What is the name of the actor who played Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.?

Lisa Edelstein played Dr. Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.

Cuddy is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. She supervises Gregory House, repeatedly confronts his rule-breaking, and still protects his diagnostic department when she believes his work benefits patients. Edelstein joined the main cast in the first season and remained a major character through season seven.

Lisa Edelstein is the actor’s full name, while Lisa Cuddy is the fictional character’s name. Edelstein’s performance made Cuddy one of the show’s most important authority figures and one of House’s principal personal and professional counterparts. Their relationship developed across several seasons, combining workplace conflict, mutual respect, and romantic tension.

Edelstein left the regular cast before the eighth and final season. Cuddy’s departure changed the hospital’s leadership structure and altered House’s personal storyline. Because Cuddy is often identified by her position rather than her surname, viewers sometimes remember the character more readily than the actor who portrayed her.