Eventually, this actress became a member of the renowned Los Angeles improv comedy troupe "The Groundlings" and honed her comedic skills there. Her biggest break came when she was cast as Phoebe Buffay, the lovable folk-singing massage therapist, on the sitcom "Friends". The show became an instant hit and Kudrow went on to earn an Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on the prime-time comedy. Regarding her nationality and ethnicity, she is a white America. Talking about her personal life, Lisa married her longtime boyfriend Michel Stern in 1995.She met her husband while he was dating one of her own friends, and had to wait six years to being her own relationship with him. Michel Stern, a French advertising executive.The couple has one son, Julian Murray Stern. Lisa earns a good salary from her acting career which adds up her current net worth of U.S. $60 million.