Lisa Kudrow

Acting · Born 1963-07-30 in 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…

Filmography

• P.S. I Love You as Denise
• Booksmart as Charmaine
• Friends: The Reunion as Self
• The Boss Baby: Family Business as Janice Templeton (voice)
• Hanging Up as Maddy Mozell
• Lucky Numbers as Crystal
• Wonderland as Sharon Holmes
• All Over the Guy as Marie
• Bandslam as Karen Burton
• Marci X as Marci Feld

TV

• The Simpsons as Alex Whitney (voice)
• Friends as Phoebe Buffay
• Blue's Clues
• Rick and Morty as Tyrannosaurus Rex (voice)
• BoJack Horseman as Wanda Pierce (voice)
• Grace and Frankie as Sheree
• The Good Place as Hypatia
• Cheers as Emily
• Mad About You as Ursula Buffay
• American Dad! as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)