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Lisa Edelstein Profile |
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Birth Date: May 21, 1966
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Birth Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Birth Name: Lisa Edelstein
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Height: 5'4"
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Biography |
Lisa Edelstein is an American actress and playwright. She
currently stars as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the critically
acclaimed drama House.
Lisa Edelstein was born to Jewish parents Alvin and Bonnie
Edelstein in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her father is a
pediatrician in New Jersey at Chilton Memorial Hospital. One
of three children, she was raised in Wayne, New Jersey and
attended Wayne Valley High School, graduating in 1984. She
moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study theatre at
New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. While living
in New York, she became involved in the club scene known
only as "Lisa E.", and caused enough of a stir in the
community to be dubbed New York City's "Queen of Downtown"
by writer and fellow celebutante James St. James, who
briefly refers to Edelstein in his 1999 book Disco
Bloodbath.
Edelstein currently resides in a home built in 1913 in Los
Angeles with her cat and three rescue dogs. She is a
vegetarian and an avid practitioner of Mysore style Ashtanga
Yoga. She frequently volunteers for the Best Friends Animal
Society. In her spare time she enjoys writing, painting and
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Lisa authored, composed and performed the musical "Positive
Me," one of the earliest AIDS-related theater productions,
at Ellen Stuart's La Mama in Manhattan.
She began her professional acting career while studying
theater at N.Y.U.
She enjoys writing, composing music and painting.
Played a transsexual on "Ally McBeal" (1997), a sex-obsessed
artist on "Frasier" (1993), and a high-priced call girl on
"The West Wing" (1999).
Is a vegan; will not eat meat or wear animal products.
Donates time to the animal sanctuary Best Friends.
Practices Ashtanga yoga six days a week.
She currently resides in Los Angeles.
Has three dogs. Their names are Sandwich, Wolf-E. and Bumpa.
She also has one cat.
Daughter of Alvin Edelstein and Bonnie Edelstein.
Speaks Spanish.
Her father, Alvin Edelstein, was a pediatrician. |
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since January 23, 2009