Lisa Edelstein is a famous American actress and playwright best known for her role as Dr. Lisa on the medical drama series "House, M.D. She is best known for providing the voice for 'Kya' in "The Legend of Korra".
Lisa Edelstein's brilliant acting career
Edelstein developed her professional acting career while studying theater at N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of Arts. She performed in a wide range of productions on and off Broadway. Besides that, Lisa authored and launched the AIDS-related musical "Positive Me" at Ellen Stuart's La Mama, in Manhattan. It was her one of the earliest AIDS-related theater productions.
Additionally, Edelstein grabbed her first television experience in 1990 as a host of the cable series Awake on the Wild Side. Since then she had taken on a wide variety of roles, including a call-girl girlfriend on "The West Wing", David Conrad's sister on "Relativity", the transsexual boyfriend of James Le Gros in "Ally McBeal". She played a role of an Orthodox Jewish woman in "Family Law".
Lisa featured in film "House" along with Hugh Laurie. She won a Satellite Award in 2005 for House and M.D. as an Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. Likewise, In the year 2011, Edelstein received a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Drama Actress.
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Ma s sachusetts native, Lisa Edelstein had numerous guest roles on shows like Mad About You and Seinfeld. Lisa, 50, portrayed the lead role of Abby McCarthy in the Bravo series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce. Apart from acting, Lisa has posed in an ad for PETA promoting vegetarianism.
She is a pa s sionate supporter of Best Friends Animal Society. According to US Weekly reports, House star Lisa Edelstein tied the knot with artist Robert Russell on Sunday, May 25, 2014.
Lisa Edelstein's uncovered net worth and sources of income
American performer, Edelstein has an estimated net worth of $6.5 million. Lisa has boosted her net worth from her television and film appearances as an actress. She makes yearly money of $848,485. In spite of going through the rough year, she has millions of dollars to ease the pain.
Lisa Edelstein has taken the No. 1 spot on People With Money’s top 10 highest-paid actresses for 2017 with an estimated $82 million in combined earnings.
Lisa Edelstein owns several restaurants (the “Fat Edelstein Burger” chain) in Washington, a Football Team (the “Boston Angels”). She has launched her own brand of Vodka (Pure Wonderedelstein - US). She is recently is tackling the juniors market with a top-selling perfume (With Love from Lisa) and a fashion line called “Lisa Edelstein Seduction”.
