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Courteney Cox

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Courteney Cox

Born June 15, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA42 films

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.

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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).

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Scream posterFirst watchScream19967.4as Gale WeathersA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective poster6.6Ace Ventura: Pet Detective1994Scream VI poster6.9Scream VI2023Scream poster6.7Scream2022Scream 2 poster6.5Scream 21997The Longest Yard poster6.7The Longest Yard2005Scream 4 poster6.5Scream 42011Scream 3 poster6.0Scream 32000Bedtime Stories poster6.2Bedtime Stories2008

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 2026Scream 7Gale Weathers
  2. 2025The Making of The Tripper
  3. 2023Scream VIGale Weathers
  4. 2022ScreamGale Weathers
  5. 2019Friends 25th: The One with the AnniversaryMonica Geller
  6. 2016Mothers and DaughtersBeth
  7. 2012TalhotBlondAmanda
  8. 2011Scream 4Gale Weathers-Riley
  9. 2008Bedtime StoriesWendy
  10. 2008The Monday Before ThanksgivingCece
  11. 2008Alien Love TriangleAlice
  12. 2006ZoomMarsha Holloway
  13. 2006BarnyardDaisy (voice)
  14. 2006The TripperCynthia
  15. 2005The Longest YardLena (uncredited)
  16. 2004NovemberSophie Jacobs
  17. 2001Get Well SoonLily Charles
  18. 2001The Shrink Is InSamantha Crumb
  19. 2001Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000Bruce's Fan (segment "Dancing in the Dark")
  20. 20013000 Miles to GracelandCybil Waingrow
  21. 2000Scream 3Gale Weathers
  22. 1999The RunnerKarina
  23. 1997Scream 2Gale Weathers
  24. 1997CommandmentsRachel Luce
  25. 1996ScreamGale Weathers
  26. 1995Sketch Artist II: Hands That SeeEmmy
  27. 1994Ace Ventura: Pet DetectiveMelissa
  28. 1992The Opposite Sex and How to Live with ThemCarrie Davenport
  29. 1992Battling for BabyKatherine
  30. 1991Shaking the TreeKathleen
  31. 1991Blue DesertLisa Roberts
  32. 1990Mr. DestinyJewel Jagger
  33. 1990Curiosity KillsGwen
  34. 1989Till We Meet AgainMarie-Frederique 'Freddy' de Lancel
  35. 1989Roxanne: The Prize PulitzerJacquie Kimberly
  36. 1988I'll Be Home for ChristmasNora Bundy
  37. 1988Cocoon: The ReturnSara
  38. 1987Masters of the UniverseJulie Winston
  39. 1987Down TwistedTarah
  40. 1987If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be BelgiumHana Wyshocki
  41. 1986Sylvan in Paradise
  42. 1985Misfits of ScienceGloria Dinallo