AKA Phoebe Buffay: Who is Lisa Kudrow?

Lisa Kudrow was born on July 30, 1963, in Encino, California, as the youngest child of a Jewish family. Her father, Lee Kudrow, was a doctor, and her mother, Nedra Stern, worked at a travel agency. Her older sister was Helene Marla Kudrow, and her older brothers were David Kudrow and Derrick Kudrow, both neurologists. She completed secondary school at Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California, and high school at Taft High School. Wanting to continue her education, Kudrow received her bachelor's degree from the Department of Biology at Vassar University. At first, she had in mind to become a researcher. She returned to Los Angeles. However, famous comedian Jon Lovitz, a friend of her brother, changed Kudrow's mind.

Lisa Valerie Kudrow (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 started her career with a TV show, “The Groundlings.” In 1990, she auditioned to host the program Saturday Night Live, but Janeane Garofalo was chosen instead. She was chosen to play the role of "Roz" in Frasier, one of America's most famous TV series, but she left the job due to the dissatisfaction of both parties while the pilot episode was being shot. Kudrow's breakthrough role was as ditzy waitress Ursula Buffay in Mad About You. Ursula was the twin sister of Phoebe Buffay, the character she would play in Friends. Thus, at one point, the two TV series she starred in were connected to each other. The role of Ursula Buffay brought Lisa Kudrow to her role in Friends. In some episodes of this series, Kudrow played both Ursula and Phoebe.

Kudrow became a member of the Friends cast with the most Emmy Award nominations. Jennifer Aniston and Kudrow were the only winners among those nominated.

The films starring Kudrow are as follows: “LA On $5 A Day” (1989), “Dance With Death” (1991), “The Unborn” (1991), “In The Heat Of Passion” (1992), “In The Heat Of Passion II” (1994), “The Crazysitter” (1995), “Mother” (1996), “Romy and Michele's High School Reunion” (1997), “Clockwatchers” (1997), “Hacks” (1997), “The Opposite of Sex” (1998), “Analyze This” (1999), “Hanging Up” (2000), “Lucky Numbers” (2000), “All Over The Guy” (2001), “Analyze That” (2002) ), “Bark!” (2002), Wonderland (2003), “Happy Endings” (2005).

Kudrow also starred in the films "Kabluey" and "The Deal", released in 2007 in America, and "PS, I Love You", released in 2008.

In the series "The Comeback", which started broadcasting in America in 2005, Kudrow played the main character Valerie Cherish, and was one of the creators, producers, and writers of the series. However, this series was shot for only 1 season.

Kudrow also voiced Alex Whitney in the episode "Lard of the Dance" of The Simpsons. In the series, she was telling Lisa Simpson "how to not be like Phoebe".

Lisa Kudrow was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series" for her role as Phoebe in Friends in 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001, and won this award in 1998. In 2006, she was nominated for "Best Actress" at the Emmy Awards for her performance in "The Comeback". In 1996, she was again nominated for the "best supporting actress" award at the Golden Globe Awards.

In 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2004, she was nominated for "best actress" at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role in Friends, and won this award in 2000. She was nominated for the American Comedy Awards in 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2001 for her role in Friends, and for her success in Mad About You in 1999 and "Analyse This" in Th. Kudrow received the award for her role in Friends in 2000.

Kudrow was chosen as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine in 1997. When Kudrow became pregnant in real life, the script was changed; She also carried her brother's triplets in the TV series Friends.

Lisa Kudrow married French advertiser Michel Stern on May 27, 1995. The couple has a son named Julian Murray, who was born on May 7, 1998. Kudrow is fluent in French and is the oldest of the Friends cast and the first to have a child.