)

TV
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

as Lori-Anne Schmidt

TV
2014TV
2014
BoJack Horseman

as Wanda Pierce (voice)

TV
2014
Neighbors

as Carol Gladstone

Movie
2014TV
2013
Rick and Morty

as Tyrannosaurus Rex (voice)

TV
2012
Scandal

as Congresswoman Josephine Marcus

TV
2011
Web Therapy

as Fiona Wallice

TV
2010
Conan

as Self

TV
2010
The Other Woman

as Carolyne Soule

Movie
2010
Easy A

as Mrs. Griffith

Movie
2009
Cougar Town

as Dr. Amy Evans

TV
2009
Bandslam

as Karen Burton

Movie
2009
Paper Man

as Claire Dunn

Movie
2009
Powder Blue

as Sally

Movie
2009
The Streamy Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race

as Self - Special Guest

TV
2009
Hotel for Dogs

as Lois Scudder

Movie
2008
Web Therapy

as Fiona Wallice

TV
2007Movie
2007
Kabluey

as Leslie

Movie
2006TV
2005TV
2005TV
2005
The Comeback

as Valerie Cherish

TV
2005
American Dad!

as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

TV
2005Movie
2004
Father of the Pride

as Foo Lin (voice)

TV
2004
Father of the Pride

as Foo-Lin (voice)

TV
2003
Wonderland

as Sharon Holmes

Movie
2003
Marci X

as Marci Feld

Movie
2003TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Mean Tweets

TV
2002
Analyze That

as Laura Sobel

Movie
2002TV
2002
Bark!

as Darla

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2

as Ava (voice)

Movie
2000
Lucky Numbers

as Crystal

Movie
2000
Hanging Up

as Maddy Mozell

Movie
1999TV
1999
Analyze This

as Laura MacNamara Sobel

Movie
1998
Hercules

as Aphrodite (voice)

TV
1998
The Opposite of Sex

as Lucia DeLury

Movie
1997
Sink Or Swim

as Reading Woman

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997Movie
1997Movie
1997
King of the Hill

as Amy Pittman (voice)

TV
1996
Mother

as Linda

Movie
1996
E! True Hollywood Story

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1995
Hope and Gloria

as Phoebe Buffay

TV
1994
The Crazysitter

as Adrian Wexler-Jones

Movie
1994
Friends

as Phoebe Buffay

TV
1994TV
1993TV
1993TV
1992
Mad About You

as Ursula Buffay

TV
1992TV
1992
Bob

as Kathy Fleisher

TV
1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self / Host

TV
1992Movie
1992Movie
1991
To the Moon, Alice

as Friend of Perky Girl

Movie
1991
Murder in High Places

as Miss Stitch

Movie
1991
The Unborn

as Louisa Krelm

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Alex Whitney (voice)

TV
1989
Coach

as Nurse Alice

TV
1989
Coach

as Lauren

TV
1982
Newhart

as Sada

TV
1982
Cheers

as Emily

TV
1981
Entertainment Tonight

as Self - It Got Better

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self (uncredited)

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
Romy and Michele 2

as Michele Weinberger

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 30, 1963
Place of BirthEncino, California, USA
Popularity2.4