Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress and filmmaker. She gained international recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom
Friends (1994–2004), for which she received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, of which she won one. Cox 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 on the FX drama series
Dirt (2007–2008), and as Jules Cobb on 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.