Who portrays Dr. Lisa Cuddy in House M.D.?

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

Edelstein’s character is the dean of medicine and hospital administrator at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital for much of the series. Cuddy is responsible for managing the institution while also trying to control House, whose diagnostic brilliance is repeatedly accompanied by rule-breaking, insubordination, and expensive medical decisions.

Cuddy and House have a complicated professional relationship that gradually develops into a romantic one. Their conflicts involve hospital policy, patient safety, authority, and House’s refusal to behave like a conventional physician. Cuddy’s administrative role also places her between House and the hospital board, making her one of the show’s most important institutional characters.

Lisa Edelstein is an American actress who worked in television and film before and after House M.D. She left the main cast after the show’s seventh season. The character Lisa Cuddy should not be confused with Edelstein herself; Cuddy’s medical career, authority, and storylines belong to the fictional series.