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Trivia
Birth name: Lisa Marie Diane Kudrow
Date of birth: 30 July 1963
Place of birth: Encino, California, USA
Nickname: Lis
Height: 5' 9˝" (1.77 m)
Spouse: Michel Stern (27 May 1995 - present) 1 son
Son, Julian Murray, born. [7 May 1998]
Chosen by "People" magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful
People in the World. [1997]
She was a member of the comedy troupe, the Groundlings.
Attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, CA. She
graduated June 18, 1981.
First played Ursula on "Mad About You" (1992), then played her
twin sister, Phoebe, on "Friends" (1994), and has played both
characters at once in a few episodes of "Friends" (1994).
Was originally cast for the role of Roz Doyle on "Frasier"
(1993) but producers and writers decided that they were changing the
character too much to fit Lisa's personality. Both parties decided it
would be better to recast the role.
Measurements: 36C-26-36 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Graduated with a major in Psychobiology from Vassar College. [1985]
Played tennis in high school.
Father is a doctor.
She waited to marriage (age 31) to lose her virginity. Said in
"People" magazine that her mother told her it was a special
gift for her husband.
Attended grade school with Daniel Pearl, the journalist murdered in
Pakistan.
Convinced to quit her job as a medical researcher to become a full time
actress by Jon Lovitz.
Her motion picture debut was supposed to be in the film Impulse (1990)
but her scenes were cut before the film's release.
Her character Phoebe Buffay in "Friends" (1994) became
pregnant with her brother's triplets to cover up her own pregnancy.
Cousin of Thea Mann
On the day she gave birth to her son Julian, NBC aired the season finale
of "Friends" (1994) - "The One With Ross' Wedding Parts 1
& 2". She sent these episodes as her Emmy tape submissions and
subsequently won the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Emmy.
Filmed all her scenes for Wonderland (2003/I) in 3 days.
Tallest female member of the cast of "Friends" (1994).
She and Jennifer
Aniston both auditioned for regular cast member spots on
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) prior to their success on
"Friends" (1994).
Up until 2004 was the only cast member of Friends (1994) to have a
child. Matt
LeBlanc's daughter Marina Pearl was born February 8, 2004, and
Courteney Cox's daughter Coco Riley was born June 13, 2004.
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