1963-07-30 Encino, California, USA
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.
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The Parenting | Liddy | 2025-03-12 |
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self - Guest | 2023-04-26 |
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Better Nate Than Ever | Aunt Heidi | 2022-03-15 |
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Friends: The Reunion | Self | 2021-05-27 |
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The Boss Baby: Family Business | Janice Templeton (voice) | 2021-07-01 |
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Death to 2020 | Jeanetta Grace Susan | 2020-12-27 |
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Celebrity Escape Room | Self | 2020-05-21 |
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Like a Boss | Shay Whitmore | 2020-01-09 |
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Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary | Phoebe Buffay | 2019-09-23 |
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Booksmart | Charmaine | 2019-05-24 |
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Long Shot | Katherine | 2019-05-02 |
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Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like | Ozma | 2018-02-01 |
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The Boss Baby | Janice Templeton (voice) | 2017-03-23 |
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Table 19 | Bina Kepp | 2017-03-03 |
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Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows | Self | 2016-02-21 |
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Dean Carol Gladstone | 2016-05-04 |
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The Girl on the Train | Martha | 2016-10-05 |
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El Americano: The Movie | Lucille (voice) | 2016-01-29 |
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self | 2015-12-20 |
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Neighbors | Carol Gladstone | 2014-05-08 |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
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Easy A | Mrs. Griffith | 2010-09-16 |
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The Other Woman | Carolyne Soule | 2010-10-28 |
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A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' | Self | 2009-04-28 |
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Hotel for Dogs | Lois Scudder | 2009-01-16 |
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Bandslam | Karen Burton | 2009-08-06 |
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Paper Man | Claire Dunn | 2009-06-15 |
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Powder Blue | Sally | 2009-05-08 |
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Kabluey | Leslie | 2007-06-25 |
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P.S. I Love You | Denise | 2007-11-15 |
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Happy Endings | Mamie | 2005-01-20 |
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Biography: Val Kilmer | Self | 2004-11-17 |
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Marci X | Marci Feld | 2003-08-22 |
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Wonderland | Sharon Holmes | 2003-10-23 |
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Bark! | Darla | 2002-01-11 |
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Analyze That | Laura Sobel | 2002-12-06 |
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Dr. Dolittle 2 | Ava (voice) | 2001-06-22 |
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All Over the Guy | Marie | 2001-08-10 |
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Hanging Up | Maddy Mozell | 2000-02-16 |
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Lucky Numbers | Crystal | 2000-10-27 |
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Analyze This | Laura MacNamara Sobel | 1999-03-05 |
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The Opposite of Sex | Lucia DeLury | 1998-05-22 |
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Sink Or Swim | Reading Woman | 1997-09-19 |
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Clockwatchers | Paula | 1997-06-12 |
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Michele Weinberger | 1997-04-25 |
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Mother | Linda | 1996-12-25 |
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In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful | Denise | 1994-01-01 |
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The Crazysitter | Adrian Wexler-Jones | 1994-12-31 |
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Dance with Death | Millie | 1992-04-22 |
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In the Heat of Passion | Esther | 1992-01-24 |
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Murder in High Places | Miss Stitch | 1991-06-02 |
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To the Moon, Alice | Friend of Perky Girl | 1991-10-02 |
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The Unborn | Louisa Krelm | 1991-03-29 |
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Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel | Michele |
