Lisa Kudrow could not be further from the character she plays on the hit NBC sitcom Friends, ditzy New Age musician/masseuse/taxi driver, Phoebe Buffay. For starters, the character she plays is in her twenties, while Lisa was born July 30th, 1963, in Encino, California. While Phoebe only discovered her biological parents a couple of years ago, Lisa comes from a secure household, where she was raised in Tarzana, California.

Lisa's father Lee Kudrow is a renowned headache specialist, while her mother Nedra Kudrow is a travel agent. Although Lisa was a hard worker and studied intensely while in elementary school, she started to show an interest in acting at an early age. She would lip sync to the soundtrack form Fiddler on the Roof, pretending to be one of the musical's characters. Lisa performed her Fiddler routine in several classes, a teacher caught a glimpse of her act and was fully impressed. (Full Bio ....)

Analyze That (2002) .... Laura MacNamara Sobol 
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001) (voice) .... Ava 
Lucky Numbers (2000) .... Crystal 
Hanging Up (2000) .... Maddy 
Analyze This (1999) .... Laura MacNamara 
Opposite of Sex, The (1998) .... Lucia DeLury 
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) .... Michele Weinberger 
"Friends" (1994) TV Series .... Phoebe Buffay 
"Mad About You" (1992) TV Series .... Ursula Buffay (1993-1995) 
"Bob" (1992) TV Series .... Kathy Fleisher 
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