Who Do You Think You Are? Season Two

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Biography

Emmy Award-winning actress Lisa Kudrow continues to bring her original sense of comedic timing and delivery to every role she takes on.

Her upcoming feature film projects include the recently completed independent films "Paper Man" opposite Jeff Daniels, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival earlier this year; "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits" with Natalie Portman for director Don Roos, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this fall; and "Easy A" with Stanley Tucci, Patricia Clarkson and Thomas Hayden Church.

Lisa has received rave reviews for her previous feature film roles. She won the Best Supporting Actress Award from the New York Film Critics, an Independent Spirit Award nomination and a Chicago Film Critics Award nomination for her role in the Don Roos-scripted and directed film "The Opposite of Sex" (1998). She won a Blockbuster Award and received a nomination for an American Comedy Award for her starring role opposite Billy Crystal and Robert DeNiro in the Warner Bros. box office hit "Analyze This" (1999) for director Harold Ramis. [ Read More ]

Emmy Award-winning actor Lisa Kudrow warmed our hearts as Phoebe Buffay on "Friends" for years. Now, she travels to the homeland of her ancestors, revealing devastating truths. She hopes to answer a 60-year-old mystery and rewrite her family's history. Watch Lisa's story.

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Full Episode

Full-Episode: Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow journeys to the small Jewish town of Ilya where she discovers how her great-grandmother died in the Holocaust. Yet, Lisa finds hope when she uncovers a 60-year old family mystery. Watch full episode.

Highlight

Highlighted Moment: Finding Peace in Tragedy
Lisa visits the final resting place of her grandmother, where many other Jews were executed by the Nazis during World War II. Watch clip.

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Bonus Scene: Just a Crust of Bread
Lisa learns how hard it was for her grandmother being a poor immigrant in America. Watch clip.

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Bonus Scene: Up in the Air
On a long flight to Poland, Lisa hopes to uncover the mystery of her father's long-lost cousin Yuri and what became of him. Watch clip.

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Recap The Journey
Lisa Kudrow's roots date back to the Holocaust, which means that, like many other Eastern European Jews, her connections to her ancestors have been lost. Her father, Lee, has been trying to solve one of their family's mysteries for almost 60 years. What happened to their family during World War II—and what became of a long-lost cousin who survived it? Lisa is on a mission to find out.
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The Holocaust
Click here to see a photo gallery of what was in Lisa's episode, including the photos from the Holocaust. View now.

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Lisa's Journey
Click through photos from Lisa's journey. View now.

Historical Documents

Lisa's Family
See historical photos of Lisa's ancestors. View now.

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Did You Know? The Holocaust
There's more to know that wasn't in the episode. Read more about the historical facts here. Find out now.

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