Lisa Kudrow
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
Credits
- 2025 · The Parenting as Liddy
- 2024 · No Good Deed as Lydia Morgan
- 2024 · Time Bandits as Penelope
- 2023 · Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Better Nate Than Ever as Aunt Heidi
- 2021 · The Boss Baby: Family Business as Janice Templeton (voice)
- 2021 · HouseBroken as Honey (voice)
- 2021 · Friends: The Reunion as Self
- 2020 · Death to 2020 as Jeanetta Grace Susan
- 2020 · Space Force as Maggie Naird
- 2020 · Celebrity Escape Room as Self
- 2020 · Celebrity IOU as Self
- 2020 · Feel Good as Linda
- 2020 · Like a Boss as Shay Whitmore
- 2019 · Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary as Phoebe Buffay
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Human Discoveries as Judy Elk (voice)
- 2019 · Booksmart as Charmaine
- 2019 · Long Shot as Katherine
- 2019 · Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
- 2018 · Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2018 · 25 Words or Less as
- 2018 · Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like as Ozma
- 2017 · The Boss Baby as Janice Templeton (voice)
- 2017 · Table 19 as Bina Kepp
- 2016 · The Girl on the Train as Martha
- 2016 · The Good Place as Hypatia
- 2016 · Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising as Dean Carol Gladstone
- 2016 · Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows as Self
- 2016 · Join or Die with Craig Ferguson as
- 2016 · Americano as Lucille (voice)
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Monica Vivarquor
- 2015 · Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Sheree
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Fairy Godmother (voice)
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Lori-Anne Schmidt
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Celebrity Name Game as Self
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Wanda Pierce (voice)
- 2014 · Neighbors as Carol Gladstone
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Tyrannosaurus Rex (voice)
- 2013 · The Arsenio Hall Show as Self
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2013 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2012 · Scandal as Congresswoman Josephine Marcus
- 2011 · Web Therapy as Fiona Wallice
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · The Other Woman as Carolyne Soule
- 2010 · Easy A as Mrs. Griffith
- 2010 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2009 · Cougar Town as Dr. Amy Evans
- 2009 · Bandslam as Karen Burton
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Paper Man as Claire Dunn
- 2009 · Powder Blue as Sally
- 2009 · The Streamy Awards as Self - Presenter
- 2009 · RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Special Guest
- 2009 · Hotel for Dogs as Lois Scudder
- 2008 · Web Therapy as Fiona Wallice
- 2007 · P.S. I Love You as Denise
- 2007 · Kabluey as Leslie
- 2006 · The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
- 2005 · Hopeless Pictures as Sandy
- 2005 · The Comeback as Valerie Cherish
- 2005 · American Dad! as The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
- 2005 · Happy Endings as Mamie
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Father of the Pride as Foo Lin (voice)
- 2004 · Father of the Pride as Foo-Lin (voice)
- 2004 · Friends: The Last One as Phoebe Buffay
- 2003 · Wonderland as Sharon Holmes
- 2003 · Marci X as Marci Feld
- 2003 · Celebrities Uncensored as Self
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Analyze That as Laura Sobel
- 2002 · American Idol as Self
- 2002 · Bark! as Darla
- 2001 · All Over the Guy as Marie
- 2001 · Dr. Dolittle 2 as Ava (voice)
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Crystal
- 2000 · Hanging Up as Maddy Mozell
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1999 · Analyze This as Laura MacNamara Sobel
- 1998 · Hercules as Aphrodite (voice)
- 1998 · The Opposite of Sex as Lucia DeLury
- 1997 · Hacks as Reading Woman
- 1997 · Clockwatchers as Paula
- 1997 · Romy and Michele's High School Reunion as Michele Weinberger
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Amy Pittman (voice)
- 1996 · Mother as Linda
- 1996 · Blue's Clues as
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Ruby Wax Meets as
- 1995 · Hope and Gloria as Phoebe Buffay
- 1994 · The Crazysitter as Adrian Wexler-Jones
- 1994 · Friends as Phoebe Buffay
- 1994 · Duckman as
- 1994 · In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful as Denise
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Mad About You as Ursula Buffay
- 1992 · Mad About You as Karen
- 1992 · Bob as Kathy Fleisher
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self / Host
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Dance with Death as Millie
- 1992 · In the Heat of Passion as Esther
- 1991 · To the Moon, Alice as Friend of Perky Girl
- 1991 · Murder in High Places as Miss Stitch
- 1991 · The Unborn as Louisa Krelm
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Alex Whitney (voice)
- 1989 · Coach as Nurse Alice
- 1989 · Coach as Lauren
- 1982 · Newhart as Sada
- 1982 · Cheers as Emily
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self - It Got Better
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Untitled Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Sequel as Michele