Guide Note

Lisa Kudrow is an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild award winning comedic actress who rose to fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay on the mega-hit sitcom Friends. She later received critical acclaim for the short-lived HBO comedy The Comeback. Kudrow has upcoming roles in several movies including Powder Blue, Will, and Dirty Girl.

Fast Facts

1. Lisa Diane Marie Kudrow
2. Born: July 30, 1963
3. Birthplace: Encino, California
4. Emmy and SAG Award winner
5. Husband: Michael Stern since 1995
6. Her pregnancy was written into the show Friends
7. 1 son, Julian Murray who was born in 1998
8. Was a member of the comedy troupe, the Groundlings
9. Stayed a virgin until marriage

1. "We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is - which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights who will grow up to be an adult."
2. "There are some issues I'm more conservative on. As a parent, I'm concerned that there are so many young, young, young kids - like 12 years old - that are starting to have sex."
3. "I think, on network TV, I'm still Phoebe to people and it would be hard to convince them otherwise in the bright lights of a sitcom."