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.

**jimaroon** · 6th March 2010, 11:36

Courteney Cox attends the 'Cougar Town' PaleyFest panel discussion held in Beverly Hills on March 5:

**kaneda** · 10th March 2010, 01:54

**kaneda** · 26th March 2010, 13:41

On set of 'Cougar Town' in Malibu (March 25)

**Scofield** · 15th April 2010, 22:23

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CB · 22nd April 2010, 12:26

SANTA MONICA, CA - APRIL 21: Actress Courteney Cox attends the 15th Annual Los Angeles Antique Show Opening Night Preview Party benefiting P.S. ARTS at Barker Hanger on April 21, 2010 in Santa Monica, California.

**jimaroon** · 22nd April 2010, 14:32

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CB · 3rd June 2010, 14:01

CENTURY CITY, CA - JUNE 01: Honoree Courteney Cox arrives at the 2010 Crystal + Lucy Awards: A New Era at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on June 1, 2010 in Century City, California.

**TheONE** · 3rd June 2010, 16:08

thanks CB, beautiful photos

**jimaroon** · 5th June 2010, 06:13

Out and about in Los Angeles, June 2

**jimaroon** · 13th June 2010, 07:57

Miami Living June 2010 issue

**EagleEye33** · 16th June 2010, 04:59

Thanks, shes still amazing

**jimaroon** · 28th June 2010, 20:41

Shopping At La Perla In Beverly Hills - June 22

**kaneda** · 15th July 2010, 15:13

On the set of "Scream 4" in Detroit (July 13)

**kaneda** · 21st July 2010, 01:56

On set of "Scream 4" in Michigan (July 20)

**Scofield** · 22nd July 2010, 10:41

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