We know Lisa Kudrow as a talented and funny actress and a wonderful producer. For her role as the eccentric Phoebe Buffay in 1998, she received a television Emmy Award. The Friends star credits the rhinoplasty procedure she had at age 16 with completely turning her life around. The actress cannot imagine what would have happened if she had not decided to undergo this operation, which she had difficulty convincing her parents to do. How the interventions of a plastic surgeon helped the future star and what other procedures Lisa does not refuse to do, the editors of the Plastic Club found out.
Childhood and youth
In 1963, Lisa Valerie was born in Los Angeles under the zodiac sign Leo. Lee Kudrow's father is a successful neurologist, and his mother Nedra Stern was in the tourism business. The artist's ancestors lived in Eastern and Central Europe and then emigrated to America. The family raised 3 more children - brothers David and Derrick and sister Helena Marla.
Lisa grew up in Portola, California. Here the girl went to school, played tennis, swimming, and studied French. Already as a child, Lisa encountered anti-Semitism; many children at school did not like her classmate because of her nationality.
At the age of 16, Lisa Valeri, with the permission of her parents, had a nose job, after which she moved to another school. Decades later, Kudrow confirmed that rhinoplasty at a young age changed her life for the better.
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Lisa Kudrow as a child
After school, the future star entered Vassar College, from which she graduated in 1985. Lisa received her bachelor's degree in biology and was planning to do research work. Kudrow moved to Brooklyn, where her father lived and worked, who was ready to help his daughter.
Perhaps Lisa would have made a talented scientist, but one meeting changed plans. In her youth in Brooklyn, Lisa Kudrow met her brother's friend, comedian Jon Lovitz. John convinced the spectacular tall blonde (173 cm and weighing about 60 kg) with green eyes that the beauty, not lacking in a sense of humor, had a happy future on the big stage.
Lisa heeded the comedian’s advice and entered an acting school. True, the celebrity doubted her own abilities for a long time; it was difficult for Kudrow to open up emotionally to the viewer.
One day Lisa saw an advertisement for actors at the improvisation theater The Groundlings and came to the casting. The head of the theater, Cynthia Szigeti, recognized the talent in the girl and took her under her wing. In 1989, Kudrow graduated with honors from theater courses and became a member of the troupe.
Acquaintance
Michel Stern never imagined that he would meet his future wife under such unusual circumstances.
Since childhood, he saw himself in big business, and after studying he became a promising specialist in the field of advertising. When this happened in his homeland, a guy from France decided to move to the USA in order to conquer this country. After a very short time, he showed himself to be a true Frenchman. A young actress with an attractive appearance fell into his soul, and he began to court her. She lived in an apartment with a stern and incredibly serious neighbor named Lisa. This is how Michel first met his future wife.
Movies
Lisa dreamed of television and auditioned for various television projects, including as a TV presenter, but Kudrow had no luck. Finally, in 1992, the actress was cast in the role of waitress Ursula Buffay in the TV series “Mad About You.”
When, after 2 years of filming in the series “Friends,” the heroine’s twin sister was supposed to appear, this role was also offered to Lisa Kudrow. The artist says that she is pleased with the character, because she has many of Lisa’s traits. The naive and pretty Phoebe Buffay, performed by Kudrow, turned out to be bright and extraordinary, and was remembered by the audience.
The series turned out to be rated, and the main characters Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, Ross were so loved by the audience that when Lisa Kudrow announced to the producers that she was pregnant, they decided to leave the actress in the frame and completed the script. As a result, television viewers could watch how the storyline of the film developed, as well as the pregnancy of the funny singer.
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Lisa Kudrow in her youth
Lisa Valery said that “Friends” turned out to be a bright and light series. The artist still believes that for the audience she remains Phoebe Buffay. Kudrow does not hide the fact that sometimes he misses his favorite heroine. Interestingly, during filming, her head was decorated with false curls, as the producers decided that a short hairstyle would not suit the author of the song about a tattered cat.
The film was broadcast for 10 seasons and won 6 Emmy awards and one Golden Globe. Actors Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer got into their own characters so much that they became real friends in real life. And Lisa Kudrow and Courteney Cox became family friends. By the way, both actresses adore dogs.
