Lisa Cuddy is the hospital administrator in House M.D.
Cuddy serves as Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. She supervises House, manages the institution’s practical and financial demands, and repeatedly tries to limit the risks created by his unconventional behavior.
Lisa Edelstein played Cuddy for the first seven seasons of the series. The character is also a physician, holding a background in endocrinology, which allows her to understand House’s medical ability even while opposing his disregard for rules.
Cuddy’s professional relationship with House gradually becomes a major personal storyline. Their history includes conflict, mutual respect, and a romantic relationship. She is sometimes confused with House’s former partner Stacy Warner or with members of his diagnostic team, but Cuddy’s central role is hospital leadership and oversight.