It's impossible to see Courteney Cox and not think about Monica Geller. Her performance in Friends is timeless, and she will forever be remembered through the character she brought to life. She doesn't complain about that. In fact, she holds Monica and all the characters from the sitcom close to her heart. She and the rest of the gang are still very close and get together frequently.
However, it would be a huge mistake to neglect all her other amazing work by only focusing on her most famous role. She's participated in many projects, before and after Friends, and they deserve some recognition.
10 She Appeared In A Springsteen Music Video
Courteney Cox's entrance into the acting world was not television, it was music. Some people might recall the music video for Bruce Springsteen's song Dancing In The Dark, and the beautiful girl that he pulled up from the audience and sang to. That was none other than Courteney. The storyline of the video was that a group of friends was attending a concert, with one of them being the lucky one to catch Bruce's attention. He wasn't the only one to notice him, though. After that, opportunities opened up for her.
9 She Was In 'Misfits Of Science'
In 1985, way before Friends blew up, Courteney was chosen to star in NBC's science-fiction series Misfits of Science. She played Gloria, a teenage telekinetic who was incredibly powerful but was not completely in control of her abilities. She once trashed a jewelry store in a mall because she couldn't control herself. Although the show was not very successful, her performance was amazing and proved how, despite her young age, she was already a star. She remembers those days fondly.
8 She Guest-Starred In 'Seinfeld'
Before Friends became the most successful sitcom of all time, Jerry Seinfeld's series Seinfeld was the audience's favorite. And Courteney got to be a part of it. She plays one of Jerry's short-term girlfriend, Meryl, who pretends to be his wife to get a discount at a dry cleaner.
What would have been a white lie with no consequences gets out of hand when Jerry's family accidentally finds out and thinks he got married in secret. Eventually, they had to come clean, but it was good while it lasted.
7 She Co-Starred In 'The Trouble With Larry'
The Trouble with Larry was a short-lived CBS sitcom that aired for a few months in 1993. It wasn't very successful, but it was Courteney's last sitcom role before her breakthrough in Friends. She played Gabriella Easden, the main character's sister-in-law. The premise of the show was that Larry Burton, portrayed by Bronson Pinchot, would return home after faking his death and find that everyone in his life, including his wife, has moved on. In a weird turn of events, he would end up running into Gabriella and falling in love with her, but not only did she not return his feelings, she also hated his guts.
6 She Starred In 'Scream'
Scream was a movie that Courteney loved from the very first moment, and after all these years, she's been on every movie of the franchise and loves it just as much. She played reporter Gale Weathers, a role she was instantly attracted to.
"I went after it! I wanted to play that part," Courteney said about the first time she read the script. "I loved it. I thought the script was funny and scary, and the opening with Drew Barrymore was insane. I was such a huge fan."
5 She Co-Starred In 'Zoom'
The movie Zoom was not very successful, neither commercially nor critically, but Courteney still had a great time making it. She played Dr. Marsha Holloway, a psychologist on the Zenith Project whose power is to blow rainbow-colored blasts of wind.
Among the many reasons Courteney loved working on the project was the fact that she co-starred alongside Tim Allen, one of her heroes in the business. She also loved the parallels with the movie Galaxy Quest.
4 Her Role In 'Bedtime Stories'
Courteney Cox and Adam Sandler have been friends and colleagues for a long time, and in the movie Bedtime Stories, they got to work together again. The movie revolves around Adam's character Skeeter, a man who grew up in the hotel his father owned. Unfortunately, the dad went bankrupt and the hotel was aqcuaried by a hotel chain, where Skeeter works as a repairman. Courteney plays Skeeter's sister Wendy, who has a to take an emergency trip to Arizona and needs Skeeter to take care of her kids. Being around children makes him remember how his and Wendy's dad used to tell them bedtime stories, and decides to do the same with his niece and nephew.
3 She Starred In 'Cougar Town'
In the series Cougar Town, Courteney played Jules Cobb, a recently divorced mother who, after spending decades married to the father of her child, decides it's time to start dating again. It's difficult for her since she's not used to having to pursue someone, but she slowly becomes more comfortable with going out with people.
"I think about what’s great about my character on the show is that she is game for anything. She has so many neuroses that she gets to work out through her relationship, I feel like things – the way Bill and Kevin write it, I just love the way she changes," Courteney said. "She’s just fun. She’s not that smart. And I like that, too – I like that she’s quirky and a cheerleader for her friends. She’s not uptight at all. I love that."
2 She Appeared In 'Web Therapy'
Courteney got to reunite with her old friend Lisa Kudrow, aka Phoebe Buffay, when she guest-starred in her show Web Therapy. Lisa played Fiona, a self-centered, money-hungry therapist who doesn't care about helping her patients and uses the sessions to talk about herself. One of her patients is Courteney's character, Serena DuVall, a psychic who has lost her powers. Apparently, it was Fiona's treatment that saved her, and she tries to use that to get herself fame and money.
1 She Guest-Starred In 'Modern Family'
Not only Courteney Cox starred in Modern Family's episode The Prescott, David Beckham also joined. And from what Courteney shared on Instagram, it was a steamy episode. Portraying themselves, Courtney and David are supposed to be joining a highly prestigious bowling tournament, and somehow they end up in a hot tub together. For all the fans of these two amazing celebrities who haven't had a chance to see it, this episode is the 10th of the first season.
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