Lisa Edelstein is an American actress, musician, artist, producer, director and screenwriter. The role of Lisa Cuddy in the series "House MD" brought her world fame, but this is not her only achievement. The actress has more than eighty roles in the movie. Fans know her from the films: “Ambulance”, “Sybill”, “It Can't Be Better”, “What Women Want”, “Divorce Instructions for Women”, “Castle”, “Elementary”.
The creative biography of Edelstein began in the 90s of the last century. Today, she continues to star in films and TV shows. Lisa is a fan of a healthy lifestyle, yoga and vegetarianism. This helps her to keep fit and look much younger than her years. In addition, the actress is fond of music, writes her own songs and tries herself as a playwright.
Edelstein acted as a screenwriter and director of the series "Divorce Instructions for Women" and starred in it in the title role. The TV show was released from 2014 to 2018 and was highly appreciated by the audience.
early years
The girl was born in the USA in the spring of 1966. Her father worked as a pediatrician, and her mother ran a household and raised children, of whom there were three in the family. Parents hoped that the girl would receive an excellent education and devote her life to legal practice, but Lisa dreamed of a completely different life.
From school, the girl was attracted to creativity. By the end of school, she firmly decided to become an actress. When Lisa was eighteen years old, she went to get an education in New York, where she began to study acting at the art school.
Film career
The debut on the television screen took place with Lisa in the show "Club Children". The young and talented actress immediately attracted the attention of not only the audience, but also film critics. In the same period, Edelstein first appeared in the role of creator of her own musical performance called "Positive Me".
After a successful debut, the girl was invited to MTV, where she worked for some time as a leading music entertainment channel. But the dreams of the career of the actress Lisa did not leave, she was looking for any opportunity to start acting in films, passing various castings.
She received her first small roles in the series: Law of Los Angeles, Doors, and Seinfield. This was followed by work in new projects, among which were: "Ambulance", "Crazy about you", "Fraser", "West Wing", "Relativity", "Family Law", "What women want, " but their popularity they didn’t bring her.
Fame and fame came to the actress in 2004, when she was invited to the main role of Lisa Cuddy in the cult project "Doctor House". Her partner on the set was Hugh Laurie, who perfectly played the role of the doctor Gregory House.
The series became popular all over the world, brought to the creators and actors not only the love of the audience, but also numerous awards, including: Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Saturn.
Edelstein has been working on the set of Doctor House since 2004, but, despite her enormous popularity, she left the project in 2011.
A year later, Lisa starred in several new series at once: "Elementary", "Castle", "American Dad", "Resident Lie", but she failed to repeat the success of "House". It was only in 2014 that she got the main role in the new project “Divorce Instructions for Women”, which brought her another portion of fame.
