Lisa Edelstein: Blurbs

She graduated Wayne Valley High School in 1984 edit »
Her last name Edelstein is German; it means 'Jewel'. edit »
Lisa's favorite House quote is, "Inamrinone can cause arrhythmia and thrombocytopenia". edit »
Lisa's mom, dad, aunt and uncle have all been extras on House.
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Lisa Edelstein currently lives in Los Angeles in a century-old home with her cat and rescue dogs. edit »
If you look closely, you'll notice that Lisa's left eye is slightly higher than the right. This condition is called Hyperphoria. edit »
Lisa's parents, Alvin and Bonnie Edelstein, wanted their daughter to be a lawyer which Lisa said would have been "my version of hell." edit »
Lisa's birthday is May 21, 1967, which makes her a Taurus. edit »
In the mid-1980s Lisa was well known as Party girl Lisa E, dubbed "New York's reigning Queen of the night". edit »
When asked if she is hoping that House and Cuddy will have sex Lisa answered: "Oh, definitely." edit »
Lisa's Chinese sign is the Goat. edit »
Lisa's Astrological sign is Gemini. edit »
Lisa enjoys writing, composing music and painting. edit »
Lisa's father is a doctor, and the actress recalls "going to the emergency room for fun" as a child. edit »
Lisa has 3 rescue dogs named Sandwich, Wolf E. and Bumper and one cat named Bug. edit »
Lisa donates time to the animal sanctuary Best Friends. edit »
Lisa will not eat meat or wear animal products. edit »
Lisa practices Ashtanga yoga six days a week. edit »
Lisa got her start on MTV's Awake on the Wild Side, at age 24. edit »
Lisa studied theater at N.Y.U. edit »
Lisa authored, composed and performed the musical, Positive Me, at Ellen Stuart's La Mama in Manhattan edit »
Lisa is left handed edit »
Lisa is 5'6'' (167.6 cm) edit »

Lisa Edelstein: (About the dynamic between House and Cuddy)
It is very much like a husband-wife relationship, like people who have been together 50 years. There's a lot of bickering, but a lot of love underneath it. The way you could fight with somebody because you know the foundation is firm. I love their complicated relationship. I love how it's slowly becoming unfurled, how the dynamic is becoming more and more layered. I'm eager to see where (the writers) go with it, because it just gets more and more interesting. I love working with Hugh, too. We have a really nice chemistry together and we have a lot of fun. So the more the better. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: I always assumed I'd be doing toothpaste commercials. The problem was, I always made commercial copy sound psychotic. I guess that's how I found my way here. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: (after going to bed with Rob Lowe on The West Wing) Being with Rob Lowe was very exciting because I was in love with him when I was a girl. And I must admit James Spader is pretty sexy, too. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: (after doing the voice of Lex Luther‘s sidekick on the animated Superman series) I love doing animation. For American Dad next season, I play a crazed woman from JDate (an online dating service for Jewish singles). edit »
Lisa Edelstein: (asked if she’d be attracted to someone like House) Yeah, I like a smartypants. It’s sexy when a guy is that witty and bright, even at the cost of social skills. I have plenty of social skills of my own. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: The show is a medical drama with a twist, the lead [Laurie] is this brilliant, incredible doctor with this amazing talent, but really he has no interest in talking to people. Plus he's addicted to painkillers, which just adds fuel to the fire. House is very CSI-like in that it dives into the human body and gives viewers a tour of the body from the inside -- a look at the veins and the heart... It's dark yet it's funny. It's very intelligently written, sort of like a medical West Wing. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: There are so many good roles for women out there, I don't understand it when people say the role choices are fewer as you get older. I find the opposite to be true, there are less good roles out there for the hot 20-year-olds because the normal girl parts just aren't interesting. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: I was one of those people who was literally famous for doing nothing...I was always a part of the club scene in New York and eventually was able to produce my own musical about AIDS (Positive Me) because of the audience and press I received as a club kid. Eventually I was called in to screen test for this MTV show because word was out I was this neat club kid turned playwright. I got the job and basically was humiliated on the air everyday. I'm an actor, not a hostess. It was horrifying. I had all this baby fat, so I was just huge on camera... I still can't watch one frame of the show. Then I got all this hate mail because I couldn't play the part right... Luckily the show got canceled after seven months. I was so relieved. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: I think it's really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous? People criticize Michael Moore, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon for standing up for what they believe in, but that's what they do. They never pretended to be anyone else. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: (about the possibility of changing her name) It's not very glamorous, and I lost out in the past because it was too "ethnic", but most of my parents' families were killed in the Holocaust, and it would be denying my family line. It didn’t stop me. I have a great career. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: (When asked if she would like for her character on "House" to get together with the snarky Doc) I'd love to see my character and House hook up. But it's not fair, because he flirts with Cameron, too, damn it! I find myself reading scripts and getting jealous. edit »
Lisa Edelstein: The hardest part about being vegan is shoes. I mean really that's the only difficult part, finding shoes that don't have leather on them edit »
Lisa Edelstein: My dogs remind me that the simple pleasures in life are enough to make a day great edit »