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Lisa Kudrow

Lisa Kudrow

4 films · 502 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20022021

Born 30 July 1963 · Encino, California, USA

Lisa Valerie Kudrow is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite, American Comedy and TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the most significant television characters of all time and is considered Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career.

She initially appeared in a 1989 episode of the hit sitcom Cheers, playing a character named Emily.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 502 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20022021

  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series2000
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series1995
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series1998
  • People Magazine Awards2014
  • Dorian Awards2014
  • Webby Award2011
  • Webby Award2009
  • Gracie Awards2006
  • Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy2001
  • American Comedy Awards2000
  • TV Guide Award2000
  • Blockbuster Entertainment Awards2000

How their films are shot

Measured across 502 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Lisa takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 43% natural — the look of the work Lisa takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night37%
Interior11%
Golden hour6%

Lighting

Natural43%
High key36%
Low key20%

Shot size

Medium68%
Wide12%
Closeup12%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level91%
High angle5%

Mood

Neutral71%
Tense10%
Joyful6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 502 frames from Lisa Kudrow's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.