Which actor portrays hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.?

Lisa Edelstein portrays hospital administrator Dr. Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.

Cuddy is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital for most of the series. She supervises House, manages the institution’s competing financial and medical pressures, and frequently confronts his disregard for rules.

Lisa Edelstein’s performance established Cuddy as more than an authority figure. The character is a physician and administrator who understands House’s abilities while recognizing the risks created by his behavior. Her professional relationship with House gradually becomes one of the show’s major interpersonal storylines.

Edelstein remained a central cast member through season seven. Cuddy does not appear in the show’s eighth and final season, which is why some viewers associate the hospital’s leadership with later characters instead. The actor’s first name and the character’s first name are both Lisa, but they are separate identities.