Lisa kudrow biography actress
Lisa Kudrow's Biography
Smelly cat, smelly cat,What are they feeding you?
Smelly cat, smelly cat,
It's not your fault.
-Lisa Kudrow, singing as her Friends character, Phoebe
| Critical Facts: Date of birth-July 30, 1963 Place of birth- Encino, CA Relations- husband Michel Stern, son Julian Murray Fanmail- c/o Endeavor 9701 Wilshire Blvd. 10th Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90212 |
CHANDLER is the smart-ass. Joey is the dummy. Monica is the neat-freak. Rachel is the bombshell. Ross is the nebbish. And Phoebe, she is the resident flake among this calculated mTlange of twentysomethings. As even the most TV-phobic among us know, the preceding personality parade represents the cast of NBC's smash sitcom Friends. The function of guitar-strumming massage therapist Phoebe Buffay is to provide some light-headed frivolity, an occasional musical interlude, and a dash of New Age nuttiness to an otherwise conventionally neurotic cast. But it turns out that Lisa Kudrow, the Vassar-educated actress who plays Phoebe, has little in common with her Friends counterpart. In fact, Kudrow is brainy, grounded, married — and safely into her thirties.
Kudrow comes from intelligent stock. Her father, Lee Kudrow, is a doctor and one of America's foremost experts on headaches, and her older brother David (one of Kudrow's three siblings) is a neurologist. Mom, Nedra Kudrow, is a travel agent. Growing up in suburban Los Angeles, young Lisa seemed destined to follow in her father's footsteps. She was a bookworm in primary school, studied hard throughout high school, and then attended Vassar College in upstate New York to study biology. Kudrow, who shared a research credit on one of her father's studies, graduated in 1985, fully intending to become a medical researcher. That same year, however, comic Jon Lovitz, who is a good friend of David Kudrow, landed a role on Saturday Night Live. Lovitz's new job impressed Kudrow, and stirred acting impulses buried deep wi Born in Encino, California, in 1963, Lisa Kudrow worked as a medical researcher before pursuing an acting career. She enjoyed early success on the TV comedy Mad About You, before achieving fame as Phoebe Buffay on the wildly popular sitcom Friends. Kudrow went on to appear in such films as Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Opposite of Sex and Analyze This. She has also starred on the improvisational web-turned-TV series Web Therapy and the HBO comedy show The Comeback. Kudrow was born on July 30, 1963, in Encino, California. Her father, Lee, was a physician with a specialty in studying headaches, and her mother, Nedra, was a travel agent. The youngest of three children, she grew up in a middle-class Jewish family. As a teenager, Kudrow excelled at tennis and played on the varsity team at Taft High School in Los Angeles. After earning a degree in biology from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, Kudrow returned to Los Angeles to work with her father and follow a career in research. Her brother's childhood friend, comedian Jon Lovitz, encouraged Lisa to perform, and she tried to break into acting while continuing to work for her father as a medical researcher. Eventually Kudrow became a member of the renowned Los Angeles improv comedy troupe The Groundlings. She honed her comedic skills there and with other improv groups, including Unexpected Company, alongside Conan O'Brien, and the Transformers Comedy Group. Kudrow's early foray into television comedies was marked by ups and downs. She unsuccessfully auditioned for Saturday Night Live in 1990, but did land the role of Ursula, the spacey waitress on the sitcom Mad About You in 1992. She then appeared on a few episodes of the Bob Newhart show Bob in 1993. However, after being cast that same year for the role of Roz in Frasier, she was replaced during the filming of the pilot episode by Peri Gilpin. American actress (born 1963) Lisa Kudrow Kudrow in 2009 Lisa Valerie Kudrow Los Angeles, California, U.S. Michel Stern 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 greatest television characters of all time and is considered to be 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 Kablue "I've stopped making plans!" says Friends star Lisa Kudrow. "You know what everyone says whatever you plan, it's not going to happen". And that's essentially Lisa's life story. As a little girl, Lisa imagined by her mid-30s she'd be a medical researcher with a husband and a trio of kids at home waiting for supper. But then some of the best-laid plans can go astray...Lisa was born on 30 July, 1963, to Lee, a prominent doctor, and Nedra, a travel agent. The youngest of four children, she grew up in southern California, an awkward girl driving around town with her girlfriends "looking for the party that's going to make your whole year worthwhile". She graduated from the prestigious Vassar College in 1985 with a degree in biology. Acting was never really part of the master plan, but her older brother's friend and Saturday Night Live alum Jon Lovitz suggested she audition for the famed LA improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. "I always had this feeling, this urge, that I could act if I dared to," she says. She was accepted into the celebrated club and in 1992 landed the role of Ursula in the US comedy series Mad About You which in turn led to a shot on another high-profile sitcom. In 1994, Friends launched in the States and suddenly 8pm on Thursday night the programme's home slot became something of a religious experience. The show remained wildly popular for a decade, thanks in no small part to Lisa's brilliant performance in the role of Phoebe Buffay, the massage therapist and cheeky coffee shop singer who made the actress a household name.While her Friends castmates were making forgettable movies, Lisa chose more off-beat projects, including the acerbic comedy The Opposite Of Sex for which she received a slew of awards. High-profile projects including Analyze This opposite Billy Crystal and Robert De Ni Lisa Kudrow
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(1963-07-30) July 30, 1963 (age 61)Education Vassar College (AB) Occupation Actress Years active 1983–present Known for Friends Spouse Children 1 Lisa Kudrow - Biography
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