Was the actress who played Emily in Friends pregnant?

Actress Helen Baxendale became pregnant between seasons 4 and 5; as a result she was unable to travel to the US to do any filming for Season 5. Her only appearances were heavily swaddled in bedclothes, and she had to be written out of the series a lot earlier than was intended.
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Was Helen Baxendale pregnant while filming Friends?

Helen Baxendale, who played Ross's wife Emily, was also pregnant at the end of season four, but was written out during season five at her request before the pregnancy was noticeable, according to Comedy Central.
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What happened to the actress who played Emily on Friends?

Personal life. Baxendale has been with her boyfriend David L. Williams since her Glasgow days and together they have three children, Her first pregnancy was written into An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and her second was written into the fourth series of Cold Feet.
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Why did they write Emily out of Friends?

It turns out that Baxendale, who was also working on the critically acclaimed British television show Cold Feet while on Friends, had to be written out of Friends because she and her hubby were expecting their first child.
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How long was Emily supposed to be in Friends?

Her character, English rose Emily Waltham, married and divorced Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) in the series, but had to be written out after 16 episodes — earlier than the producers had intended — because she and her partner, film director, producer and writer David L.
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Why did they get rid of Kathy on Friends?

Kathy ultimately turned out to be a friendship-wrecker and an awful person who was not nice to her boyfriends when things got too serious. She went with Chandler when Joey wasn't fitting her fancy, and then was unfaithful to Chandler when he couldn't trust her.
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Did the cast of Friends actually go to London?

The finale was filmed in three parts, first the scenes with Lisa Kudrow were filmed in Los Angeles, then everybody went to London and they filmed the scenes on the street, then they filmed the dinner and other scenes in a studio in London before an audience.
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Was Phoebe really pregnant on Friends?

Lisa Kudrow was pregnant in real life when she was shooting the triplets storyline for Phoebe Buffay in Friends. The actor had earlier shared that the makers were not really into hiding the pregnancy so they wrote it into the show. The trailer of the Friends' reunion special episode sure left the sitcom fans emotional.
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Who is the least favorite character on Friends?

Fans' least favorite character in Friends is Monica

After Chandler came Joey Tribbiani with 17%, Phoebe Buffay with 15%, Rachel Green at 13%, and Ross Geller at 6%. In last place came Monica Geller with a sad 5%, making her the most disliked character in Friends, according to this poll.
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Do Ross and Rachel get married for real?

They did remarry. They were head over heels in love and stated that this was it for them, they were never going to let each other go again. In addition years earlier Ross and Rachel had agreed that they would eventually marry for good.
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Is the actor who plays Ross in Friends married?

Schwimmer began a relationship with British artist Zoë Buckman in 2007 and they married in June 2010. Their daughter was born in 2011. The couple announced in April 2017 that they were "taking some time apart".
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Was Monica really pregnant in the last episode of Friends?

Courteney Cox strategically hid her pregnancy during Monica's final on-screen moments. Toward the end of filming season 10, Cox was pregnant with her first child, her daughter Coco, who was born just a few weeks after the final episode of "Friends" aired on NBC.
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Why does Monica look so different in the last season of Friends?

Jennifer Aniston's hair may be the most famous style from Friends. But as The Skincare Edit notes, it looks like Cox also had some fun experimenting with hair and makeup during the time she was filming Friends. Photos seem to reveal that for a time, she dyed her hair darker than its natural color.
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Does Jennifer Aniston have a child?

A-list actress Jennifer Aniston has been married to some of the most handsome actors in Hollywood, so many fans have wondered throughout the years: Does she have kids? Truth is, the Friends star does not have any children of her own — and she's explained her reasoning on a number of occasions.
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Did any of the Friends cast not get along?

They worked together nearly every single day for an entire decade while shooting Friends. And while some actors can't stand their closest coworkers, this sextet always seemed to get along. Their real-life relationships hardly imitate their on-screen relationships.
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Who had the least screentime in Friends?

While Phoebe appears the least, appearing in just 41.9% of all scenes. The show's most common grouping of four was Joey, Phoebe, Monica, and Chandler – appearing together 41 times – while its least common was Joey, Phoebe, Monica, and Ross, which only happened once.
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Who is the most mature in Friends?

Chandler, on the other hand was the opposite of maturity in early seasons but started to become increasingly mature ever since he and Monica got together in season 5 and ended up become the most mature friend by the end of the series, being the only one that truly understood the fundamentals to relationships.
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Was Rachel really pregnant on Friends?

Yeah, she spent over a year pregnant. No wonder she was so done with it by the end. Reddit user 'ubeenbamboozled' made the discovery earlier this week, stating that Rachel had been pregnant for a full year due to the dates alluded to in the show.
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Does Phoebe wear a wig in Friends?

friendsvscoofficial. Lisa Kudrow, (Phoebe Buffay), had to wear a wig most of season 6, because her hair was too short for the character.
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Who was pregnant during the filming of Friends?

One actress who had such an experience was "Friends" star Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller on the hit series. Unlike Lisa Kudrow's pregnancy, which was integrated into a story about Phoebe having triplets, Cox's pregnancy required tricks with the camera and careful prop placement.
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Is Central Perk real place?

While Central Perk exists solely on a Los Angeles soundstage, the space that would house the corner-side café below the building where Monica, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey lived is very much real.
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Where was Friends actually filmed?

Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California.
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Where did they film Ross and Emily's wedding?

While the interior of Ross and Emily's wedding was most probably filmed at The Fountain Studios in Wembley, the exterior of the building was St. John's Church in Wapping. It's not dilapidated like the Monica, Ross, and Emily find it, but it's a beautiful church nonetheless.
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What happened to Julie from Friends?

Lauren Tom played Ross' girlfriend on seven episodes and now stars on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack playing a very different kind of character.
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