Christina Pickles played the recurring role of Judy Geller, the mother of Ross and Monica Geller (David Schwimmer and Courteney Cox), in the NBC sitcom "Friends", making appearances throughout the 10-year run of the series. She received an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nomination for this role in 1995. Pickles played the mother of Harmon Rabb in the CBS drama series "JAG" from 1998 to 2000. From 1999 to 2000, she starred in the short-lived Fox comedy-drama series "Get Real". Pickles has appeared in many films, including "Masters of the Universe" (1987), "" (1994), "Legends of
Monica Geller frequently sporting jeans, overalls, and cargo shorts. With a wardrobe comprised almost equally of dresses and pants, Monica's fashion sense, much like Rachel and Phoebe's, "was a little bit normcore, a little bit corporate-casual." Four months before its premiere, "Friends" failed NBC's confidential research report, which cited the unlikeability of its six main characters as a possible factor. Although the report acknowledged Monica as the only character with whom test audiences identified somewhat positively, NBC admitted that reception towards the character was "well below desirable levels for a lead" nonetheless. In retrospect, "The New Republic's" Andrew Harrison believes that although