Who played Dr. Lisa Cuddy in the House, M.D. television series?

Lisa Edelstein played Dr. Lisa Cuddy in the House, M.D. television series.

Cuddy is the Dean of Medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Her job requires her to manage the institution while repeatedly confronting House’s rule-breaking methods and demanding that his department justify its actions.

Edelstein’s performance made Cuddy both an authority figure and one of the show’s central characters. Her professional relationship with House gradually developed into a more complicated personal relationship, adding another layer to the hospital’s administrative conflicts.

Lisa Edelstein is an American actress who also worked as a writer, director, and producer. Cuddy was a main character for much of the series, but Edelstein left the regular cast after the show’s seventh season and did not return as a series regular in season eight.