Lisa Kudrow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 30, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Encino, California, USA
- Credits
- 129
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).
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Known for
Filmography
Shut Up Evan
2026TV
Self - Guest
The Claudia Winkleman Show
2026TV
Self
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025TV
Self
The Parenting
2025Movie
Liddy
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
No Good Deed
2024TV
Lydia Morgan
Time Bandits
2024TV
Penelope
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023Movie
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022TV
Self
Better Nate Than Ever
2022Movie
Aunt Heidi
The Boss Baby: Family Business
2021Movie
Grandma (Janice) (voice)
HouseBroken
2021TV
Honey (voice)
Friends: The Reunion
2021Movie
Self
Death to 2020
2020Movie
Jeanetta Grace Susan
Space Force
2020TV
Maggie Naird
Celebrity Escape Room
2020Movie
Self
Celebrity IOU
2020TV
Self
Feel Good
2020TV
Linda
Like a Boss
2020Movie
Shay Whitmore
Isteriku 120kg
2020Movie
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019Movie
Phoebe Buffay
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019TV
Self
Human Discoveries
2019TV
Judy Elk (voice)
Booksmart
2019Movie
Charmaine
Long Shot
2019Movie
Katherine
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019TV
Self
25 Words or Less
2018TV
Self
Lovesick Fool - Love in the Age of Like
2018Movie
Ozma
The Boss Baby
2017Movie
Mom (voice)
Table 19
2017Movie
Bina Kepp
The Girl on the Train
2016Movie
Martha
The Good Place
2016TV
Hypatia
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
2016Movie
Dean Carol Gladstone
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016Movie
Self
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016TV
Americano
2016Movie
Lucille (voice)
Angie Tribeca
2016TV
Monica Vivarquor
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015Movie
Self - Musical Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015TV
Self - Guest
Grace and Frankie
2015TV
Sheree
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self, Self - Guest
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015TV
Fairy Godmother (voice), Lori-Anne Schmidt
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014TV
Self
Celebrity Name Game
2014TV
Self
BoJack Horseman
2014TV
Wanda Pierce (voice)
Neighbors
2014Movie
Carol Gladstone
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self - Guest
Rick and Morty
2013TV
Tyrannosaurus Rex (voice)
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013TV
Self
Hollywood Game Night
2013TV
Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013Movie
Self
Scandal
2012TV
Congresswoman Josephine Marcus
Web Therapy
2011TV
Fiona Wallice
Conan
2010TV
Self
The Other Woman
2010Movie
Carolyne Soule
Easy A
2010Movie
Mrs. Griffith
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010TV
Self
Cougar Town
2009TV
Dr. Amy Evans
Bandslam
2009Movie
Karen Burton
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
Paper Man
2009Movie
Claire Dunn
Powder Blue
2009Movie
Sally
A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs'
2009Movie
Self
The Streamy Awards
2009TV
Self - Presenter
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009TV
Self - Special Guest
Hotel for Dogs
2009Movie
Lois Scudder
Web Therapy
2008TV
Fiona Wallice
P.S. I Love You
2007Movie
Denise
Kabluey
2007Movie
Leslie
The Megan Mullally Show
2006TV
Self - Guest
The Reichen Show
2005TV
Self
Hopeless Pictures
2005TV
Sandy
The Comeback
2005TV
Valerie Cherish
American Dad!
2005TV
The Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Happy Endings
2005Movie
Mamie
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005TV
Self
Father of the Pride
2004TV
Foo Lin (voice), Foo-Lin (voice)
Wonderland
2003Movie
Sharon Holmes
Marci X
2003Movie
Marci Feld
Celebrities Uncensored
2003TV
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self, Self - Guest, Self - Mean Tweets
Analyze That
2002Movie
Laura Sobel
American Idol
2002TV
Self
Bark!
2002Movie
Darla
All Over the Guy
2001Movie
Marie
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001Movie
Ava (voice)
Lucky Numbers
2000Movie
Crystal
Hanging Up
2000Movie
Maddy Mozell
Teen Choice Awards
1999TV
Self
Analyze This
1999Movie
Laura MacNamara Sobel
Hercules
1998TV
Aphrodite (voice)
The Opposite of Sex
1998Movie
Lucia DeLury
Sink Or Swim
1997Movie
Reading Woman
The View
1997TV
Self
Clockwatchers
1997Movie
Paula
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
1997Movie
Michele Weinberger
King of the Hill
1997TV
Amy Pittman (voice)
Mother
1996Movie
Linda
Blue's Clues
1996TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Wax Meets
1996TV
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995TV
Lisa (voice)
Hope and Gloria
1995TV
Phoebe Buffay
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
1995TV
Self
The Crazysitter
1994Movie
Adrian Wexler-Jones
Friends
1994TV
Phoebe Buffay
Duckman
1994TV
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful
1994Movie
Teller
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest
Mad About You
1992TV
Ursula Buffay, Karen
Bob
1992TV
Kathy Fleisher
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992TV
Self / Host
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self
Dance with Death
1992Movie
Millie
In the Heat of Passion
1992Movie
Esther
To The Moon, Alice
1991Movie
Friend of Perky Girl
Murder in High Places
1991Movie
Miss Stitch
The Unborn
1991Movie
Louisa Krelm
The Simpsons
1989TV
Alex Whitney (voice)
Coach
1989TV
Nurse Alice, Lauren
Newhart
1982TV
Sada
Cheers
1982TV
Emily
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Self - It Got Better
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Romy and Michele 2
Movie
Michele Weinberger