Dr. Cuddy’s first name in House M.D. is Lisa.
Lisa Cuddy, played by Lisa Edelstein, is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. She supervises House and frequently confronts him over his disregard for rules, patients, and institutional authority.
Cuddy is not merely an administrator who appears to obstruct House. She is also a physician with a medical background and has responsibility for the hospital’s clinical and financial operations. Her decisions often involve balancing House’s extraordinary diagnostic results against the risks created by his methods.
The character’s professional conflict with House becomes a major continuing storyline, and the two also develop a romantic relationship for part of the series. Cuddy’s first name is sometimes overlooked because she is usually addressed by her surname or professional title. Lisa Edelstein played the role through the show’s seventh season.