Lisa V. Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, best known for … Read Full Bio ↴Lisa V. Kudrow (born July 30, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the popular television sitcom Friends. Throughout her career she has received many accolades for her work in film and television including an Emmy Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Kudrow was born in Encino, California, the daughter of Nedra S (née Stern), a travel agent, and Dr Lee N Kudrow (born 1933), a headache specialist and physician. She was raised in a Jewish family and has an older sister, Helene Marla (born 1960), and an older brother, neurologist David B. Kudrow (born 1957). She is the niece of composer/conductor Harold Farberman. She took guitar lessons as a child and is left-handed.
After attending Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California, she graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. She received her B.S. in Biology from Vassar College, intending to follow in her father's footsteps and research headaches. Kudrow worked on her father's staff for eight years while breaking into acting, earning a research credit on his study on the comparative likelihood of left-handed individuals developing cluster headaches.
At the urging of her brother's childhood friend, comedian Jon Lovitz, Kudrow began her comedic career as a member of The Groundlings, joining the ranks of those such as Will Ferrell and Janeane Garofalo. Briefly, Kudrow joined with Conan O'Brien and director Tim Hillman in the short-lived improv troupe Unexpected Company. She was also the only regular female member of the Transformers Comedy Troupe. She played a role in an episode of the NBC sitcom Cheers. She tried out for Saturday Night Live in 1990, but the show chose Julia Sweeney instead.[6] She had a recurring role as Kathy Fleisher in three episodes of season one of the Bob Newhart sitcom Bob (CBS, 1992-1993). Prior to Friends, she appeared in at least two produced network pilots: NBC's Just Temporary (also known as Temporarily Yours) in 1989, playing Nicole; and CBS' Close Encounters (also known as Matchmaker) in 1990, playing a Valley girl.
Kudrow was hired to play the role of Roz Doyle in Frasier, but the part was re-cast with Peri Gilpin during the filming of the pilot episode. Kudrow said in 2000 that when rehearsals started, "I knew it wasn't working. I could feel it all slipping away, and I was panicking, which only made things worse". However, one of the people working on Frasier also worked on Friends and suggested Kudrow audition for the show.[citation needed] Her first recurring television role was Ursula Buffay, the eccentric waitress on the NBC sitcom Mad About You. Kudrow would reprise the character on the NBC sitcom Friends, in which Kudrow co-starred as massage therapist Phoebe Buffay, Ursula's twin sister. As Kudrow explained in 2009, "I did Mad About You first, and then it was pilot season, and I auditioned for this pilot that turned out to be Friends. And once I got that, the time slot we got was right after Mad About You, so the creative folk thought, 'Well, we can't just pretend like it's not her'".
For her ensemble starring role as Phoebe on Friends (NBC, 1994 - 2004) Kudrow would win the 1998 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series; she was the first Friends cast member to win an Emmy, as well as the most frequently nominated of the cast, receiving six nominations. The program was a long-running hit, and Kudrow and her fellow cast-members, gained wide renown among television viewers. According to the Guinness Book of World Records (2005), Kudrow and co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox became the highest paid TV actresses of all time, earning $1 million per episode for the ninth and tenth season of Friends.
Her film credits include comedic roles in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Hanging Up, Marci X, Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That. However, Kudrow has also starred in dramatic roles including the biographical Wonderland about the late porn star John Holmes. She has garnered critical acclaim[citation needed] in dramatic roles for writer-director Don Roos in the films The Opposite of Sex and Happy Endings. In 2008, she commenced filming on Hotel for Dogs alongside Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin.
She has been a vocal performer on episodes of animated television series, including as Aphrodite on Hercules: The Animated Series, and as Springfield Elementary School student Alexandra Whitney on The Simpsons. She was the voice of the female grizzly bear Ava in the live action movie Dr. Dolittle 2.
