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3	->''"I knew an actor's career goes up and down and back up again. Your standing in this business can't be your whole identity; otherwise, you're doomed."''
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5	Lisa Valerie Kudrow (born July 30, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, writer, comedian and producer.
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7	She [[StarMakingRole gained worldwide recognition]] for her ten-season run as Phoebe Buffay in the sitcom ''Series/{{Friends}}'', for which she received many accolades, including an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Throughout her career she has received nine Emmy Award nominations, twelve Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and a UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward nomination.
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10	!!Selected filmography:
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13	[[folder:Film roles]]
14	* ''Film/{{Mother\|1996}}'' (1996) as Linda
15	* ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' (1997) as Michele
16	* ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex'' (1998) as Lucia [=DeLury=]
17	* ''Film/AnalyzeThis'' (1999) as Laura [=MacNamara=] Sobel
18	* ''[[Film/DrDolittle Dr. Dolittle 2]]'' (2001) as Ava (voice)
19	* ''Film/MarciX'' (2003) as Marci Feld
20	* ''Film/{{Wonderland}}'' (2003) as Sharon Holmes
21	* ''Literature/PSILoveYou'' (2007) as Denise
22	* ''Film/HotelForDogs'' (2009) as Lois Scudder
23	* ''Film/PaperMan'' (2009) as Claire Dunn
24	* ''Film/{{Bandslam}}'' (2009) as Karen
25	* ''Film/{{The Other Woman\|2009}}'' (2009) as Carolyn
26	* ''Film/EasyA'' (2010) as Mrs. Griffith
27	* ''Film/{{Neighbors\|2014}}'' (2014) as Dean Carol Gladstone
28	* ''Film/TheGirlOnTheTrain'' (2016) as Martha
29	* ''Film/Table19'' (2017) as Bina Kepp
30	* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'' (2017) as Janice Templeton (voice)
31	** ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyFamilyBusiness'' (2021) as Janice Templeton (voice)
32	* ''Film/LongShot'' (2019) as Katherine
33	* ''Film/{{Booksmart}}'' (2019) as Charmaine
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36	[[folder:Television roles]]
37	* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (1 episode, 1989) as Emily
38	* ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' (1 episode, 1990) as Sada
39	* ''Series/LifeGoesOn'' (1 episode, 1990) as Stella
40	* ''Series/MadAboutYou'' (23 episodes, 1992–99) as Karen[=/=]Ursula Buffay
41	* ''Series/{{Bob\|1992}}'' (3 episodes, 1993) as Kathy Fleisher
42	* ''Series/{{Coach}}'' (2 episodes, 1993–94) as Nurse Alice[=/=]Lauren
43	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (234 episodes, 1994–2004) as Phoebe Buffay[=/=]Ursula Buffay
44	** Series/HopeAndGloria'' (1 episode, 1996) as Phoebe Buffay
45	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' (1 episode, 1996) as Female Beta Maxians (voice)
46	* ''WesternAnimation/DrKatzProfessionalTherapist'' (1 episode, 1997) as Lisa (voice)
47	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (1 episode, 1998) as Alex Whitney (voice)
48	* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' (4 episodes, 1998–99) as Aphrodite (voice)
49	* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' (1 episode, 2001) as Amy Pittman (voice)
50	* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' (1 episode, 2001) as the Baby Doctor (voice)
51	* ''WesternAnimation/FatherOfThePride'' (2 episodes, 2004–05) as Foo-Lin (voice)
52	* ''Series/TheComeback'' (21 episodes, 2005, 2014) as Valerie Cherish
53	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' (1 episode, 2006) as the Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
54	* ''Series/CougarTown'' (1 episode, 2010) as Dr. Amy Evans
55	* ''WesternAnimation/AllenGregory'' (1 episode, 2011) as Sheila (voice)
56	* ''Series/WendellAndVinnie'' (1 episode, 2013) as Natasha Kraf
57	* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' (4 episodes, 2013) as Congresswoman Josephine Marcus
58	* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' (7 episodes, 2015) as Wanda Pierce (voice)
59	* ''Series/AngieTribeca'' (1 episode, 2016) as Monica Vivarquor
60	* ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'' (2016–19) as Fairy Godmother[=/=]Lori-Ann Schmidt
61	* ''Series/GraceAndFrankie'' (3 episodes, 2018) as Sheree
62	* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'' (1 episode, 2020) as Hypatia
63	* ''Series/FeelGood'' (7 episodes, 2020–21) as Linda
64	* ''Series/{{Space Force\|2020}}'' (8 episodes, 2020–22) as Maggie Naird
65	* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'' (30 episodes, 2021–23) as Honey[=/=]Lady Capulet (voice)
66	* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' (1 episode, 2022) as Tyrannosaurus Rex God (voice)
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70	!!Tropes associated with her work include:
71	* ActorAllusion: When she guest stars on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', she tells Lisa "you're such a Phoebe".
