Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox Arquette (born Courteney Bass Cox on June 15, 1964) is an actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller in the long-running television series Friends.

Early life

Cox was born in Mountain Brook. her late father, Richard L. Cox, was a businessman and her mother, also named Courteney, was a housewife. Cox has two older sisters (Dottie Pickett and Virginia Cox), one older brother (Richard, Jr) and nine half-brothers and half-sisters. Her parents divorced in 1974, and her father moved to Florida, while Cox grew up with her mother and stepfather Hunter Copeland.

Cox attended Mountain Brook High School, where she was a cheerleader, tennis player and swimmer. Upon graduation, Cox went to study architecture and interior design at Mount Vernon College. She dropped out after one year to pursue a modeling career, after being signed by the Ford modeling agency in New York City. While modeling, she also took acting classes, and lost her Southern accent.

Career

After her first appearance in the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark", she was cast in several theatrical films, including Masters of the Universe (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). She had a starring role in the short-lived television series, Misfits of Science (1985) and later had a recurring role (1987 - 1989) as Alex Keaton's girlfriend, Lauren, on the television series Family Ties.

Cox is best known for playing Monica Geller on the hit TV series Friends (1994 - 2004). She became the only principal member of the show's cast not to be nominated for an Emmy Award. After the show became successful, Cox appeared in several high-profile films, including Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the three Scream films (1996-2000) and 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).

While on the set of Scream, Cox became involved with co-star David Arquette. The couple married on June 12, 1999 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, California. They have one daughter, Coco Riley Arquette, born June 13, 2004.

Films

• Zoom (2006)
• The Longest Yard (2005)
• November (2004)
• 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
• The Runner (1999)
• Commandments (1997)
• Scream (1996), Scream 2 (1997), Scream 3 (2000)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
• The Opposite Sex (1993)
• Shaking the Tree (1992)
• Blue Desert (1991)
• Mr Destiny (1990)
• Cocoon: The Return (1988)
• Masters of the Universe (1987)

Television

• "As the World Turns" (1984)
• "Misfits of Science" (1985-86)
• "Family Ties" (1987-89)
• "Friends" (1994-2004)
• "Dirt" (2007-2008)
• "Cougar Town" (2009-)

References

• "Courteney Cox." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 1 Mar 2007, 00:18 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 1 Mar 2007 [1].
• Simon, Susan (April 1991) "A Star in the Family." Birmingham Magazine. Vol. 31, No. 4, p. 41-3

External links

• Courteney Cox at IMDB.com
• The Unofficial Courteney Cox Arquette Homepage
• Combustible Celluloid interview (April 26, 2005)
• Mr. Showbiz interview (February, 2001)
• Dr. Drew interview (2000)
• collection of interviews (1995-1999)