<P> Later in 1994, Cox was asked to audition for the part of Rachel Green on a new sitcom, Friends; she was cast as Monica Geller, instead . </P> <P> At first the most famous cast member of the new show, Cox joined fellow castmates Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay), Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani), Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing) and David Schwimmer (Ross Geller) for what became her most famous role, lasting for 10 seasons until 2004 . According to the Guinness Book of World Records (2005), Cox (along with her female costars) became the highest - paid TV actress of all time, with her US $1 million - per - episode paycheck for the final two seasons of Friends . </P> <P> Between seasons five and six, Cox married David Arquette, and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette . An in - joke reference to this is made in the beginning credits of the episode "The One After Vegas", where the rest of the cast has "Arquette" added to their names . The dedication "For Courteney and David, who did get married"--a reference to Monica and Chandler's decision not to marry in the episode--appears during the fade out to the tag scene . </P> <P> Cox also appeared in the high - profile Hollywood films, Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), and Scream 3 (2000), as reporter Gale Weathers . She met her husband, David Arquette, who played her on - screen love interest Dwight "Dewey" Riley, while filming the first Scream film . Both Cox and Arquette reprised their respective roles from the Scream trilogy in 2011's Scream 4 . The film was released in theaters April 15, 2011 . </P>

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