Which actress played Dr. 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, manages the institution, and repeatedly confronts his disregard for rules, despite recognizing his extraordinary diagnostic ability.

Edelstein joined the main cast in the series’ first season and remained a major character through season seven. Cuddy’s professional authority created an important counterbalance to House’s independence, while her personal relationship with him became a significant storyline.

Lisa Edelstein is an American actress whose other television credits include roles in The Good Wife, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, and The Kominsky Method. Her House M.D. character is sometimes confused with the hospital’s clinical staff, but Cuddy’s defining role is administrative leadership.