Lisa Kudrow
Though she made her name portraying slightly ditsy, even flaky characters on the small screen, actress Lisa Kudrow also proved to be an adept performer in both independent and studio films. After several years as a guest star on several popular shows, Kudrow skyrocketed to superstardom alongside her five cast mates on the immensely successful sitcom "Friends" (NBC, 1994-2004). For ten seasons, fans of the show delighted in Kudrow's deft portrayal of the naïve, but strangely wise Phoebe Buffay, a masseuse and struggling folk singer who seemingly once lived an impossibly storied life, complete with being homeless throughout her entire adolescence. But unlike her five co-stars, Kudrow actively sought to subvert the image she created onscreen by tackling a diverse range of characters in features, including an excellent performance as a sexually repressed spinster in "The Opposite of Sex" (1998), though she sometimes catered to that ditzy image, as she did in the popular comedy, "Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" (1997). Nonetheless, Kudrow managed to break away from her Phoebe persona following the show's exit in 2004, though the critically-acclaimed series "The Comeback" (HBO, 2005) was more of a cult phenomenon than her previous mainstream success. However, Kudrow began to thrive on the margins: while appearing in popular films like "Easy A" (2010) "Neighors" (2014) and its sequel "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" (2016) and the thriller "The Girl on the Train" (2016), Kudrow created and starred in improvised comedy webseries, "Web Therapy" (2008-14). A modified TV version ran on Showtime from 2011 to 2015, giving the star new popularity and once again confirming the diversity of her talent.
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Filmography
Movies
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Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love | Self | - | 2023 |
83% |
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Better Nate Than Ever | Heidi (Character) | - | 2022 |
46% |
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The Boss Baby: Family Business | Janice Templeton (Voice) | $57.3M | 2021 |
67% |
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Friends: The Reunion | Self | - | 2021 |
45% |
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Death to 2020 | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
22% |
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Like a Boss | Shay Whitmore (Character) | $22.1M | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
96% |
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Booksmart | Charmaine (Character) | $22.7M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovesick Fool: Love in the Age of Like | Ozma (Character) | - | 2018 |
53% |
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The Boss Baby | Mom (Voice) | $174.9M | 2017 |
25% |
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Table 19 | Bina Kepp (Character) | $3.6M | 2017 |
40% |
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El Americano: The Movie | Lucille (Voice) | - | 2016 |
44% |
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The Girl on the Train | Martha (Character) | $75.2M | 2016 |
64% |
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Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising | Dean Carol Gladstone (Character) | $55.3M | 2016 |
72% |
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Neighbors | Dean Carol Gladstone (Character) | $150.1M | 2014 |
85% |
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Easy A | Mrs. Griffith (Character) | $58.4M | 2010 |
37% |
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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits | Carolyn (Character) | $20.6K | 2009 |
33% |
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Paper Man | Claire (Character) | $15.4K | 2009 |
82% |
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Bandslam | Karen (Character) | $5.2M | 2009 |
25% |
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Powder Blue | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
46% |
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Hotel for Dogs | Lois Scudder (Character) | $73.0M | 2009 |
83% |
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Kabluey | Leslie (Character) | $83.4K | 2007 |
25% |
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P.S. I Love You | Denise (Character) | $53.7M | 2007 |
54% |
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Happy Endings | Maimee (Character) | $1.3M | 2005 |
34% |
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Wonderland | Sharon Holmes (Character) | $1.1M | 2003 |
8% |
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Marci X | Marci Feld (Character) | $1.6M | 2003 |
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Picking Up and Dropping Off | Executive Producer | - | 2003 |
14% |
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Bark! | Darla (Character) | - | 2002 |
26% |
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Analyze That | Laura Sobel (Character) | $32.1M | 2002 |
43% |
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All Over the Guy | Marie (Character) | $1.0M | 2001 |
41% |
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Dr. Dolittle 2 | Ava (Voice) | $113.0M | 2001 |
23% |
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Lucky Numbers | Crystal Latroy (Character) | $10.0M | 2000 |
12% |
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Hanging Up | Maddy (Character) | $36.0M | 2000 |
69% |
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Analyze This | Laura MacNamara (Character) | $106.8M | 1999 |
81% |
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The Opposite of Sex | Ludia DeLury (Character) | $6.4M | 1998 |
86% |
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Clockwatchers | Paula (Character) | $444.4K | 1997 |
75% |
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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | Michele Weinberger (Character) | $29.2M | 1997 |
87% |
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Mother | Linda (Character) | $1.1M | 1996 |
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The Crazysitter | Adrian Wexler-Jones (Character) | - | 1995 |
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In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful | Teller (Character) | - | 1994 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | No Good Deed | Lydia Morgan (Character) | 2024 |
76% | 49% | Time Bandits | Penelope (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2008 2012-2014 2018 2020 2022 2024 |
50% | 85% | HouseBroken | Honey (Voice) | 2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2015 2017-2019 2021-2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Executive Producer | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011-2018 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity IOU | Self | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2014 2021-2022 |
100% | 89% | Feel Good | Linda (Character) | 2020-2021 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan | Guest | 2011-2015 2017-2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2020 |
59% | 77% | Space Force | Maggie Naird (Character) | 2020 |
93% | 96% | BoJack Horseman | Wanda (Voice) | 2015-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? |
Unknown (Guest Star), Executive Producer |
2010-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Help With Carol Burnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2018 |
90% | 87% | Grace and Frankie | Sheree (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chew | Guest | 2017 |
84% | 74% | RuPaul's Drag Race | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2013-2014 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Join or Die With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2016 |
96% | 74% | Angie Tribeca | Monica Vivarquor (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 59% | Web Therapy |
Dr. Fiona Wallice (Character), Executive Producer |
2011-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 |
74% | 88% | The Comeback |
Valerie Cherish (Character), Executive Producer |
2005 2014 |
No Score Yet | 91% | The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Real Time With Bill Maher | Guest | 2014 |
93% | 72% | Scandal | Congresswoman Josie Marcus (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Guest | 2013 |
12% | 19% | Allen Gregory | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009-2010 |
50% | No Score Yet | The Wanda Sykes Show | Guest | 2010 |
89% | 82% | Cougar Town | Dr. Amy Evans (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 90% | American Dad! | The Ghost of Christmas Past (Guest Voice) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hopeless Pictures | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2005 |
30% | 60% | Father of the Pride | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2004 |
78% | 93% | Friends |
Phoebe Buffay (Character), Phoebe Buffay/ |
1994-2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blue's Clues | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 76% | King of the Hill | Amy Pittman (Guest Voice) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Karen (Guest Star) | 1992-1995 1997-1999 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Alex Whitney (Guest Voice) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Coach | Lauren (Guest Star) | 1993-1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Newhart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | Emily (Guest Star) | 1989 |