Erin Simkin/HBO Tap Here To Add Us Weekly As A Trusted Source Add as a preferred source on Google Three and a half out of four stars. In an age of revivals and reboots, it can be risky to bring back a character as beloved as The Comeback's Valerie Cherish (a perfect Lisa Kudrow). Valerie is a well-meaning but slightly clueless actress of a certain age who can't get out of her own way enough to resuscitate her career. Audiences met her in Kudrow's first post-Friends project for one brilliant but little-watched season back in 2005.