Who played Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.?

Lisa Edelstein played Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.

Cuddy is the hospital administrator and dean of medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. As House's supervisor, she tries to control his rule-breaking while also recognizing his extraordinary diagnostic ability. Their professional relationship creates recurring conflicts over patient safety, hospital policy, and House's behavior.

Edelstein portrayed Cuddy for the show's first seven seasons. Her performance made the character an important part of the hospital's leadership rather than merely an administrator who appeared to approve or reject House's requests.

Lisa Cuddy is a fictional physician and administrator, while Lisa Edelstein is the actor who played her. The two names are therefore different kinds of answers: Cuddy is the character, and Edelstein is the performer. That distinction helps avoid confusing this casting question with questions about the character's job or relationships.