72	* ActorSharedBackground: She's a vegetarian like Phoebe.
73	* TheCastShowoff:
74	** Zig-zagged. She actually hates singing and only does it for comedy.
75	** She does however speak fluent French, which she demonstrates in ''Friends''.
76	* CelebrityVoiceActor:
77	** As Aphrodite in ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''.
78	** And as Mrs Templeton in ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby''.
79	** And Honey in ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken''.
80	** Tyrannosaurus Rex God in ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''.
81	* TheDanza: She plays Valerie Cherish on ''Series/TheComeback''. Valerie is her middle name.
82	* DawsonCasting:
83	** She was already in her thirties playing Phoebe in her twenties.
84	** Parodied in ''Film/{{Bandslam}}'' where she has to pretend to be her son's older sister to impress a drummer. Her son says she's ''23''. The movie was filmed when she was 45.
85	* DyeHard: She's naturally brunette but is best known as a blonde. She's gone brown for ''Wonderland'' and ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex''.
86	* DyeingForYourArt: She became a redhead for ''Series/TheComeback''.
87	* PlayingAgainstType:
88	** She plays a neurotic, repressed spinster in ''Film/TheOppositeOfSex''.
89	** ''Wonderland'' is also probably the darkest film she has ever appeared in, though she only has a small role.
90	** Played the reserved and rather chilly intellectual mother of the protagonist on ''Series/FeelGood''.
91	* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: As both Phoebe and Ursula Buffay on ''{{Series/Friends}}''.
92	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Phoebe's triplets were written in to accommodate Lisa's real-life pregnancy.
93	* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: Creator/TeriGarr resembles her so much that she played her mother in both ''Friends'' and ''Kabluey''.
94	* SheAlsoDid: That's her in the Music/IceCube video for "True to the Game".
95	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: ''Film/HotelForDogs'' was because she wanted her son to be able to see some of her stuff. It was a similar reason for voicing Aphrodite in ''Hercules''.
96	* StatuesqueStunner: At 5 feet 8 inches tall, she towers slightly over her ''Friends'' co-stars Creator/CourteneyCox and Creator/JenniferAniston.
97	* ThrowItIn:
98	** She was initially cast as Ursula on ''Series/MadAboutYou''. But when she got the role of Phoebe in ''Friends'', the network wanted to 'explain' why Lisa was seen on two of their shows. So they made the characters twin sisters, and had a crossover episode.
99	** For the writing process of ''Series/TheComeback'', Lisa essentially improvised and what she said was transcribed and later filmed.
100	* TypeCasting: Usually as a GenkiGirl or some kind of ditz.
101	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
102	** She tried out for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' but Julia Sweeney got cast instead.
103	** She was initially cast as Roz in ''{{Series/Frasier}}'' but got replaced with Peri Gilpin while rehearsing the pilot episode. This was apparently a mutual decision on both parties.

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