Birthplace: Encino, CA
Date of Birth: 07/30/1963
Education: Vassar College
Phoebe Buffay on Friends
Brainy and grounded, this blond bombshell is no "Phoebe Flake."
Biography :
"It's bad enough to have my performance reviewed, but when you get reviewed just for existing�that's tough. At my first Emmys, I got a big thumbs-up from Joan Rivers about my dress, and I thought, 'Phew!' Then I was disappointed that I cared. But I've realized that I have to try to go with it and have fun�to take more control of my look and inject a little more of myself." �InStyle, August 1997
When Lisa decided to follow in the medical footsteps of her father, who is a research scientist in the field of migraine headaches, she suppressed her strong desires to become an actress. Thinking that she would not be taken seriously as a performer, she was finally swayed when her brother's best friend, Jon Lovitz, became a regular on Saturday Night Live. In 1990, she joined the Groundlings, an improv group, performing while struggling to find auditions. Unhappy, she attended therapy lessons, which helped Lisa overcome her fear of being wrong.
In 1993, after a few minor roles, she struck gold. Playing the nutty waitress Ursula on Mad About You, she impressed critics so much that NBC created the character Phoebe (Ursula's twin sister) for the series that led to a nomination for an American Comedy Award in 1994. In 1997 she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. Today, Lisa lives in Los Angeles with her husband of four years, Michael Stern, and their son, Julian Murray.
Her Movies:
In Production:
All Over the Guy (2001)
Lucky Numbers (2000) .... Crystal
Hanging Up (2000) .... Maddy
Analyze This (1999) .... Laura MacNamara
"Hercules" (1998) TV Series .... Aphrodite: Goddess of Love
... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA)
Opposite of Sex, The (1998) .... Lucia Delury
Hacks (1997/I) .... Reading Woman
... aka Big Twist, The (1997) (USA)
... aka Sink or Swim (1997) (USA: video title)
Clockwatchers (1997) .... Paula
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) .... Michele Weinberger
Mother (1996/II) .... Linda
Crazysitter, The (1995) .... Adrian Wexler-Jones
... aka Two Much Trouble (1995)
In the Heat of Passion II: Unfaithful (1994) .... Teller
... aka Behind Closed Doors (1994)
... aka Unfaithful (1994)
"Friends" (1994) TV Series .... Phoebe Buffay
"Mad About You" (1992) TV Series .... Ursula Buffay (1993-1999)
In the Heat of Passion (1992)
... aka Heat of Passion (1992) (USA)
"Bob" (1992) TV Series .... Kathy Fleisher
Dance with Death (1991)
Unborn, The (1991) .... Louisa
Murder in High Places (1991) (TV)
To the Moon, Alice (1990) (TV) .... Friend of Perky Girl
L.A. on $5 a Day (1989) .... Charmer