Best Courteney Cox Roles
“Dancing in the Dark” video(1984)
Though it appeared like she was just a lucky fan, Cox was cast to be pulled up onstage to dance with BruceSpringsteen for this song during a live concert on his Born in the U.S.A. tour.
Misfits of Science (1985–86)
In her very first television series—a 1980s sci-fi show about a scientist who recruits a team of superhumans—Cox played troubled telekinetic teenager Gloria Dinallo.
Family Ties (1987–89)
Six seasons into this Michael J. Fox sitcom hit, Cox was cast to play Lauren Miller, a psychology major and love interest of Fox’s character, Alex P. Keaton, for 19 episodes.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
In this hit film starring JimCarrey as a private pet investigator searching for the Miami Dolphins’ lost mascot, she plays his love interest, Melissa, a Dolphins publicist who tries to help him solve the crime.
Friends(1994–2004)
Cox played perfectionist Monica Geller on the NBC megahit for 10 seasons.
Scream (1996)
Cox plays dogged TV news reporter Gale Weathers, who is determined to unmask the Woodsboro killer behind the rubber Ghostface mask, in the first and all subsequent entries in this horror film franchise (whose fifth film opens January 14).
Dirt (2007–08)
She was Lucy Spiller, the cutthroat editor of a sleazy tabloid magazine who paired with a paparazzi photographer to get the celebrity scoop in this hourlong drama that lasted two seasons.
Web Therapy (2009)
Cox made a number of funny appearances on her Friends friend LisaKudrow’s show, about a therapist working with clients online, playing psychic Serena Duvall, who was seeking help to recover her clairvoyant abilities.
Cougar Town (2009–15)
What began as a show about Cox’s single-mother character dating younger men morphed into one about a group of friends in Florida finding their way in their 40s. The show was so embraced by fans, it ran for six seasons.
Shining Vale (2022)
In her newest series, a comedy-horror, Cox plays romance writer Pat Phelps, who is struggling with depression, marital issues and writer’s block when she begins seeing ghosts in her family’s new house. Next, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and the Rest of the Cast’s Sky-High Salaries for Friends
