Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Known for
Acting
Born
June 15, 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Biography

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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Friends poster

Friends

Movie

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Last Chance U

Last Chance U

TV · as Brittany Wagner · 1 ep

2026
Scream 7 poster

Scream 7

Movie · as Gale Weathers

2025
Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy poster

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

Movie · as Self - Actor & Co-Star (archive footage)

2024
The Charlie Puth Show poster

The Charlie Puth Show

TV · as Courteney Cox · 1 ep

2023
Scream VI poster

Scream VI

Movie · as Gale Weathers

2022
Scream poster

Scream

Movie · as Gale Weathers

2022
Shining Vale poster

Shining Vale

TV · as Patricia 'Pat' Phelps · 16 eps

2021
Friends: The Reunion poster

Friends: The Reunion

Movie · as Self

2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette poster

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Movie · as Self

2020
Celebrity Escape Room poster

Celebrity Escape Room

Movie · as Self

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary poster

Friends 25th: The One with the Anniversary

Movie · as Monica Geller

2019
The Masked Singer poster

The Masked Singer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
25 Words or Less poster

25 Words or Less

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Gong Show poster

The Gong Show

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows poster

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Movie · as Self

2016
Mothers and Daughters poster

Mothers and Daughters

Movie · as Beth

2016
Join or Die with Craig Ferguson poster

Join or Die with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls poster

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2012
TalhotBlond poster

TalhotBlond

Movie · as Amanda

2012
Go On poster

Go On

TV · as Talia · 1 ep

2011
Scream: The Inside Story poster

Scream: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2011
Scream 4 poster

Scream 4

Movie · as Gale Weathers-Riley

2011
The Making of 'Scream 4' poster

The Making of 'Scream 4'

Movie · as Self

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Serena Duvall · 1 ep

2011
Shameless poster

Shameless

TV · as Jen Wagner · 1 ep

2010
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Cougar Town poster

Cougar Town

TV · as Jules Cobb · 102 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Courteney Cox · 1 ep

2008
Bedtime Stories poster

Bedtime Stories

Movie · as Wendy

2008
The Monday Before Thanksgiving poster

The Monday Before Thanksgiving

Movie · as Cece

2008
Alien Love Triangle poster

Alien Love Triangle

Movie · as Alice

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Serena DuVall · 3 eps

2007
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother poster

Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

Movie · as Self

2007
Dirt poster

Dirt

TV · as Lucy Spiller · 20 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
The Tripper poster

The Tripper

Movie · as Cynthia

2006
Barnyard poster

Barnyard

Movie · as Daisy (voice)

2006
Zoom poster

Zoom

Movie · as Marsha Holloway

2005
The Longest Yard poster

The Longest Yard

Movie · as Lena (uncredited)

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
November poster

November

Movie · as Sophie Jacobs

2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments poster

100 Scariest Movie Moments

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
3000 Miles to Graceland poster

3000 Miles to Graceland

Movie · as Cybil Waingrow

2001
The Shrink Is In poster

The Shrink Is In

Movie · as Samantha Crumb

2001
Get Well Soon poster

Get Well Soon

Movie · as Lily Charles

2001
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 poster

Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000

Movie · as Bruce's Fan (segment "Dancing in the Dark")

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Dr. Maddox · 3 eps

2000
Scream 3 poster

Scream 3

Movie · as Gale Weathers

1999
The Runner poster

The Runner

Movie · as Karina

1997
Scream 2 poster

Scream 2

Movie · as Gale Weathers

1997
Commandments poster

Commandments

Movie · as Rachel Luce

1996
Scream poster

Scream

Movie · as Gale Weathers

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
TFI Friday poster

TFI Friday

TV · 1 ep

1995
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See poster

Sketch Artist II: Hands That See

Movie · as Emmy

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Emerald Salt Pork (voice) · 1 ep

1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective poster

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Movie · as Melissa

1994
Friends poster

Friends

TV · as Monica Geller · 228 eps

1993
The Trouble with Larry poster

The Trouble with Larry

TV · as Gabriella Easden · 7 eps

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them poster

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

Movie · as Carrie Davenport

1992
Battling for Baby poster

Battling for Baby

Movie · as Katherine

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · 1 ep

1992
The Larry Sanders Show poster

The Larry Sanders Show

TV · as Courteney Cox · 1 ep

1991
Blue Desert poster

Blue Desert

Movie · as Lisa Roberts

1991
Shaking the Tree poster

Shaking the Tree

Movie · as Kathleen

1990
Mr. Destiny poster

Mr. Destiny

Movie · as Jewel Jagger

1990
Curiosity Kills poster

Curiosity Kills

Movie · as Gwen

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Alisha · 1 ep

1989
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer poster

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

Movie · as Jacquie Kimberly

1989
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Marie-Frederique 'Freddy' de Lancel

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Meryl · 1 ep

1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again poster

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

TV · as Marie-Frederique 'Freddy' de Lancel · 2 eps

1988
Cocoon: The Return poster

Cocoon: The Return

Movie · as Sara

1988
I'll Be Home for Christmas poster

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Movie · as Nora Bundy

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep

1987
Masters of the Universe poster

Masters of the Universe

Movie · as Julie Winston

1987
Down Twisted poster

Down Twisted

Movie · as Tarah

1987
If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Hana Wyshocki

1987
Dispatches poster

Dispatches

TV · 1 ep

1985
Misfits of Science poster

Misfits of Science

Movie · as Gloria Dinallo

1985
Misfits of Science poster

Misfits of Science

TV · as Gloria Dinallo · 16 eps

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Carol Bannister · 2 eps

1982
Family Ties poster

Family Ties

TV · as Lauren Miller · 17 eps

1981
Entertainment Tonight poster

Entertainment Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep