Lisa Kudrow Biography: Husband, Net Worth, Height, Age, Movies, TV Shows, Son, Instagram, Siblings, Twin Sister, Friends

Biography

Lisa Valerie Kudrow (born 30 July 1963), whose professional identity is Lisa Kudrow, is a renowned actress and TV personality from the United States.

The sitcom Friends is where the American performer gained most of her notoriety. She won multiple awards for her portrayal of Phoebe Buffay in Friends, contributing to her rising prominence in the nation. Aside from her acting career, she is also a writer and boss producer. She had no early ambitions to become an actor because her father was a doctor. 

Lisa Kudrow, a bright student who excelled in school, wanted to be like her father. In college, she majored in biology and spent some time working for her father. Life had different plans for her, even though it seemed like she was destined for a research career. 

Due to her intelligence, talent, and enthusiasm, Lisa Kudrow was given numerous television parts and increased fame. She started hogging attention after Friends became popular, and it didn’t take long for her to appear in movies.

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Wiki Facts & About Data
Full Name:	Lisa Valerie Kudrow
Stage Name:	Lisa Kudrow
Born:	30 July 1963 (age 60 years old)
Place of Birth:	Encino, Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Height:	1.73 m
Parents:	Nedra Stern, Lee N. Kudrow
Siblings:	Helene Marla Kudrow, David B. Kudrow, Derrick Kudrow
Husband • Spouse:	Michel Stern (m. 1995)
Boyfriend • Partner:	N/A
Children:	Julian Murray Stern
Occupation:	Actress • TV Personality
Net Worth:	$120 million

Early Life & Education

On July 30, 1963, Lisa Valerie Kudrow was born in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. While her father, Dr. Lee N. Kudrow was a doctor who specialized in treating headaches, her mother, Nedra Stern, worked as a travel agent. She has three siblings; a sister Helene Marla Kudrow, and two brothers: David B. Kudrow and Derrick Kudrow.

She was raised in a middle-class Jewish family and completed her elementary school at Tarzana, California’s Portola Middle School. Her next stop was Woodland Hills’ Taft High School in Los Angeles. Lisa Kudrow excelled in school and enjoyed playing sports. 

Lisa Kudrow was motivated by her father and aspired to be like him. Similar to her father, she planned to study the causes of headaches when she received her Bachelor of Science in biology from Vassar College.

Career

Lisa Kudrow joined her father in his profession after completing her studies. She began collaborating with him on his research project to determine the possibility that left-handed people may experience cluster headaches. She was inspired to perform by her brother’s boyhood friend, comedian Jon Lovitz, who saw her talent for humor and acting. 

While still working for her father, she started going to improv courses. She eventually became a member of The Groundlings, a renowned Los Angeles improv comedy troupe. She made friends with Conan O’Brien around this time. Lisa Kudrow soon had the chance to play with other improv groups and began applying for TV jobs. Three episodes of the first season of the well-known sitcom Bob featured her in the role of Kathy Fleisher.

When Lisa Kudrow was chosen to play Phoebe in the television series Friends, she made her breakthrough. She gained much notoriety performing this part and received numerous honors and praise for her work. She became well-known in the US thanks to her performance in Friends, and soon after that, she started getting requests to be in movies. She had previously had supporting roles in a few films, but now she was gaining more prominent roles.

Lisa Kudrow appeared in films such as Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Clockwatchers, The Opposite of Sex, and Analyze This in the late 1990s (1999). Her popularity as a television star also grew concurrently. She portrayed Laura Sobel in the mafia comedy Analyze That, which was released in 2002 and is a follow-up to the 1999 film Analyze This.

Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro starred in the movie as the mobster Paul Vitti and the psychotherapist Ben Sobel, respectively. She starred as Denise, which was one of the protagonist’s companions in the drama movie P.S. I Love You, starring Hilary Swank.

Lisa Kudrow made numerous film appearances in 2009, including Hotel for Dogs, Powder Blue, and Paper Man. In 2008, she debuted the improvised online series Web Therapy. She played the role of Fiona Wallice, a conceited therapist who wants to spread her novel approach as a viable therapeutic alternative worldwide. She contributed to the series’ creation, writing, and executive production, and it ran until 2014. Lisa Kudrow served as the executive producer of the American adaptation of the British television program Who Do You Think You Are?, which explores the ancestry of famous people.

It was discovered via research into her family history that her great-grandmother had perished in the Holocaust. 2010 saw the broadcast of Lisa Kudrow traveling to Eastern Europe in search of her roots. She has also appeared in the 2014 films Neighbors and El Americano: The Movie in 2016). She worked on movies including Table 19 (2017), Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), and The Girl on the Train concurrently (2016). 

She gave the voice to Mrs. Templeton for the animated comedy movie The Boss Baby in 2017. She gave the voice of Ozmq in the short film Lovesick Fool – Love in the Age of Like the following year. 

Lisa Kudrow appeared in supporting roles in the 2019 films Long Shot and Booksmart. Additionally, she began providing the voice of Judy Elk in the animated comedy TV show Human Discoveries.

She appeared in The Good Place‘s 12th episode in 2020 (season 4). Lisa Kudrow played Maggie Naird in the Netflix series Space Force. 

Awards & Nominations

• For her work on Friends, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1998. 
• She won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actress that same year for the movie The Opposite of Sex.
• She received the Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Lead in a Comedy Series For The Comeback in 2006.

Personal Life

On May 27, 1995, Lisa Kudrow wed Michel Stern, a French advertising executive. 

The couple welcomed a baby on May 7, 1998, named Julian Murray Stern. 

Net Worth

American actress, author, and producer Lisa Kudrow has an estimated net worth of $120 million.

Social Media

• Instagram: @lisakudrow
• Twitter: @lisakudrow