The project influenced the creative biography of the American woman. Kudrow has been nominated for an Emmy Award six times. In 1998, Lisa received an award for best supporting actress. A year earlier, the star played the main role in the film “Romy and Michelle at the Homecoming.”
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Lisa Kudrow in the series “Friends”
The same year she starred in the film “The Opposite of Sex”, after which People included the celebrity in the TOP 50 most beautiful people in the world. As Lisa Kudrow grew older, she began to feel more clearly competition from the younger generation, and this became torture for the artist.
Fans of Kudrow will remember the 1999 film Analyze This. Together with the actress, Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro starred in the comedy. The latter was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor for his work in the project.
In 2005, Lisa began starring in the HBO series The Return, which she also produced. Critics praised the film, but ratings were low. The series was canceled after the first season.
In 2010, a German-American film based on the novel of the same name by Delia Ephron, Lights Out, was released. The film was about 3 sisters: Maddie (Lisa Kudrow), Georgia (Diane Keaton) and Evie (Meg Ryan), each of whom began to live their own lives. The women's father was played by Walter Matthau, for whom the film was his last.
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Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc in their youth and now
In 2011, Kudrow’s Internet Therapy project was launched. Lisa participated not only as an actress, but also as a screenwriter and producer. The heroine Fiona Walls is a progressive psychotherapist who has developed a new method of contact with clients.
Over time, Lisa Kudrow began to become more involved in producing activities, and appeared on screen in supporting roles. The beauty starred in “Hotel for Dogs,” “Excellent Student of Easy Virtue,” and an episode of “Cougar Town.” After a break in 2013, Lisa played a politician in the TV series Scandal. This work became the first dramatic role in the actress’s work.
2015 gave Kudrow’s fans a meeting in a new format: the actress participated in the dubbing of the popular humorous cartoon “BoJack Horseman.” The owl Wanda Pierce, the protagonist’s friend, spoke in the comedian’s voice. Previously, the celebrity voiced characters in “The Simpsons,” “Hercules,” “King of the Hill” and “American Dad,” but Lisa got her first full-fledged role of this kind in this film.
In October 2016, Lisa Kudrow’s filmography was expanded with a role in the project “The Girl on the Train.” At the same time, Lisa appeared in the supporting cast of the comedy “Neighbors.” On the warpath 2." The topic of the relationship between students and those who have only recently joined the ranks of young fathers and mothers turned out to be a pressing one, so two years after the appearance of the first part in 2014, the second part was published.
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Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston
In 2022, Lisa lent her voice to the animated film The Boss Baby. The actress was accompanied by Hollywood stars Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Buscemi, and Tobey Maguire. In less than a year, the animated comedy grossed $500 million, which prompted the creators to start working on the second part of the story. At the same time, Kudrow appeared in Jeffrey Blitz’s melodrama “Table No. 19.”
In 2022, she played the minor character Charmaine in Olivia Wilde's An Education. The main roles in the film about high school girls went to Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever.
In the spring of 2022, 2 projects with the participation of Lisa Kudrow were released: the American comedy “Space Force” and the Canadian melodrama “Feel Good.”
At the end of a difficult and eventful year, Charlie Brooker invited Kudrow to a new Netflix project - the mockumentary comedy "2020, You're Done!" According to the script, Lisa answered the correspondent’s questions. When talking about Donald Trump’s pressure on Vladimir Zelensky, the artist said: “There is no such place as Ukraine.” In a humorous war of words about the geography of Europe, Kudrow said: “I prefer to believe not.”
A girl's life before they met
Lisa Kudrow has Belarusian roots on her father's side. Grandparents immigrated from Belarus to the United States, where they previously lived in a small village near Minsk. At the age of sixteen, the girl had a strong complex about her appearance, and therefore underwent plastic surgery during this period. Lisa herself talks about that period with a smile and compares herself to Baba Yaga. The reason for this step was the too large hooked nose. This was the only operation in her life, because then she was sure that only rhinoplasty could save the situation with her appearance. The girl did not study to be an actor at all, as is often the case. She has a bachelor's degree in a complex science called biopsychology. Among her hobbies, she notes entertainment on the Internet, as well as traveling around France. She considers Marilyn Monroe to be her role model, and she is still firmly convinced of this.
