<P> Melissa Warburton ( Winona Ryder ) : one of Rachel 's sorority sisters in college . During their senior year , Melissa and Rachel went to the Sigma Chi luau wearing coconut bikinis -- and , after drinking too much sangria , went back to the house and ended up making out . Melissa fell in love with Rachel and never forgot that night , but Rachel never saw it as anything more than a wild college experience . Rachel runs into Melissa in Central Perk and they go out to dinner . When Rachel confronts Melissa about the kiss , she pretends to have no memory of it ever happening because she does not think Rachel will return her love . At the end of dinner , Rachel kisses her again to prove to Phoebe that she can do something crazy . Melissa takes this to mean that Rachel loves her back . She says that `` nobody can kiss that good and not mean it '' , but Rachel says that she is just a good kisser . Melissa is extremely embarrassed and tries to act as if she was kidding , saying , `` I 'm not in love with you . I do n't hear coconuts banging together . I do n't picture your face when I make love to my boyfriend ... '' Melissa leaves , but not before asking for another kiss goodbye , which she does not get . She is never seen again after that . </P>
<P> Melissa Warburton ( Winona Ryder ) : one of Rachel 's sorority sisters in college . During their senior year , Melissa and Rachel went to the Sigma Chi luau wearing coconut bikinis -- and , after drinking too much sangria , went back to the house and ended up making out . Melissa fell in love with Rachel and never forgot that night , but Rachel never saw it as anything more than a wild college experience . Rachel runs into Melissa in Central Perk and they go out to dinner . When Rachel confronts Melissa about the kiss , she pretends to have no memory of it ever happening because she does not think Rachel will return her love . At the end of dinner , Rachel kisses her again to prove to Phoebe that she can do something crazy . Melissa takes this to mean that Rachel loves her back . She says that `` nobody can kiss that good and not mean it '' , but Rachel says that she is just a good kisser . Melissa is extremely embarrassed and tries to act as if she was kidding , saying , `` I 'm not in love with you . I do n't hear coconuts banging together . I do n't picture your face when I make love to my boyfriend ... '' Melissa leaves , but not before asking for another kiss goodbye , which she does not get . She is never seen again after that . </P>
who plays rachel 's friend melissa on friends
who plays rachel 's friend melissa on friends
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder