Lisa and Michel originally met in the '80s under some truly wild circumstances. (I'm not even sure the Friends writers could have come up with it, TBH!) They married in 1995 and welcomed their son, Julian Murray Stern, three years later in 1998. Get to know Michel and Lisa's love story a little better, below!

How did Lisa Kudrow meet Michel Stern?

He reportedly met Kudrow when he was dating her roommate

Kudrow was living with a roommate when the actress was first introduced to Stern — who was her roommate's boyfriend.

How much older is Michael Stern than Lisa Kudrow?

Lisa Kudrow, 60, is married to advertising executive Michael Stern. Born and raised in France, Michael, 65, moved to the United States in the 1980s for his career and has remained ever since.

Does Lisa Kudrow have an identical twin sister?

Lisa Kudrow's Sister Was Her Double For Ursula Scenes On Friends. Most of Ursula's scenes on Friends were opposite Phoebe, but since Lisa Kudrow is not a twin, the production team had to use some tricks to sell the idea.

Is Lisa Kudrow a medical doctor?

The child of a travel agent and a physician, she completed high school and went on to complete a psychobiology degree at Vassar College, a small liberal arts college in the state of New York. After graduating, Kudrow returned to Los Angeles to follow a career in research and work with her father.

Lisa Kudrow on 28-year marriage to Michael Stern

What is the IQ of Lisa Kudrow?

Boasting an IQ of 154, Kudrow graduated from Vassar College in New York with a Bachelor of Science.

Did Lisa Kudrow go to Harvard?

Kudrow graduated from Vassar College with a degree in biology and after graduation she began working with her father — a world-renowned headache specialist — on a study concerning hemispheric dominance and headache types, she said in her 2010 commencement address at the college.

What ethnicity is Lisa Kudrow?

She is of Belarusian, German, Hungarian, and Polish Jewish descent. Some of her Belarusian ancestors were from Ilya. Almost all Jews in Ilya were murdered during the Holocaust, including Kudrow's paternal great-grandmother. Her paternal grandmother later left Belarus for Brooklyn, where her father grew up.

Are Phoebe and Ursula real twins?

Helene does have the same body type, height, and structure as Phoebe, but they were never face-to-face; Ursula always had her back towards the camera or vice versa, as they are not twins. Before landing a lead role on Friends, Kudrow also appeared as the waitress Ursula on the NBC sitcom Mad About You.

Is Lisa Kudrow fluent in French?

She speaks French fluently, as does her Friends (1994) co-star, Matt LeBlanc. Her character Phoebe Buffay on Friends (1994) became pregnant with her brother's triplets (by artificial insemination) to cover up Kudrow's own pregnancy.

Why wasn't Matt LeBlanc invited to Jennifer Aniston's wedding?

While we don't know the real reason, it might have been related to what went down during Jennifer Aniston's first wedding with Brad Pitt. LeBlanc revealed in an interview that Aniston wasn't pleased when he declined the invite. “I missed when she married Brad. I was in Austria working.

What does Lisa Kudrow do now?

Following her time on the show, Kudrow has stayed busy with roles on TV shows such as The Comeback, Web Therapy and Space Force and in films including The Girl on the Train (2016), Long Shot (2019), Like a Boss (2020) and Better Nate Than Ever (2022).

Was Lisa Kudrow's husband on Friends?

What does Lisa Kudrow's son do?

What does Michel Stern do for a living?

Is Lisa Kudrow Russian?

Her parents are both from Jewish families (from Belarus, Russia, and Hungary). Lisa was raised in Tarzana and played varsity-level tennis in high school and college, and is a pool shark who has mastered some of the more difficult trick shots (so beware).

Why does Phoebe wear a wig in season 6?

Producers thought her real-life hair was too short for the character of Phoebe.

Was Phoebe really pregnant during Friends?

Did you know Lisa Kudrow was pregnant in real-life while filming Phoebe's pregnancy in Friends? Yes. The makers decided to write Lisa Kudrow's pregnancy into the show and incorporated it as the track where Phoebe is pregnant with triplets in the show's fourth season.

Is Phoebe in Friends autistic?

Diagnosis. The character of Phoebe displays symptoms of both ADHD and Asperger`s syndrome. On the ADHD side, Phoebe is extremely hyperactive. Symptoms of ADHD seen in adults is restlessness, which as example, when she`s upset, she eats her hair.

Is Phoebe's birth mom her real mom?

However, Phoebe discovers she has a paternal half-brother Frank, Jr., and later meets her real mother Phoebe Abbott (Teri Garr), who had given her up for adoption when she was born.

What ethnicity is Monica from Friends?

In terms of ethnicity, Crane confirmed that both Monica and Ross are half-Jewish, with their father being Jewish and their mother being of non-Jewish European ancestry.

What nationality is Joey from Friends?

He is from Queens, New York and is Catholic. Joey comes from a working-class Italian-American family of eight children, of which he is the only boy. His father Joseph Tribbiani Sr.

Has Lisa Kudrow had any surgery?

Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow)

Lisa has previously admitted to having a Rhinoplasty procedure, often referred to as a nose job, at a very early age. Lisa's nose following the surgery appears slimmer at the bridge and alar base. With a slightly raised tip.

What degree does Julian Kudrow have?

He has a degree in the cinematic arts

Julian is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He earned a bachelor's degree in film and TV production in 2021.

Why didn t Lisa Kudrow go to England?

So get that pop-up map ready and put on your Union Jack hat, because here are the most memorable locations that the Friends gang visited during their London trip. Lisa Kudrow did not join the others in London as she was too heavily pregnant to fly, as was her character Phoebe.