Lisa Edelstein Biography
Lisa Edelstein is a well-known American actress. She is best known for her role as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the Fox medical drama series House MD from 2004 to 2011. Edelstein portrayed Abby McCarthy in the Bravo series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce from 2014 to 2018. In the DC Animated Universe, she also provides the voice of Mercy Graves.
How old is Lisa Edelstein? – Age
She is 56 years old as of 21 May 2022. She was born in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Lisa Edelstein Family
Edelstein was born in a Jewish family to Bonnie and Alvin Edelstein, the youngest of three children. Chilton Memorial Hospital was where her father worked as a pediatrician. She grew up in Wayne, New Jersey, and graduated from Wayne Valley High School in 1984. At the age of 18, she moved to New York City to study theatre at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Who is Lisa Edelstein’s Husband?
Edelstein married artist Robert Russell in Los Angeles on May 25, 2014. Russell’s two sons from a previous marriage were given to her as stepchildren.
Lisa Edelstein’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $8 Million.
Lisa Edelstein House
She appeared as Dr. Lisa Cuddy in the Dean of Medicine and Chief Hospital Administrator of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital from Season 1 to Season 7 of the American medical drama television series House.
She was Dr. House’s and Dr. Wilson’s direct superior. She is an endocrinology specialist, but when she was in charge at PPTH, her administrative responsibilities took precedence over her role as a medical practitioner. House’s boss and the object of his sexual and romantic fantasies is portrayed as Cuddy. She dresses form-fitting and feminine because she values her professional life and would otherwise be perceived as a frigid, cold-hearted administrator. She mentions wanting a child several times throughout the show; she tries IVF three times with three unsuccessful implantations, one of which results in miscarriage. In Season 5, she eventually adopts a baby girl.
Lisa Edelstein Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce
She appeared as Abby McCarthy, a self-help book author in her early 40s in Los Angeles in the American comedy-drama television series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. Her marriage recently ended, causing serious disruption in both her personal and professional lives.
Lisa Edelstein The Kominsky Method
She appeared as Phoebe, Norman’s estranged daughter who struggles with a pill addiction in the American comedy-drama streaming television series The Kominsky Method. The Kominsky Method follows Sandy Kominsky, a fictional actor who had a brief career and is now a renowned Hollywood acting coach.
Lisa Edelstein The Legend of Korra
Kya’s voice was provided by her in The Legend of Korra. Kya is Avatar Aang and Katara’s second child, their only daughter, and the couple’s only waterbending child. Following Aang’s death, she settled down with her mother in the Southern Water Tribe after traveling the world and becoming a renowned healer on her own, though she frequently travels to Republic City to help out whenever the city is in trouble.
Kya first appeared as a member of the Southern Water Tribe in 171 AG. She saw Korra tell Tenzin she no longer needed his services and fired him as her teacher. Later that night, Kya was awakened by the attack of a dark spirit, which Chief Unalaq calmed. Kya suspects he was too preoccupied with his duty to Republic City to spend time with his children. The siblings follow the first footprints of Ikki down a trail near a waterfall.
Kya began to heal Bumi, but quickly became embroiled in an argument with Tenzin about their bending abilities. She chastised him for not realizing he couldn’t do everything a bender could. Kya and Bumi agreed to return to the temple to see if Ikki had returned, while Tenzin continued to look on his own.
Lisa Edelstein The Good Doctor
She played Dr. Marina Blaize in the television series The Good Doctor. Dr. Marina Blaize is a physician at St. Bonaventure Hospital. Despite being fired previously, she was rehired at the hospital as one of Dr. Aaron Glassman’s final acts as president. Dr. Glassman had been diagnosed with brain cancer and wanted her to perform his surgery.
Throughout Season 2, Blaize treats Glassman for cancer, becoming increasingly frustrated with his actions. However, the cancer treatment is successful, and after receiving his final test results, Blaize declares Glassman cancer-free in “Breakdown.” In return, Glassman gives her a personal gift that makes Blaize cry. Blaize suggests that Glassman’s ordeal has changed him for the better, stating that before his cancer, he would never have considered giving her such a gift.
Lisa Edelstein Movies
♦ 2021 – Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets
♦ 2016 – Joshy
♦ 2013 – She Loves Me Not
♦ 2005 – Say Uncle
♦ 2003 – Daddy Day Care
♦ 2000 – Keeping the Faith
♦ 2000 – What Women Want
♦ 1999 – 30 Days
♦ 1998 – Susan’s Plan
♦ 1998 – L.A. Without a Map
♦ 1997 – As Good as It Gets
♦ 1991 – The Doors
Lisa Edelstein TV Shows
♦ 2021-22 – 9-1-1: Lone Star
♦ 2018–19 – The Good Doctor
♦ 2021 – The Kominsky Method
♦ 2014–18 – Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce
♦ 2013 – House of Lies
♦ 2013 – Scandal
♦ 2013 – Castle
♦ 2013–14 – The Legend of Korra
♦ 2012 – Blue-Eyed Butcher
♦ 2012 – Elementary
♦ 2011 – Childrens Hospital
♦ 2011 – The Good Wife
♦ 2011 – Paul The Male Matchmaker
♦ 2008 – Special Delivery
♦ 2007 – King of the Hill
♦ 2007–11 – American Dad!
♦ 2005 – Justice League Unlimited