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Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

Birthday: 1963-07-30 | Place of Birth: Encino, California, USA

Lisa Valerie Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. After making appearances in several 1980s television sitcoms, Kudrow came to international prominence in the 1990s for portraying Phoebe Buffay in the American sitcom Friends, which earned her Primetime Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards. Kudrow also portrayed Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on both Friends and Mad About You. Kudrow has received several awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series from six nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards from 12 nominations, and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Her Friends character was widely popular while the series aired and was later recognized as one of the greatest female characters in American television. Kudrow starred in the cult comedy film Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) and followed it with an acclaimed performance in the romantic comedy 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. In 2005, she went on to produce, write and star in the HBO comedy series The Comeback, which was revived nine years later for a second season. Kudrow 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 the box office hit film 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 reality program Who Do You Think You Are, which has garnered her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Kudrow has also made several notable film appearances, including roles in Analyze This (1999), 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Better Nate Than Ever

as    Aunt Heidi

2021
HouseBroken

as    Honey (voice)

2021
The Boss Baby: Family Business

as    Janice Templeton (voice)

2021
Friends: The Reunion

as    Self

2020
Death to 2020

as    Jeanetta Grace Susan

2020
Celebrity Escape Room

as    Self

2019
Booksmart

as    Charmaine

2019
Human Discoveries

as    Judy Elk (voice)

2017
Table 19

as    Bina Kepp

2017
The Boss Baby

as    Janice Templeton (voice)

2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

as    Dean Carol Gladstone

2016
The Girl on the Train

as    Martha

2011
The Other Woman

as    Carolyne Soule

2011
Web Therapy

as    Fiona Wallice

2010
Easy A

as    Mrs. Griffith

2009
Paper Man

as    Claire Dunn

2009
Bandslam

as    Karen Burton

2009
Hotel for Dogs

as    Lois Scudder

2009
Powder Blue

as    Sally

2008
Web Therapy

as    Fiona Wallice

2007
P.S. I Love You

as    Denise

2007
Kabluey

as    Leslie

2005
Happy Endings

as    Mamie

2005
Hopeless Pictures

as    Sandy

2005
The Comeback

as    Valerie Cherish

2003
Wonderland

as    Sharon Holmes