Lisa Kudrow
Phoebe Buffay and Ursula on Friends, Valerie Cherish in The Comeback.
Lisa Valerie Kudrow, born July 30, 1963, is an American actress and writer best known as Phoebe Buffay on Friends from 1994 to 2004 and as Valerie Cherish in the HBO mockumentary The Comeback. Her honours include two Actor Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Lisa Valerie Kudrow
- Born
- 30 July 1963
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Education
- Vassar College (AB)
- Occupation
- Actress
- writer
- producer
- Known for
- Friends
- Spouse
- Michel Stern (1995)
- Children
- 1
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Background
Kudrow began in improv comedy with The Groundlings in Los Angeles. She was already playing the waitress Ursula Buffay on Mad About You when Friends cast her, and Ursula was written into Phoebe's story as her twin. After Friends she made Web Therapy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Feel Good, Space Force and Time Bandits, produced Who Do You Think You Are? and the game show 25 Words or Less, and appeared in films including Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Opposite of Sex, Analyze This, Easy A and Booksmart. She married the French advertising executive Michel Stern in 1995; her 1998 pregnancy was written into Friends as Phoebe's surrogate triplets for her half-brother. She has said she experienced body dysmorphic disorder while working on the show.
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