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Jury ruled in his favor, although Lisa had already paid him $11 million in 2007 ending the professional relationship. Howard, claimed that Lisa Kudrow owed $1.6 million to him, as she had orally promised him. Kudrow (Physician, cured headaches)īrothers- Derrick Kudrow, David B. Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.įather- Dr. "Cool and flirty and charming and funny." Like mother like son.Portola Middle School in Tarzana, California. "He's definitely cool," says Lisa of her little boy. A son, Julian Murray, followed in May 1998. "I wouldn't even smile at him, and I thought he was out of my league." Their paths crossed six years later, and Lisa, just coming out of a relationship, figured he'd do for a quick fling. "He thought I was just this weird freak," she says. Once linked to US chat show host Conan O'Brien, Lisa met her husband, French-born advertising executive Michel Stern, in 1987 when he dated her roommate. Lisa remains humble about her leading lady status, however, saying: "I prefer to think of myself as a supporting actress opposite some extremely big stars." But as Friends wound up in spring 2004, Lisa may have to accept her new status as a burgeoning star of the silver screen. High-profile projects including Analyze This opposite Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro followed. While her Friends castmates were making forgettable movies, Lisa chose more off-beat projects, including the acerbic comedy The Opposite Of Sex for which she received a slew of awards. The show remained wildly popular for a decade, thanks in no small part to Lisa's brilliant performance in the role of Phoebe Buffay, the massage therapist and cheeky coffee shop singer who made the actress a household name. In 1994, Friends launched in the States and suddenly 8pm on Thursday night the programme's home slot became something of a religious experience.
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She was accepted into the celebrated club and in 1992 landed the role of Ursula in the US comedy series Mad About You which in turn led to a shot on another high-profile sitcom. "I always had this feeling, this urge, that I could act if I dared to," she says. Acting was never really part of the master plan, but her older brother's friend and Saturday Night Live alum Jon Lovitz suggested she audition for the famed LA improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings. She graduated from prestigious Vassar College in 1985 with a degree in biology. The youngest of four children, she grew up in southern California, an awkward girl driving around town with her girlfriends "looking for the party that's going to make your whole year worthwhile". Lisa was born on 30 July, 1963, to Lee, a prominent doctor, and Nedra, a travel agent.

But then some of the best laid plans can go astray. As a little girl, Lisa imagined by her mid-30s she'd be a medical researcher with a husband and a trio of kids at home waiting for supper.
