Lisa Kudrow
Phoebe Buffay in Friends, The Comeback
The Quirky Lioness
Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe Buffay is comedy gold — a creation of such specific, generous warmth that she became the breakout character of the most-watched TV show of the 1990s. But Kudrow is more than Phoebe: she graduated from Vassar with a biology degree, co-created and starred in The Comeback, and has quietly become one of television’s sharpest comedy minds.
Leo Legacy
- Friends: Phoebe Buffay across 10 seasons — the most original character in the show
- The Comeback: HBO series she co-created and starred in — a masterpiece of cringe comedy
- Web Therapy: Pioneer of short-form online comedy as early as 2008
- Smelly Cat: Wrote and performed one of television’s most iconic fictional songs
Kudrow’s Leo gift is making the strange seem like the most natural thing in the world.
“The best thing you can do is be passionate about what you do.”