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Courteney Cox is well known for her role as Monica Geller on the classic TV show ‘Friends,’ and following a reunion for the show in May, the 57-year-old actress opened up about her time on the program and what it was like working with her incredibly successful co-stars. Speaking to Howard Stern last week, Cox admitted that it was difficult to watch all of her co-stars become Emmy nominated actors, whereas she was the only primary cast member to not ever be nominated for her role.
Running from 1994 to 2004, during that span of ‘Friends,’ Cox’s fellow castmates Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Leblanc, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry were all nominated for Emmys. While she was proud of their achievements, Cox admitted to Stern that it did hurt that she was never recognized. “I was happy for everybody, and then when it was finally like, 'Oh, I'm the only one?,' it hurt," she said.
Cox’s role as Monica Geller was no doubt integral to the success of the show, but with Aniston being nominated for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy" in 2002, and Kudrow’s nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy" in 1998, Cox was left out in the way of recognition. However, the 57-year-old actress was finally nominated for an Emmy in 2010 for her role as Jules Cobb in the ABC comedy ‘Cougar Town,”’which ran from 2009-2015.
"The only thing that made me feel good — because they've all won and they've gotten so many accolades — I got nominated for ‘Cougar Town’ the first year — a Golden Globe. And I won't say, 'Oh, who cares?' But it meant everything to me,” she told Stern. “I wanted my peers to respect me and I know that the Golden Globes is not your peers, necessarily, but it's like, 'Ah!' It took a little of the sting out.”
The cast are all on good terms with one another and the ‘Friends’ reunion which aired on HBO Max revealed never-before-heard details of their time on the show, so there is no bad blood for Cox’s lack of nomination for her role as Monica. While it has been confirmed that the show will not be getting the reboot treatment, rather leaving the ending as is, there will always be a special place in viewer’s hearts for Cox’s endearing, if not slightly neurotic, performance.
