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- Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green) The previously unknown Jennifer Aniston was the breakaway star from the breakaway hit that was Friends — and the only one to earn an Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy for her performance on the show.
- David Schwimmer (Ross Geller) David Schwimmer was always the most serious friend, and his post-Ross career has carried that torch. Before he even landed his gig on Friends, he founded the Lookingglass Theater in Chicago in 1988 with some fellow Northwestern grads.
- Courteney Cox (Monica Geller) Courteney Cox was the friend with the greatest name recognition at the start of the series. She'd already made quite a splash as Michael J. Fox's girlfriend on NBC's Family Ties in the late '80s, as well as the girl Bruce Springsteen dances with in 1984's "Dancing in the Dark" video.
- Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing) Before the Friends reunion, Matthew Perry hadn't been seen on TV since 2017 when he played Ted Kennedy in the Reelz miniseries The Kennedys After Camelot.
Mar 30, 2024 · Jennifer Aniston. Friends, The Edge, Ferris Bueller. Jennifer Aniston, an American actress, producer, and businesswoman is renowned for her work in Hollywood. Born on February 11, 1969 as Jennifer Joanna Aniston in Sherman Oaks, California to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow.
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The character of Ross was developed with David Schwimmer in the minds of writers and Schwimmer was also the first actor to be cast on the show. Before being cast in Friends, Schwimmer played minor characters in The Wonder Years and NYPD Blue; his first regular series role was in the sitcom Monty. Schwimmer is the only cast member native to New ...
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Before Friends, Jennifer Aniston was offered a job on Saturday Night Live but wound up turning the SNLgig down to play Rachel Green, the spoiled yet likable waiter with the great hair. Out of all of the Friends cast members, Aniston was the biggest tabloid target during the show’s run because of her five-year marriage to Brad Pitt, then a rising st...
Courteney Cox started out as teen model (hello, Tiger Beat) but got some rock star face time in 1984 when Bruce Springsteen pulled her from the crowd in his music video “Dancing in the Dark.” She played some notable TV girlfriends—first Alex P. Keaton’s (Michael J. Fox) love interest on Family Ties for two seasons and later Jerry Seinfield’s gal pa...
After training with the comedy troupe The Groundlings, Lisa Kudrow landed a recurring role playing Ursula Buffay, an oddball waiter in Mad About You. This opened the door to playing Phoebe, Ursula’s equally oddball but much nicer twin sister/masseuse/really bad singer-songwriter on Friends. Cue Phoebe’s horribly good song “Smelly Cat.” While starri...
Before Friends, Matt LeBlanc’s big claim to fame was starring in a spin-off ofMarried... With Children called Top of the Heap, which was on the air for only seven episodes. He landed the role of struggling actor Joey Tribbiani by playing it dumb for laughs in his audition. Like Aniston’s “Rachel” haircut, LeBlanc stirred up a bit of a pop culture t...
Matthew Perry got his acting start as a teenager playing opposite River Phoenix in a little-known film called A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988). He followed that with guest spots on shows like Empty Nest, Growing Pains, andBeverly Hills, 90210, before landing the role of sarcastic Chandler Bing. During the show’s run, Perry moonlighted in...
Like his Friends castmates, David Schwimmer appeared in bit roles in TV shows likeL.A. Law, The Wonder Years, andNYPD Blue before landing the role of sweet and geeky paleontologist Ross Gellar. The producers actually wrote the role for him, and he supposedly based Ross on Nicolas Cage’s character in the 1986 movie Peggy Sue Got Married. Ross and Ra...
- Jennifer Aniston (Feb. 11, 1969-) Jennifer Aniston starred on Friends as Rachel Green, BFF of Monica Gellar and perpetual love interest of Ross Gellar, who was the eventual father of her daughter, Emma.
- Lisa Kudrow (July 30, 1963-) Another actress might have leaned too far into Phoebe's humor and missed out on her emotional depth entirely, but not Lisa Kudrow—her take on Phoebe Buffay was both funny and poignant.
- David Schwimmer (Nov. 2, 1966-) David Schwimmer played Ross Gellar with heart, which is why his love for Rachel Green—who he married, divorced and married again (after marrying Emily in between)—was so believable.
- Courteney Cox (June 15, 1964-) Courteney Cox's take on Monica Gellar, a type-A chef obsessed with cleaning, was spot-on. Early on in the show Monica was in a serious relationship with Dr. Richard Burke (Tom Selleck), a friend of her parents, but she eventually ended up with Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry).
Oct 29, 2023 · Revolving around six friends living in New York City, the series originally ran from September 1994 to May 2004 and quickly received critical acclaim, becoming one of the most popular television ...
Vanessa McCarthy. 2 Episodes 2002. Brown Mandell. 2 Episodes 1996. Jeff Strauss. 2 Episodes 1994. Alicia Sky Varinaitis. 2 Episodes 1999. Peter Tibbals.
