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Then and Now: See the Cast of Friends Almost 30 Years Later

written by Thomas Pritchard
Then and Now: See the Cast of Friends Almost 30 Years Later
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A look back at the cast of the iconic show. See how they have changed since 1994.

Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston )

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Jennifer Aniston clearly has the elixir of life. Since the filming of the series, the actress has not changed much. She is 53 and she still impresses her fans with her perfect figure and great looks. The key to world fame was her role in the sitcom Friends, for which Jennifer was awarded an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Rachel's character became a legend, her hairstyle was copied by women from all over the world.

Now Jennifer Aniston is considered one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. In 2019, she starred in a TV series for the first time since the end of Friends — Jennifer played the role of Alex Levy in The Morning Show.

Monica Geller (Courteney Cox )

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The role of Rachel Green was originally supposed to be played by Courteney Cox, but the actress insisted that the character of Monica suited her better. During the shooting of Friends, the actress also played journalist Gale Weathers in the thriller Scream , which was a great success — later three more sequels were released. The fifth part of a series came out in 2022, also starring Cox.

Courteney continues to have an active career and participates in the filming of various comedy television series, including Shameless and Modern Family .

Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow )

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For her role as Phoebe, the actress was awarded an Emmy — out of the famous six, only she and Jennifer Aniston received the award. The character created by Lisa Kudrow is considered to be one of the best in the history of American television. In some subsequent projects, Lisa also participated as a producer — one of them was the series The Comeback, which was perceived by critics as a brilliant satire on reality TV.

Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc )

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Joey turned out to be the most popular character on the show. They even made a special spin-off about his adventures called Joey. It was about the character's life journey and it aired on TV from 2004 to 2006. After a brief pause in his acting career, Matt played the role of himself in the series Episodes, for which he received a Golden Globe in 2012. After that, the actor worked as a co-host on the car show Top Gear for several years.

Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry )

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At 53, Matthew looks older than his colleagues on the show — all because of his drug and alcohol addiction that he developed while filming Friends. The actor admits that because of this, he does not even remember several seasons of the sitcom at all. In parallel with Friends, Matthew Perry starred in Jonathan Lynn's comedy The Whole Nine Yards, where his partner on the set was Bruce Willis. Later, Matthew even tried directing the TV series Scrubs. He continues his acting career, participating in the filming of various comedy series and feature films.

Ross Geller (David Schwimmer )

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David Schwimmer received a serious acting education, but it was the role of Ross in the comedy series Friends that brought him fame. In 2007 he released his directorial debut — the comedy Run Fatboy Run. Before that, he also served as a director of some episodes of Friends. Another successful role for David is that of lawyer Robert Kardashian in the TV series American Crime Story, which was released in 2016.