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Lisa Edelstein (born May 21 1967) is an award-winning American actress and playwright. She currently stars as Lisa Cuddy on critically-acclaimed FOX drama, House. Lisa Edelstein was born to Jewish parents Alvin and Bonnie Edelstein in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her father is currently a pediatrician in New Jersey. 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 Fine 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 Party Monster. After being dubbed a "celebutante" by Newsweek magazine during her club kid days, Edelstein used her newfound celebrity to write, compose and star...

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Lisa authored, composed and performed the musical, "Positive Me," at Ellen Stuart's La Mama in Manhattan, one of the earliest AIDS-related theater productions.

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.