Friends

- Inleiding - Acteurs - Fragment - Start 1994 - Very succesful - So far 44 emmy award nominations, 4 golden globe nominations, some other nominations - What is it about? - 6 young people in new york - Very good friends, 3 men, 3 women - They are called Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Ross - They gather at each others appartment, and share a sofa space at their coffeehouse: central perk - They help each other out with daily life problems

- Ross Geller - Monica’s older brother - He’s the geek, palaeontology (dinosaurs and bones and stuff) - Sometimes he’s a bit obsessive - He’s the most sensitive of them, a hopeless romantic - Was married to lesbian wife Carol, which gave birth to his kid Ben - Has a child of Rachel by accident, Emma - David Schwimmer - An Emmy nomination for best supporting actor in comedy series - Born in NY, raised in Los Angeles - After a summer program he co-founded Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, an ensemble of actors, writers, directors and designers. - With this company he has played in several movies as The Idiot, The Master and Margarita and The Odyssey - Besides actor he’s a director. He has directed movies like Alice In Wonderland and Since you’ve been gone - He has starred in series as NYPD Blue and L.A. Law - Currently he is on the board of directors of The Rape Foundation for the Rape Treatment Center of Santa Monica

- Rachel Green - Spoiled - Naive - Rich parents - Main goal: tries to live an independent live - Monica’s best friend - Used to date Ross - Waitress -> assistant buyer in fashion - Played by Jenifer Aniston - Grew up in Greece and New York - Started acting at age of 11 - Some drama schools like the famous Rudolf Steiner School - Brad Pitt - Outstanding Supporting Actress emmy in 2002 - She starred in some broadway productions and movies such as The Object of My Affection, picture perfect - She will also be seen in Bruce Almighty wich will be in theatres this summer

- Chandler Bing - Sarcastic - Witty - Insecure, tries to cover this with irony - His parents divorced, because his father cheated with the butler. - Father is a drag queen in Vegas, his mother made out with ross - Very interesting family - Non-interesting office job, chef - Played by Mathew Perry - Raised in Canada - There he was a top-ranked junior tennis player - Since age of 15 he gets interested in acting - Started his carreer with the serie Boys Will Be Boys - With this serie he preferred acting above tennis (he could have been a professional) - He starred in al lot of comedies such as Serving Sara, Fools Rush In, A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon and Three to Tango - Besides awards for the whole cast, no personal awards.

- Joey Tribbiani - Chandler’s best friend - Seems like he only cares about two things: Sex and Food - He’s a real womanizer - But he turns out to be a very caring person - Dumb - In the show he’s an actor, who gets a role in Days of our lives - Matt LeBlanc - Born in 1967 in Newton, Massachussets - At the age of 8 he gets a motorcycle, the only thing he wants to do now is racing - After racing in many amateur races he decides to start acting - Soon he stars in high profile commercials like Levi’s and Coca Cola and even wins a prestigious Gold Lion Award with a commercial for Heinz Ketchup - He starts playing in series as TV 101, Top of the Heap and Vinnie & Bobby - Most recently he appeared in Charlie’s Angels - He starred in Lost In Space and Ed

- Phoebe Buffay - Weird - Beleives in karma and live after death - Honest - Very open - Helpfull - Often mean against Chandler - Dramatic Past: father run away, mother commited suicide, lived on the streets - Massage therapist and folk singer - Played by Lisa Kudrow - Lisa Kudrow also stars in Mad About You as the waitress Ursula, Phoebe’s twin sister. - She started acting after college (she has a bachelor degree) - She knows a lot of improvisational acting - She has starred in movies such as Lucia, Analyse this and Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion - Lisa Kudrow has been honored with five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress and she has won several awards

- Monica Geller - Obsessive-compulsive - Neurotic - Likes things in order - Likes to boss people around - She used to be fat - She’s a head-chef in a restaurant - Knows rachel from high school - Is married to Chandler - Played by Courteney Cox Arquette - She grew up in Alabama, moved to New York - Signed by a modeling agency and appeared in commecrials, magazines, music videos etc. - She also stars in 3000 miles to Graceland, The scream trilogy and Ace Ventura - Favorite of the fans, because of her talent for dramatic AND comedic acting.