The Comeback is an American comedydrama television series produced by HBO that stars Lisa Kudrow as sitcom actress Valerie Cherish in modernday Los Angeles It was created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King, a former executive producer of Sex and the CityKudrow and King are also screenwriters and executive producers of the series, with King also serving as the director of Kudrow's major movie credits include 'Easy A,' 'Hotel for Dogs,' 'Happy Endings,' 'Neighbors,' 'Neighbors 2 Sorority Rising,' and 'The Girl on the Train' She has guest starred in TV series such as 'Cougar Town,' ' BoJack Horseman ,' 'Angie Tribeca,' and 'Scandal'Lisa Kudrow, Actress Friends Hardly the dumb blonde of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997), Lisa was born in Encino, California on Her mother, Nedra S (Stern), worked as a travel agent, and her father, Lee N Kudrow, is a physician Her parents are both from Jewish f