After Friends, Kudrow starred as protagonist Valerie Cherish on the single-season HBO series The Comeback (premiered June 5, 2005), about a has-been sitcom star trying for a comeback. She also served as co-creator, writer, and executive producer. Kudrow received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on The Comeback, making her the first Friends cast member to receive a major award nomination since Friends ended. She has also appeared, alongside her niece, in a television commercial for Nintendo's Personal Trainer: Cooking, as well as in the Nintendo DS commercial for Professor Layton and the Curious Village with Lynn Brown Kogen. She and Lisa are friends (Lisa was in Lynn's wedding) and who is married to Jay Kogen (writer/producer for Frasier, Tracey Ullman, Simpsons).
Her latest project is as the executive producer for the American version of the hit UK television series Who Do You Think You Are? for NBC, in which celebrities trace their family trees. The release date is April 20th 2009, and will include herself, Susan Sarandon and Sarah Jessica Parker as well as others.
Kudrow had a relationship with Conan O'Brien until he moved to New York[citation needed] to host his talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien beginning in 1993. On May 27, 1995, Kudrow became the first "Friend" to marry when she wed Michel Stern, a French advertising executive. They have one son, Julian Murray (born May 7, 1998), and live near Beverly Hills, California. Kudrow's pregnancy was written into Friends with her character Phoebe having triplets as a surrogate parent for her brother and his wife because they were not able to have children.
Kudrow is bilingual, speaking English and French fluently. This was used in an episode of Friends in which Phoebe attempted to teach Joey (Matt LeBlanc) to speak French for an audition, and on other occasions.
Kudrow was born in Encino, California, the daughter of Nedra S (née Stern), a travel agent, and Dr Lee N Kudrow (born 1933), a headache specialist and physician. She was raised in a Jewish family and has an older sister, Helene Marla (born 1960), and an older brother, neurologist David B. Kudrow (born 1957). She is the niece of composer/conductor Harold Farberman. She took guitar lessons as a child and is left-handed.
After attending Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California, she graduated from Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California. She received her B.S. in Biology from Vassar College, intending to follow in her father's footsteps and research headaches. Kudrow worked on her father's staff for eight years while breaking into acting, earning a research credit on his study on the comparative likelihood of left-handed individuals developing cluster headaches.
At the urging of her brother's childhood friend, comedian Jon Lovitz, Kudrow began her comedic career as a member of The Groundlings, joining the ranks of those such as Will Ferrell and Janeane Garofalo. Briefly, Kudrow joined with Conan O'Brien and director Tim Hillman in the short-lived improv troupe Unexpected Company. She was also the only regular female member of the Transformers Comedy Troupe. She played a role in an episode of the NBC sitcom Cheers. She tried out for Saturday Night Live in 1990, but the show chose Julia Sweeney instead.[6] She had a recurring role as Kathy Fleisher in three episodes of season one of the Bob Newhart sitcom Bob (CBS, 1992-1993). Prior to Friends, she appeared in at least two produced network pilots: NBC's Just Temporary (also known as Temporarily Yours) in 1989, playing Nicole; and CBS' Close Encounters (also known as Matchmaker) in 1990, playing a Valley girl.
Kudrow was hired to play the role of Roz Doyle in Frasier, but the part was re-cast with Peri Gilpin during the filming of the pilot episode. Kudrow said in 2000 that when rehearsals started, "I knew it wasn't working. I could feel it all slipping away, and I was panicking, which only made things worse". However, one of the people working on Frasier also worked on Friends and suggested Kudrow audition for the show.[citation needed] Her first recurring television role was Ursula Buffay, the eccentric waitress on the NBC sitcom Mad About You. Kudrow would reprise the character on the NBC sitcom Friends, in which Kudrow co-starred as massage therapist Phoebe Buffay, Ursula's twin sister. As Kudrow explained in 2009, "I did Mad About You first, and then it was pilot season, and I auditioned for this pilot that turned out to be Friends. And once I got that, the time slot we got was right after Mad About You, so the creative folk thought, 'Well, we can't just pretend like it's not her'".
For her ensemble starring role as Phoebe on Friends (NBC, 1994 - 2004) Kudrow would win the 1998 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series; she was the first Friends cast member to win an Emmy, as well as the most frequently nominated of the cast, receiving six nominations. The program was a long-running hit, and Kudrow and her fellow cast-members, gained wide renown among television viewers. According to the Guinness Book of World Records (2005), Kudrow and co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox became the highest paid TV actresses of all time, earning $1 million per episode for the ninth and tenth season of Friends.
