Who is the tallest female member of the cast of "Friends"?

Lisa Kudrow is the tallest female member of the main cast of Friends.

Kudrow, who played the eccentric musician Phoebe Buffay, is commonly listed at about 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm). That makes her taller than Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green, and Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller. The three actresses formed the sitcom’s central female trio throughout its 1994–2004 run.

A common mix-up comes from the show’s opening-credit order. The six principal cast members were often presented in an order that fans have noted broadly follows their reported heights from shorter to taller: Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer. Kudrow therefore appears after the other two main female stars in that comparison.

Kudrow’s height also helped distinguish Phoebe visually within the ensemble, although costume, footwear, camera angles, and posture can make on-screen comparisons unreliable. Among the six principal Friends actors, however, David Schwimmer was generally reported as the tallest overall, while Kudrow held that distinction among the women.