Remember that girl in Friends who wasn’t Jennifer Aniston or Lisa Kudrow? Maybe you’ll remember her from her more recent show Cougar Town. If not, no worries, NBN has you covered. Here are five fun facts about Courteney Cox going back to her humble beginnings of dancing with Bruce Springsteen and progressive Tampax commercials.
1. Cox appeared in Bruce Springsteen's music video for “Dancing in the Dark” in 1984, where the boss pulls her onstage to dance.
2. Cox originally auditioned for the role of Rachel Green for on “Friends” but got the role of Monica Geller instead.
3. She kissed former Friends co-star Jennifer Aniston in the series finale of Cox’s FX show “Dirt.” #morethanFriends
4. She is the only primary character of Friends to not get an Emmy nomination for her work on the series.
5. She is the first person to say the word “period” in a physiological sense on T.V. through a Tampax commercial.