Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Date of Birth
June 15, 1964, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Height
5' 5" (1.65 m)

Mini Biography
Courteney Cox was born on June 15th, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, into an affluent Southern family. She is the daughter of Courteney (Bass) and Richard Lewis Cox (1930-2001), a businessman. She was the baby of the family with two older sisters (Virginia and Dottie) and an older brother, Richard, Jr. She was raised in an exclusive society town, Mountain Brook, Alabama. Courteney was the archetypal daddy's girl, and therefore was understandably devastated when, in 1974, her parents divorced, and her father moved to Florida.

She became a rebellious teen, and did not make things easy for her mother, and new stepfather, New York businessman Hunter Copeland. Now, she is great friends with both. She attended Mountain Brook High School, where she was a cheerleader, tennis player and swimmer. In her final year, she received her first taste of modeling. She appeared in an advert for the store, Parisians. Upon graduation, she left Alabama to study architecture and interior design at Mount Vernon College. After one year she dropped out to a pursue a modeling career in New York, after being signed by the prestigious Ford Modelling Agency. She appeared on the covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat and Little Miss, plus numerous romance novels. She then moved on to commercials for Maybeline, Noxema, New York Telephone Company and Tampax.

While modeling, she attended acting classes, as her real dream and ambition was to be an actress. In 1984, she landed herself a small part in one episode of As the World Turns (1956) as a young d?butante named Bunny. Her first big break, however, was being cast by Brian De Palma in the Bruce Springsteen video "Dancing in The Dark". In 1985, she moved to LA to star alongside Dean Paul Martin in Misfits of Science (1985). It was a flop, but a few years later, she was chosen out of thousands of hopefuls to play Michael J. Fox's girlfriend, psychology major Lauren Miller in Family Ties (1982).

In 1989, Family Ties (1982) ended, and Cox went through a lean spell in her career, featuring in unmemorable movies such as Mr. Destiny (1990) with Michael Caine. Fortunes changed dramatically for Cox, when in 1994, she starred alongside Jim Carrey in the unexpected hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and a year later she was cast as Monica Geller on the hugely successful sitcom Friends (1994). It was this part that turned her into an international superstar and led to an American Comedy Award nomination. In 1996 Cox starred in Wes Craven's horror/comedy Scream (1996) . This movie grossed over $100 million at the box office, and won Cox rave reviews for her standout performance as the wickedly bitchy and smug TV reporter Gale Weathers. She went on to play this character again in each of the three sequels. Not only did her involvement in this movie lead to critical acclaim, but it also led to her meeting actor husband David Arquette. He played her on-screen love interest Dewey, and life imitated art as the two fell in love for real. Their wedding took place in San Francisco, at the historic Grace Cathedral atop Nob Hill, on June 12th, 1999. Joined by 200 guests, including Cox's film star friends Liam Neeson and Kevin Spacey, the happy couple finally became Mr. and Mrs. Arquette.

**kaneda** · 31st December 2007, 17:48

Cheers for the info Dasher

Can't believe it was 1988, a lifetime ago

**Dasher** · 31st December 2007, 18:08

Yeh it's strange.. I was like 5 y/o back then

**jimaroon** · 31st December 2007, 20:03

Wonderful classics. She looks so young in these pics.

**Banshee** · 2nd January 2008, 06:36

A lil booty slippage - 12/29/07:

**DarkDefender85** · 2nd January 2008, 08:25

Its a FULL moon!

**jimaroon** · 2nd January 2008, 12:12

Nice updates.

**Banshee** · 3rd January 2008, 16:47

Here's better quality:

**Banshee** · 3rd January 2008, 16:55

**kitpowers007** · 24th August 2008, 00:50

**BlackDawn** · 27th August 2008, 03:45

I like how Jennifer Aniston is just sitting in the background watching

CB · 7th October 2008, 11:32

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 06: Actress Courteney Cox arrives at the 15th annual Women In Hollywood Tribute hosted by ELLE Magazine at the Four Seasons Hotel on October 6, 2008 in Beverly Hills, California.

**jimaroon** · 12th October 2008, 04:36

Out and about in Hollywood, September 24

CB · 15th October 2008, 16:00

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 14: Director/actress Courteney Cox attends the Glamour Reel Moments at the Directors Guild of America on October 14, 2008 in Los Angeles, California

CB · 17th October 2008, 17:56

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16: Actress Courtney Cox arrives at the Launch Party for "Fallout 3" videogame at the LA Center Studios on October 16, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

**FF-W** · 9th November 2008, 06:57

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