Her debut was in 1984 on the daytime soap ''As the World Turns'',
and later that same year, she was casted by Brian de Palma for Bruce Springsteen's video 'Dancing in the Dark'.
After the video which probably opened Courteney some doors for her acting career later.
The final break-through to a star she achieved in 1994 with the hit tv-series 'Friends'
where she is playing 'Monica Geller'.
Her biggest success on the big screen so far was the movie 'Scream' (1996)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Skeet Ulrich and Her Husband David Arquette.