Profile: Courteney Cox
Full Name: Courteney Bass Cox Arquette
Birth Date: June 15, 1964
Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Height: 5' 5"
Husband: David Arquette (June 12, 1999 - present)
Daughter: Coco Riley Arquette, born June 13, 2004
Fact: Courteney originally auditioned for the role of Rachel on "Friends."
Quote: "I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedies- my taste goes much more to the offbeat and dark. I'd love to sink my teeth into something like 'Fargo'"
Courteney Cox Biography
Courteney Cox was born in Birmingham, Alabama on June 15th, 1964. She is the youngest of four children born to Richard, a contractor, and mother (also named) Courteney, a homemaker. When Cox was ten her parents divorced after 19 years of marriage. Cox and her siblings stayed with their mother but she secretly blamed her mother for the breakup and idolized her father. Her childhood fantasy was to see her parents reunite and for things to be the way they were, however, both parents eventually remarried.
She attended Mountain Brook High, in Birmingham and worked after school at a pool supply store. She even saved enough money to purchase her own car at 16 and enjoyed activities like tennis and cheer-leading. She graduated high school in 1982 and studied architecture at Mt. Vernon College in Washington.
Near the end of her 1st and last year at college, she met her step-fathers nephew, Ian Copeland. Although Copeland was 15 years her senior, a romance formed. Cox had an ambition to model and Copeland encouraged her and suggested acting as well. She found work in ads for Noxema and Maybelline and had a small role on the soap opera "As the World Turns." Her career was advancing but her relationship with Copeland wasn’t and the couple split.
It wasn’t until 1984 that Cox received national attention. It was in the Bruce Springsteen video "Dancing in the Dark" as the girl Springsteen pulled on stage to dance with at the end. The job paid $350, but the exposure was enough to launch her into other work in show biz.
In 1985, Cox was cast as Lauren, Michel J. Fox’s girlfriend on "Family Ties." Unfortunately the end of the series brought her career to a stand still as well. She continued to work steadily but the roles went virtually unnoticed.
In 1994 things started to change for the raven haired beauty. She was cast in the hilarious comedy "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" with Jim Carrey. Soon after she landed the part of Monica Geller on the mega-hit TV series "Friends."
She has gone on to have great success with the popular horror Scream trilogy. Not only were the movies a great success, but she also met David Arquette. The couple married last year.
Courteney Cox Filmography
Barnyard, The (2005) (voice)--Daisy
Caught in the Act (2004) (TV)
November (2004)--Sophie
Alien Love Triangle (2001)--Alice
Get Well Soon (2001)
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)--Cybil Waingrow
The Shrink Is In (2001)--Samantha
Scream 3 (2000)--Gale Weathers
The Runner (1999)--Karina
Commandments (1997)--Rachel Luce
Scream 2 (1997)--Gale Weathers
Scream (1996)--Gale Weathers
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995) (TV)--Emmy OConnor (aka A Feel for
Murder)
Friends (1994) TV Series--Monica E Geller Bing
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)--Melissa Robinson
The Trouble with Larry(1993) TV Series--Gabriella Easden
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992)--Carrie Davenport
Battling for Baby (1992) (TV)--Katherine
Blue Desert (1991)--Lisa Roberts (aka Silent Victim)
Shaking the Tree (1990)--Kathleen
Mr. Destiny (1990)--Jewel Jagger
Curiosity Kills (1990) (TV)--Gwen
Till We Meet Again (1989) (TV)--Marie-Frederique 'Freddy' de Lancel
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989) (TV)--Jacquie Kimberly
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988) (TV)
Cocoon: The Return (1988)--Sara, St. Petersburg Oceanographic Inst.
Down Twisted (1987)--Tarah
If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987) (TV)--Hana Wyshocki
Masters of the Universe (1987)--Julie Winston
Family Ties (1982) TV Series--Lauren Miller (1987-1989)
Code Name: Foxfire (1985) (TV) (aka Slay It Again, Sam)
Misfits of Science (1985) (TV)--Gloria Dinallo
Misfits of Science (1985) TV Series--Gloria Dinallo
As the World Turns (1956) TV Series--Bunny (1984)
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