LISA KUDROW (nicknamed Floosh by Jen)



  • Name: Lisa Kudrow

  • Character: Phoebe Buffay

  • Birthdate: July 30, 1963

  • Birthplace: Encino, CA

  • Star sign: Leo

  • Hair: Blonde

  • Eyes: Hazel

  • Height: 5'9

  • Education: New York's Vassar college. 'I'm more of an egghead than an airhead.' Plus, every single cast member describes her as being 'incredibly smart.'

  • Parents: Her father is an international headache specialist, her mother a travel agent ***She handled the travel arrangments for Jennifer's first movie, 'Leprechaun.'***

  • Job History: Researcher at her dad's office--- 'I realized I didn't want the life of an academic. And I've always had a hankering to perform.'

  • Hobbies: Performing in an improvisation group, playing pool

  • Love Life: Her husband, French Adman Michel Stern

  • Car: Acura Legend

  • Acting break: Played Woody's girlfriend in 'Cheers' and waitress Ursula in 'Mad About You'

  • Words of wisdom: 'If you want to get a good guy to marry you, you've got to be a quality woman, so you have to work on your brain. Most actors seem to be really messed up to me.'

  • Near-Miss: Lisa was cast as Roz Doyle in 'Frasier' but they decided on Peri Gilpin in the end. However, it worked out in Lisa's favor!

  • On Fame: 'Wherever I go people are watching, watching, watching. I mean, even if you just go out shopping, people feel they have the right to ask you things. It's hard to adjust to that and stop worrying about what people are saying. That's what I found the hardest thing to let go of.'

  • "Lisa is nothing like Phoebe. She's really with it. She's hot on doing impressions of people. Also, she's a top university graduate. She's so smart, unlike Phoebe!"--- Courteney Cox

  • "Lisa is really, really smart and creative."--- Matt LeBlanc