Lisa Edelstein was born on May 21, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is an award-winning American actress and playwright.

After a brief stint hosting Awake on the Wild Side for MTV in 1990, she spent the early '90s appearing in guest roles on several popular comedies, including Mad About You, Wings, The Larry Sanders Show and Seinfeld.

Bigger roles in TV dramas soon followed, among them the lesbian sister on ABC's Relativity in 1996; Rob Lowe's date turned high-priced call girl on The West Wing in 1999; a male-to-female transsexual on Ally McBeal in 2000 and Ben's girlfriend on Felicity in 2001.

She also continued to land guest star spots on shows such as ER, Frasier, Just Shoot Me, Without a Trace and Judging Amy.

Filmography

• Special Delivery (2008) (TV)
• "House M.D." (83 episodes, 2004-2008)
• "King of the Hill" (1 episode, 2007)
• "American Dad!" (1 episode, 2007)
• My Lunch with Larry (2007)
• Grilled (2006)
• Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV)
• Say Uncle (2005)
• "Justice League" (3 episodes, 2003-2005)
• Fathers and Sons (2005) (TV)
• "Miss Match" (1 episode, 2004)
• "Judging Amy" (1 episode, 2004)
• "Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2003)
• "The Practice" (2 episodes, 2003)
• A Date with Darkness: The Trial and Capture of Andrew Luster (2003) (TV)
• "Watching Ellie" (1 episode, 2003)
• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• "Presidio Med" (1 episode, 2003)
• Obsessed (2002) (TV)
• "Felicity" (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
• "Leap of Faith" (6 episodes, 2002)
• "Going to California" (1 episode, 2001)
• Black River (2001) (TV)
• "Family Law" (1 episode, 2001)
• "Ally McBeal" (5 episodes, 2000-2001)
• What Women Want (2000)
• "Grosse Pointe" (1 episode, 2000)
• "The West Wing" (5 episodes, 1999-2000)
• Keeping the Faith (2000)
• "Grapevine" (1 episode, 2000)
• Legal Aid (1999) (TV)
• 30 Days (1999)
• "Sports Night" (2 episodes, 1999)
• "L.A. Doctors" (1 episode, 1999)
• "Conrad Bloom" (1 episode, 1998)
• Susan's Plan (1998)
• I'm Losing You (1998)
• L.A. Without a Map (1998)
• Indiscreet (1998) (TV)
• The Batman/Superman Movie (1998) (TV) (voice)
• "Frasier" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Just Shoot Me!" (1 episode, 1998)
• "In the Loop" (1998) TV series
• "Almost Perfect" (9 episodes, 1995-1997)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• "Cybill" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Superman" (8 episodes, 1996-1997)
• "ER" (1 episode, 1997)
• "Relativity" (5 episodes, 1996)
• "Ned and Stacey" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Partners" (1 episode, 1995)
• Love Affair (1994)
• Wild Oats" (1 episode, 1994)
• "The Larry Sanders Show" (1 episode, 1994)
• "Seinfeld" (2 episodes, 1993)
• "Wings" (1 episode, 1993)
• "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1992)
• "Mad About You" (1 episode, 1992)
• The Doors (1991)