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Other Relationships

Julie
A Chinese-American woman born in New York, Julie initially met Ross in graduate school; they meet again during his trip to China. They date for seven episodes in Season 2, during which Rachel smolders with jealousy. They are on the verge of buying a cat together, but Ross ultimately realizes that his feelings for Rachel are too strong and he breaks up with Julie. Two episodes after their break-up, Julie makes a brief appearance: it is suggested that Julie and Russ fall in love at first sight and get together. Julie was played by Lauren Tom, and was the only recurring Asian character on the show.

Chloe
Ross has a one night fling while "on a break" with Rachel. Chloe was previously known as the copy store girl with the belly button ring. She was supportive of his remaining with his girlfriend, but was instrumental in the downfall of their relationship. Chloe was played by Angela Featherstone.

Bonnie
Played by Christine Taylor, Bonnie was a friend of Phoebe's whom Phoebe sets up with Ross. Rachel approves the set up, thinking Bonnie is bald. Rachel then discovers that Bonnie has grown her hair back, and Bonnie goes on to date Ross for the last two episodes of Season 3. At the end of Season 3, Rachel convinces Bonnie to shave her head again. When faced with a choice between Rachel and the bald Bonnie, Ross chooses Rachel.

Janice
In one episode, Ross dates Janice after learning that Emily will be remarried. Janice is still under the impression that Chandler is in Yemen at the time. Ross claims that they both have a lot of things in common, such as being divorced and having kids. This relationship does not last beyond one episode because Janice can't take Ross's whining about his post-Emily situation.

Jill
Jill, played by Reese Witherspoon, is one of Rachel's sisters. She comes into the city when her father takes back his credit cards in Season 6. After convincing Jill to follow in her footsteps towards financial independence, Rachel becomes bothered with the flirting between Ross and Jill. However, both Ross and Jill never thought of asking each other out until Rachel unintentionally (and regretfully) suggests that they do. Rachel then asks Ross not to date her sister, to which he agrees. He still ends up kissing Jill, who was trying to spite Rachel for telling her what to do. Ross promptly stops the kissing, realising that if anything was to happen between him and Jill, nothing could ever happen with him and Rachel. After that, Jill gets mad, breaks his projector, and returns to her father.

Elizabeth
A student in one of Ross's classes, Elizabeth (Alexandra Holden) describes Ross as "the hottie of the Paleontology department" in her teacher evaluation. She is 12 years younger than Ross. Their relationship lasts for about 7 episodes until the end of Season 6, despite obstacles such as the threat of Ross losing his job and the disapproval of Elizabeth's father (Bruce Willis). When the rest of the friends make Ross realize there is no future for their relationship, Ross breaks up with her (Season 6 was originally going to end with the revelation that she was pregnant, but this never came to pass).

Mona Mona (Bonnie Somerville), is a very attractive woman who works at Monica's restaurant and flirts briefly with Ross at Chandler and Monica's wedding reception during the first episode of Season 8. She returns a few episodes later and goes out to a see a Ukrainian film with Ross. She shows genuine interest in the things that Ross likes to talk about. The impending baby of Ross with Rachel causes complications in the Ross-Mona relationship. The relationship ends when Rachel moves in with Ross and Mona finds out about it when she was supposed to make a Valentine's Day dinner in his apartment. She makes a brief appearance a few episodes later when Ross goes to her apartment to retrieve a pink (salmon) shirt he left there. Her apparent last request to him was for him to "jump up [his] own ass and die." Later, when Phoebe was listing former exes of her friends that she had problems with, she listed Mona. After her tirade, Ross was flummoxed and asked, "What was wrong with Mona?!"

Charlie
Notable for being the only major recurring African-American character on the show, Charlie, played by Aisha Tyler, is an extremely attractive palaeontology professor whom Ross is assigned to show around New York towards the end of Season 9. Initially Ross thinks she is too smart as she used to date very intelligent and highly awarded scientists. Despite his efforts, Ross loses Charlie to Joey, with whom she dates until the end of the season. In the final episode of the season, she realizes she has much more in common with Ross and is quite attracted to him, and leaves Joey in favor of Ross. Her relationship with Ross ends a couple of episodes into Season 10, when her old boyfriend, Benjamin Hobart (played by Greg Kinnear), who happens to be administering a grant to Ross, confesses he is still in love with her.

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