Courteney Cox
American actress, director, and producer celebrated for iconic roles in Friends and the Scream franchise across a career spanning four decades.
Courteney Cox - Personal Information
- Name: Courteney Cox
- Date of Birth: June 15, 1964
- Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Writer
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).
Selected Filmography
A look at Courteney Cox's most notable recent screen appearances across film and television.
- Scream 7 (2026) as Gale Weathers
- The Making of The Tripper (2025)
- Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy (2025) as Self - Actor & Co-Star (archive footage)
- The Charlie Puth Show (TV - 2024) as Courteney Cox
- Scream VI (2023) as Gale Weathers
- Shining Vale (TV - 2022) as Patricia 'Pat' Phelps
- Scream (2022) as Gale Weathers
- Friends: The Reunion (2021) as Self
- The Drew Barrymore Show (TV - 2020) as Self
- You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020) as Self
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