Her film credits include comedic roles in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Hanging Up, Marci X, Analyze This and its sequel Analyze That. However, Kudrow has also starred in dramatic roles including the biographical Wonderland about the late porn star John Holmes. She has garnered critical acclaim[citation needed] in dramatic roles for writer-director Don Roos in the films The Opposite of Sex and Happy Endings. In 2008, she commenced filming on Hotel for Dogs alongside Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin.
She has been a vocal performer on episodes of animated television series, including as Aphrodite on Hercules: The Animated Series, and as Springfield Elementary School student Alexandra Whitney on The Simpsons. She was the voice of the female grizzly bear Ava in the live action movie Dr. Dolittle 2.
After Friends, Kudrow starred as protagonist Valerie Cherish on the single-season HBO series The Comeback (premiered June 5, 2005), about a has-been sitcom star trying for a comeback. She also served as co-creator, writer, and executive producer. Kudrow received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on The Comeback, making her the first Friends cast member to receive a major award nomination since Friends ended. She has also appeared, alongside her niece, in a television commercial for Nintendo's Personal Trainer: Cooking, as well as in the Nintendo DS commercial for Professor Layton and the Curious Village with Lynn Brown Kogen. She and Lisa are friends (Lisa was in Lynn's wedding) and who is married to Jay Kogen (writer/producer for Frasier, Tracey Ullman, Simpsons).
Her latest project is as the executive producer for the American version of the hit UK television series Who Do You Think You Are? for NBC, in which celebrities trace their family trees. The release date is April 20th 2009, and will include herself, Susan Sarandon and Sarah Jessica Parker as well as others.
Kudrow had a relationship with Conan O'Brien until he moved to New York[citation needed] to host his talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien beginning in 1993. On May 27, 1995, Kudrow became the first "Friend" to marry when she wed Michel Stern, a French advertising executive. They have one son, Julian Murray (born May 7, 1998), and live near Beverly Hills, California. Kudrow's pregnancy was written into Friends with her character Phoebe having triplets as a surrogate parent for her brother and his wife because they were not able to have children.
Kudrow is bilingual, speaking English and French fluently. This was used in an episode of Friends in which Phoebe attempted to teach Joey (Matt LeBlanc) to speak French for an audition, and on other occasions.
Grandma
Lisa Kudrow Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Grandma' by these artists:
A$AP Ferg All I ever wanted was a minute with my grandma I…
AKKOGORILLA おばあちゃん お誕生日おめでとうございまーす ところで何歳になったんですかね? あ 年齢聞くの失礼ですかね? え 80!…
amber snider Grandma Words & Music by Amber Snider March 17, 2019 Puddle…
Barbra Streisand Grandma's hands, clapped in church on Sunday morning Grandma…
Bill Withers Grandma's hands Clapped in church on Sunday morning Grandma'…
Bishop T.D. Jakes Yeah Hey, Grandma Uh, yeah Hey Grandma, its Koree Wanted to …
Caravan Knees on legs, toes on feet Hair on chest, itchy vest Woolly…
Craig Cardiff Grandma says to the boy Everything has its time And everyt…
Dr. Elmo Grandma got run over by a reindeer Walking home from our…
Flanders and Swann どんな道だって まっすぐじゃないだろう？ そう曲がりくねって 凸凹してるはずさ つらい事時にはあるよね 僕たちはそれでも…
Free To Be...You And Me What's on my mind lately lots been on my mind I'm…
Gladys Knight Baby don't you run so fast (She was always giving us…
Gretchen Wilson Grandma's turning 92 That's a lot of years ahead of you So…
Jared I'm at the stage door where she used to perform Bet…
Jeff Lorber Grandma's hands Clapped in church on Sunday morning Gran…
John Denver When I was a little bitty boy just up off…
John Mellencamp Was a dark, stormy night As the train rattled on All the…
JONES Mike Oh grandma (Mike Jones! Who?) DJ Slice, tear me up…
K-Chill & Tetraz Yeah Hey, Grandma Uh, yeah Hey Grandma, its Koree Wanted to …
Keiichi Okabe Kyaleh vuh parleh tandu briaveh Flaeneh vi mudra loh Sovlah …
Kiss The Fish Yeah ("Sungguh jahat orang itu") It′s all done, turn ur fu…
Lost & Found Like the sun in the sky watches a bird fly…
M.I.R.V. w/DJ Disk No Grandma! Know Grandma! Gnome Grandma, ahhhhhhhh.…
Mike Jones Oh grandma (Mike Jones! Who?) DJ Slice, tear me up baby,…
NieR Replicant ver.1.22 OST Yeah Hey, Grandma Uh, yeah Hey Grandma, its Koree Wanted to …
oriori Kyarei vupali tandu priavei, Flanei imu tonomu, Souvla monus…
Paris Monster I'm overmatched, undermanned I'm trying hard to understand c…
Paul and Storm I remember, back in ’83, when I was 12, when…
Pheobe Now, grandma's a person who everyone likes, She bought you …
Phoebe Now grandma's a person who everyone likes She brought you a…
Phoebe Buffay Now grandma's a person who everyone likes She brought you…
RVIVR TREES DROP THEIR LEAVES THEY FALL BY SO FAST/ YOU DON’T…
Square Enix Music Cyaré vou pali tandu briavé Flané imundra lonom Sovfla monus…
Sweet Wednesday When I was five, my parents went away on a…
The Little Stevies Old lady come and sit with me, tell me about…
The Moffatts I've got a special friend That I see each day We like…
The Statler Brothers The day Grandaddy died, she was there by his side And…
Trin-i-tee 5:7 Yeah Hey, Grandma Uh, yeah Hey Grandma, its Koree Wanted to …
Vulfpeck My grandmother believed it That's why I can see it Desp…
Willie Nelson Grandma's hands Clapped in church on Sunday morning Grandm…
Wreckx-N-Effect You can be anything you want Because you've got the smarts…
Young Thug & Fetty Wap Aye, 1738! Zoovier! Aye, my grandma said her grandson crazy…
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Babies They're tiny and chubby and so sweet to touch Soon they'l…
Blackout New York City has no power And the milk is getting…
It Only Takes Two Heart Attacks It only takes two heart attacks to finally make you…
Smelly Cat Smelly cat, smelly cat What are they feeding you? Smelly c…
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redbrian3655
Thank you for posting this. I had no idea, first of all, that Lisa Kudrow was Jewish, but more importantly, I was deeply touched by this story. So many people that I know have had to endure similar situations, but they are not famous like Lisa. She helps to put a "face" to the issue.
cariiina19
i just saw the whole episode of here... it is amazing, it really is. u have to watch it. there is a short part in it with an older lady and she told lisa about the day when the nazis entered her village. she was trying to hide a little girl because she felt so bad for her, but the nazis found this little girl under a bed, pulled her out on her hair and threw her into the fire. I cried so hard when I heard that. I mean how could people even go to sleep knowing that they did something like this???
Emma Marie Gab
I TOTALLY RESPECT AND LIVE LISA KUDROW !! Poor LISA that must of been hard to watch and hear I'm sorry for u :( I love u VERY MUCH LISA !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Amy McLean
Lisa is so amazing. She's so brave. This must have been so hard. x
Cesar Silva
this was the most intense episode of the season. i remember nonstop tears.
Gabriela Zając
Pozdrowienia z Polski ❤️
JuniorDumont
@missanjalirulz you're right! this was such a tough time and will be always remembered even for those who's got no related or friend murdered on this cruel event ... Lisa has a beautiful spirit ::))
yalin
Please put the whole interview of Lisa on Oprah! please
Megan 🇦🇺
@ThunderAppeal You should not criticise or demean her for sharing her thoughts & feelings. Celebrities who do this help others... motivate them to find out about their families and to remember them. It is important for us to be aware of what happens in history so that we as a society can try not to let it happen ever again. Just because you don't care, doesn't mean others shouldn't. Please don't be so judgemental about others because they have feelings and choose to share them.
silveringsandsparklythings
She is amazing