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.

**FF-W** · 30th July 2009, 01:37

CB · 9th August 2009, 12:08

PASADENA, CA - AUGUST 08: Actress Courtney Cox arrives at Disney-ABC Television Group Summer Press Tour Party at The Langham Hotel on August 8, 2009 in Pasadena, California.

**jimaroon** · 23rd August 2009, 07:43

On the Set of "Cougar Town" in Marina del Rey - Aug 20

**axolotl** · 2nd September 2009, 17:43

**~~Aekhyron~~** · 2nd September 2009, 18:59

Stunning.

**sing** · 3rd September 2009, 14:20

Hot, thank you.

**TheONE** · 3rd September 2009, 18:10

so awesome

thanks for posting

**lizare** · 4th September 2009, 00:32

over the years she s just getting better!

**jimaroon** · 5th September 2009, 03:31

On the Set of "Cougar Town" in LA - Sept 1

**jimaroon** · 10th September 2009, 07:22

On the set of Cougar Town in Culver City - Sept 8

CB · 30th September 2009, 13:46

Courteney Cox-Arquette attends Rock A Little, Feed Alot Benefit Concert on September 29, 2009, Club Nokia, Los Angeles, California, USA

CB · 4th October 2009, 12:43

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 03: Actress Courteney Cox arrives at the BraveHeart Awards for Brave Hearts at The Westin Hotel LAX on October 3, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

**~~Aekhyron~~** · 5th October 2009, 01:17

Someone's been messing around with botox and other s**t

**kaneda** · 18th October 2009, 01:43

On set of "Cougar Town" (October 16) (MQ)

**~~Aekhyron~~** · 18th October 2009, 02:20

Damn fine woman.

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