
Lisa Kudrow
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Hanging Up
2000

Lucky Numbers
2000

Wonderland
2003

All Over the Guy
2001

P.S. I Love You
2007

Bandslam
2009

Marci X
2003

Analyze This
1999

Analyze That
2002

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997

Mother
1996

The Opposite of Sex
1998

Happy Endings
2005

Hotel for Dogs
2009

Easy A
2010

Kabluey
2007

Paper Man
2009

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023

Powder Blue
2009

The Other Woman
2010

Bark!
2002

Clockwatchers
1997

The Unborn
1991

The Parenting
2025

Neighbors
2014

The Crazysitter
1994

In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994

Americano
2016

Dance with Death
1992

Murder in High Places
1991

Table 19
2017

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013

Sink Or Swim
1997

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016

The Girl on the Train
2016

The Boss Baby
2017

Dr. Dolittle 2
2001

In the Heat of Passion
1992

Booksmart
2019

Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
2018

Long Shot
2019

Like a Boss
2020

To the Moon, Alice
1991

Friends: The Reunion
2021

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019

Celebrity Escape Room
2020

The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021

Death to 2020
2020

Better Nate Than Ever
2022

Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015

Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel
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A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'
2009

Biography: Val Kilmer
2004

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025

Mad About You
1992

Cheers
1982

The Simpsons
1989

American Dad!
2005

Friends
1994

King of the Hill
1997

The Comeback
2005

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Hercules
1998

Newhart
1982

American Idol
2002

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Celebrities Uncensored
2003

HouseBroken
2021

Blue's Clues
1996

MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

Web Therapy
2008

The Oscars
1953

Cougar Town
2009

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010

Hopeless Pictures
2005

Saturday Night Live
1975

Web Therapy
2011

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016

The Streamy Awards
2009

The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015

Celebrity Name Game
2014

Feel Good
2020

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

Father of the Pride
2004

Father of the Pride
2004

Celebrity IOU
2020

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019

No Good Deed
2024

Scandal
2012

Angie Tribeca
2016

The Reichen Show
2005

Teen Choice Awards
1999

Duckman
1994

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009

The Arsenio Hall Show
2013

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Rick and Morty
2013

Hope and Gloria
1995

Time Bandits
2024

Human Discoveries
2019

BoJack Horseman
2014

Entertainment Tonight
1981

25 Words or Less
2018

Mad About You
1992

Grace and Frankie
2015

The Good Place
2016

Real Time with Bill Maher
2003

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015

Hollywood Game Night
2013

Ruby Wax Meets
1996

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Bob
1992

Space Force
2020

Coach
1989

Coach
1989

Conan
2010

The Megan Mullally Show
2006

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995

The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

Saturday Night Live
1975