Along with comedy legend David Letterman—an idol of Conan’s who was on hand during the March 2025 ceremony to present the latter with his honor—O’Brien began his acceptance speech by thanking his late parents, his two “patient and perpetually unimpressed” children and his “beautiful and talented wife, Liza,” to whom the funnyman has been wed for more than 20 years.
O’Brien has publicly discussed his marriage over the years, praising his wife’s humor and intelligence—Liza even hosts her own narrated, nonfiction podcast called Significant Others, “about folks just beyond the spotlight of history,” as part of her hubby’s Team Coco podcast network. In honor of Conan’s latest project, Season 2 of the Emmy-winning travel series Conan O'Brien Must Go—which will kick off a six-episode stretch on Thursday, May 8 on Max—let’s delve into the beloved comedian’s home and family life, including his marriage to wife Liza Powel O’Brien.
What does Conan O'Brien's wife, Liza Powel O'Brien, do for work?
Though she was a senior copywriter when they met (more on that in a bit!) all those years ago, Liza is a professional playwright these days, having penned nine completed plays, including six full-length pieces: Lucky, Apostrophe, The Great Experiment, The Distinguished Gentleman, John Wayne Times and Ruthie Goes Shopping, per the artist’s website. The 54-year-old scribe graduated with a MFA in Fiction Writing from Columbia University's School of the Arts; she also holds a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in New York.
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For O'Brien, it was clearly love at first sight, as he sweetly recounted during a September 2020 appearance on the podcast IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson: “I immediately start talking to [Liza] and then I'm not even trying to be funny, I'm just saying, wait so where'd you go to school? Uh-huh. That's interesting. And I'm not even trying to be funny. I'm just trying to find out more about this woman and my producers are listening in the next room and they're watching this and I'm like what the F is he doing?” He jokingly added that the interaction ended with him “being panicked” and thinking about Liza, "You should have children. Your children should be my children. "
When did Conan O'Brien get married to his wife, Liza Powel O'Brien?
Conan O’Brien has been married to Liza Powel O'Brien since January 12, 2002; they wed in Powel’s hometown of Seattle, Washington.
Who else has Conan O’Brien dated?
Prior to his 23-year marriage to Liza Powel O'Brien, Conan was in a romantic relationship with Friends icon Lisa Kudrow in the early 1990s, after first meeting in an improv class at the Coronet Theatre in Los Angeles. They reportedly broke up before the premiere of that NBC sitcom-turned-global phenomenon in 1994, with Kudrow going on to marry Michael Stern in 1995. (O’Brien attended their wedding.)The hysterical pair have remained close friends over the years, with Kudrow appearing on her ex’s podcastConan O’Brien Needs a Friend in 2019. "It's a completely different relationship, and we're better as friends, so [the romance] was just a weird blip,” Lisa said during an appearance on Armchair Expert, a podcast hosted by Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Conan O'Brien, Neve O'Brien, Beckett O'Brien and Liza Powel attend a basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on January 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Noel Vasquez/GC Images)Noel Vasquez/GC Images
Naturally, having a comedian like Conan O’Brien as their father means that the kiddos are often the focus of dad jokes and relatable parenting anecdotes, which he regularly shares on social media. For example: “My daughter asked me not to come drunk to her school play. Too bad, I really wanted to see it,” he joked on Twitter in 2011; “My son asked if I’d take him to see Sherlock Gnomes and I told him, ‘Gnome thanks.’ I’ve been waiting for a high-five for three days now,” Conan tweeted in 2018.
What happened to Conan O’Brien’s parents?
Conan credits his father with fostering his love for classic comedians like Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers. “The loudest I’ve ever heard anybody laugh was sitting next to him in a theater watching Peter Sellers in a Pink Panther movie,” O’Brien told The Boston Globe. “[My dad] was often the funniest guy in the room. And when he would laugh, his whole body would convulse and he would almost hug himself.”
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