The actress Courtney Cox has also appeared as Jerry Seinfeld 's pretend wife in the Seinfeld TV episode , `` The Wife '' .
In 1994 , shortly before the debut of the sitcom , Friends , Cox appeared with Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura : Pet Detective and as Jerry Seinfeld 's girlfriend/pretend-wife , Meryl , in the Seinfeld episode , `` The Wife '' .
Courteney Cox