Lisa Edelstein

thumb|Lisa Edelstein in 2007 Lisa Edelstein (born 21 May 1966) is an American actress and playwright best known for playing Lisa Cuddy on the medical drama series House. Quotes I became a vegetarian at 15. I was never a big meat eater — I was always picky. I was raised in a kosher home, and if you're raised with a food restriction, it's not that difficult to have another kind of food restriction. … At some point, I had a dream that I was eating chicken. But in the dream, I understood that it was actually miniature human legs and arms. My brain was connecting muscle and bone to another animal. Once I had made that connection, it just wasn't something I wanted to eat. "Lisa Edelstein: "I Don't Eat for Entertainment!"", interview with Prevention magazine (7 May 2010). Vegetarianism is a really important part of what we need to do to help the environment. The meat industry is really toxic to the environment. The cattle industry — besides the fact that there's a lot of cruel things happening — the manure is extremely toxic. We just need to pull back as a culture as much as we can. "Lisa Edelstein's Exclusive Interview", video interview with PETA (11 April 2012). External links Category:1966 births Category:Actresses from Boston Category:Jewish American actresses Category:Playwrights from the United States Category:Living people Category:Vegetarians Category:New York University alumni Category:Women born in the 1960s