Phoebe Buffay's twin sister, Ursula, was also a character on Mad About You.

Phoebe Buffay's twin sister, Ursula, was also a character on Mad About You.

Friends' Ursula Buffay

Ursula Buffay, Phoebe's twin sister, is a waitress in the TV show Mad About You (1992). In this "crossover" episode between the two sitcoms, Fran (Leila Kenzle) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) visit Central Perk and mistake Phoebe for Ursula.

Is Ursula from Friends in Mad About You?

Frank Buffay Sr. Right, okay. Ursula Pamela Buffay is a fictional character appearing on the two sitcoms Mad About You and Friends. She is portrayed by Lisa Kudrow, who also portrayed her identical twin sister and one of the six main characters on Friends, Phoebe.

Why is Ursula Buffay in Mad About You?

Ursula Buffay originated in another sitcom: Mad About You. The series aired on NBC from 1992 to 1999, so when Lisa Kudrow was cast as Phoebe in Friends in 1994, she was already playing Ursula in Mad About You. In it, Ursula was an inept waitress at Riff's Bar who often forgot orders.

Did Phoebe Buffay appear in Mad About You?

At the time it started, one of its stars, Lisa Kudrow who played Phoebe Buffay, was also appearing in a recurring role on the sitcom Mad About You as Ursula. Ursula was an incompetent waitress at a restaurant frequented by the shows main characters Paul and Jamie.

Kudrow was already playing Ursula the waitress on Mad About You when she was cast on Friends. NBC and Mad About You encouraged Kudrow to take both roles. According to her, it was the producers of Friends who decided to "address this and say they're twin sisters." She went on to play Ursula Buffay in eight episodes of Friends as well.