Personal life
On May 27, 1995, Kudrow became the legal wife of Michel Stern. Lisa's husband owns an advertising business. 3 years after the wedding, the couple had a son, Julian Murray. The happy family lives in their own home in Beverly Hills.
Lisa says that with the birth of her child, life has completely changed. True, the actress had to start working when the baby was not even six months old. In interviews, Kudrow said more than once that she felt guilty when she took an infant to film.
The only thing Kudrow regrets now is that she did not give birth to a second child - Lisa and Michelle postponed this moment. The artist joked about this topic:
"From the moment Julian started talking, he made it clear that he didn't need a sibling."
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Wedding of Lisa Kudrow and Michel Stern
Now the famous blonde has an official account on Instagram, where Kudrow shows photos from her family and professional archives. It’s hard to find shots of Lisa in a swimsuit, but there are a lot of photos and videos with her beloved snow-white lap dog Emma. The star spends his free time from work with his family and teaches creativity at a school for children from disadvantaged families.
According to the American magazine Hello, during the quarantine announced in 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lisa Kudrow with her husband and son retired to the family home in Beverly Hills. Despite the isolation, the company celebrated Julian's birthday in May.
Matt LeBlanc (Joe Tribbiani)
Matt LeBlanc became a father immediately after filming the final season of Friends.
In the winter of 2004, Matt and his wife had a daughter, Marina Pearl. Matt once shared in an interview that his daughter was not happy with the cult series. “I don’t think Marina thinks I’m cool. Her friends already watch Friends, but she finds it boring, primarily because I play in it. At this age, parents always suck, it's a common thing. After watching several episodes, Marina said: “There are too many of you, I don’t like it,” said the actor. In addition to his own daughter, Matt also has a stepdaughter, Jeslyn, and a stepson, Tyler, the children of his wife Melissa McCnine. Jennifer Aniston, who played the role of Rachel Green, and Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing, never had children. At least not yet.
Lisa Kudrow now
In January 2022, Lisa Kudrow spilled the beans to Rob Lowe on his show Literally! With Rob Lowe on plot details for the new episode of Friends. However, with the release of the official teaser, it became clear that the project would not be a continuation of the series.
The leading actors appeared in the same cast in the special edition of the sitcom. The reunion of the six friends drew many admiring comments from fans. Filming took place in familiar settings; the creators of the project recreated locations familiar to viewers - Monica’s cozy apartment, Chandler and Joey’s bachelor pad and, of course, the famous cafe.
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Lisa Kudrow and her son Julian
The actors were asked to fantasize about the fate of their characters. Lisa saw Phoebe in Connecticut, where she enthusiastically takes care of children while married. At the same time, he is developing professionally - he is developing a program for art school students.
Some facts from life
Many fans of the series became interested in who Michel Stern played in Friends, but in fact he was not involved in the filming. This masterpiece of cinema appeared on the screens a year before he and Lisa started a family. The actress admits that at the time they met, she was not ready for a relationship with a man. She considered herself a strange person; her behavior could not be called natural. She always looked at Michel with caution, and that is why she seemed so serious. She entered into a conversation with him quite reluctantly and did it only for the sake of her neighbor, with whom the guy was then in a relationship. Only six years later the first spark slipped between them. The next two years became trials for Michel, because Lisa refused intimacy until her wedding night. But the couple overcame these difficulties.
Filmography
- 1989 – “Merry Company”
- 1992–1999 – “Mad About You”
- 1994–2004 – “Friends”
- 1995 – “The Crazy Nanny”
- 1996 – “Hope and Gloria”
- 1997 – “Romy and Michelle at the Homecoming”
- 1998 – “The Opposite of Sex”
- 1999 – “Analyze This”
- 2005, 2014–2017 – “Return”
- 2008–2017 – “Web therapy”
- 2009 – “Love and Other Circumstances”
- 2010 – “Excellent student of easy virtue”
- 2013 – “Scandal”
- 2014 – “Neighbors. On the warpath"
- 2017 – “Table No. 19”
- 2019 – “Education”
- 2020 – “Space Forces”
- 2020 – “I feel good”
- 2021 – “Friends: Reunion”
