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Courteney Cox
Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, director, and producer. Cox is best known for her role of Monica Geller on the NBC show
Friends
. Since then, she's appeared in sitcoms, movie franchises, and TV dramas, including the
Scream
movie franchise and the ABC show
Cougar Town
, which ran from 2009 to 2015. She's also been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Award, both for her work on
Cougar Town
. Cox was married to actor David Arquette from 1999 to 2013 and they have one child together.
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