Monica Geller ranked it television's 10th "most ridiculous" apartment, while "The Village Voice" placed it at number four in a similar article. Monica Geller Monica E. Geller is a fictional character, one of the six main characters who appears on the American sitcom "Friends" (1994–2004). Created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and portrayed by actress Courteney Cox, Monica appears in each of the show's 236 episodes, from its premiere on September 24, 1994, to its finale on May 6, 2004. A chef known for her cleanliness, competitiveness and obsessive-compulsive nature, Monica is the younger sister of Ross Geller and best friend
Monica Geller as "Family Ties" and "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", the "Los Angeles Times" Steve Weinstein believes that Monica was the first major role in which Cox was cast based on her abilities as a comedic actress as opposed to her beauty. Cox believes that she owes winning the role to her brief stint as Gabriella Easden on the short-lived sitcom "The Trouble with Larry", which she considers to be the first time she played a character who "was the funny one", which in turn earned the actress a recommendation for "Friends" following its cancellation. When "Friends" premiered, Cox was the show's