Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress, director, and producer. She gained recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, which aired from 1994 to 2004. For her performance in the series, she received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, of which she won one. She received further recognition for starring as Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). She also starred as Lauren Miller in the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), Lucy Spiller in the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), and as Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), the lattermost of which earned her nominations at the Golden Globe Awards and the Critics' Choice Awards. Cox's other films include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe (1987), the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the animated comedy Barnyard (2006), the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters (2016). She owns the production company Coquette Productions, which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. She also worked as a director on her sitcom Cougar Town, the television drama film TalhotBlond (2012), and the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go (2014).
108 acting credits · 5 directing credits
Acting · 108
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Shameless
2011
Friends
1994
Modern Family
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Seinfeld
1989
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Saturday Night Live
1975
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Scrubs
2001
Scream 7
2026
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hot Ones
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Family Ties
1982
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Masked Singer
2019
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
The Larry Sanders Show
1992
Intimate Portrait
1993
Cougar Town
2009
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
The Reichen Show
2005
25 Words or Less
2018
Scream
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Scream VI
2023
Dream On
1990
Dispatches
1987
Dirt
2007
Scream
2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Scream 4
2011
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Masters of the Universe
1987
Celebrity Name Game
2014
Web Therapy
2008
Scream 2
1997
Web Therapy
2011
Today
1952
Scream 3
2000
Go On
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994
The Longest Yard
2005
Misfits of Science
1985
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
The Gong Show
2017
Bedtime Stories
2008
Barnyard
2006
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson
2016
Shining Vale
2022
Friends: The Reunion
2021
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
Zoom
2006
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
3000 Miles to Graceland
2001
MADtv
1995
The Charlie Puth Show
2024
Cocoon: The Return
1988
The Trouble with Larry
1993
Mr. Destiny
1990
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary
2019
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
Commandments
1997
Mothers and Daughters
2016
The Tripper
2006
Scream: The Inside Story
2011
Alien Love Triangle
2008
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1992
TalhotBlond
2012
Down Twisted
1987
Celebrity Escape Room
2020
SNL: The Best of Adam Sandler
1999
The Shrink Is In
2001
Get Well Soon
2001
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy
2025
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
2001
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
1995
Blue Desert
1991
Curiosity Kills
1990
All in Washington: A Concert for COVID-19 Relief
2020
November
2004
The Runner
1999
I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
2007
If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium
1987
The Making of 'Scream 4'
2011
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1989
Shaking the Tree
1991
Misfits of Science
1985
Last Chance U
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The Monday Before Thanksgiving
2008
The Making of The Tripper
2025
Battling for Baby
1992
Till We Meet Again
1989
