Regina Phalange is the recurring fake name used by Phoebe Buffay, played by Lisa Kudrow, throughout Friends, the hit American sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004. Phoebe invents the glamorous-sounding alias whenever she needs a cover identity, and the joke stuck because it sounds both fancy and completely made up. As Friends clips spread across social media and soundboards, the name became shorthand for Phoebe herself, and fans still reuse it to signal a secret identity, a playful lie or a nostalgic nod to the show.