Courtney Cox

Profile
Name: Courteney Cox
Birth Name: Courteney Bass Cox
Height: 5' 5''
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 15, 1964
Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Profession: Actress, Producer, Model
Education: Mountain Brook High School
Mount Vernon College, Washington D. C. (majored in Architecture; dropped out within a year)
Husband/Wife: David Arquette (actor; meeting on the set of their 1996 movie Scream; married on June 12, 1999)
Relationship: Ian Copeland (manager; brother of musician Stewart Copeland of the rock band the Police; Cox's stepcousin), Michael Keaton (actor; together from 1989 to July 1995)
Father: Richard Cox (contractor; divorced Cox's mother 1974; remarried 1975)
Mother: Courteney Copeland (remarried 1976)
Sister: Virginia Cox (older), Dottie Pickett (née Cox; born 1962)
Brother: Richard (older)
Step Father: Hunter Copeland (businessman)
Sister in law: Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette and Alexis Arquette
Daughter: Coco (born on June 13, 2004)
Claim to fame: As Monica Geller in Friends

Biography
Courteney Bass Cox was born June 15, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.Courteney is the fourth child of Richard (born in 1930) and Courteney (*1934) Cox. She has one brother, Richard, two sisters (Virginia respectively Dottie Pickett) and nine half-siblings. Courteney's parents divorced when she was ten. She stayed with her mother who married businessman Hunter Copeland (*1918) in 1976. Her father, a building contractor, moved to Florida where he remarried in 1975.After graduation from the Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham (1982) she began to study architecture/interior decoration at the Mount Vernon College in Washington. In the summer holidays she went to New York where she was subsequently signed by the Ford modeling agency. After some shoots for magazines like Teen Beat and Young Miss, and for romance-novel covers she started working in television commercials for Maybelline, Noxzema and the New York Telephone Company, among other sponsors.

Courteney made her acting debut in 1984 on the daytime soap ''As the World Turns'', and later that same year, she was casted by Brian de Palma for Bruce Springsteen's video 'Dancing in the Dark'. After the video which probably opened Courteney some doors for her acting career later, Courteney hosted a music show called 'This Week's Music'. She also worked in 1984 at F.B.I. (Frontier Booking International) a concert booking agency in New York run by Ian Copeland (brother of Stewart of the Police) and a cousins of Cox's. Her first well known work as an actress she did in 1987 when she was cast as the bright, perky girlfriend of Michael J. Fox on 'Family Ties'.Following the series, she did several feature films which had disappointing box office performance. Courteney had her first success as a movie actress when she appeared in 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' together with Jim Carrey.Her stage work includes 'King of Hearts' at the Tiffany Theatre in L.A., where she starred with Michael Spound (1989).

The final break-through to a star she achieved in 1994 with the hit tv-series 'Friends' where she is playing 'Monica Geller'. The show's producers originally envisioned her in the role of Rachel but Courteney convinced them to give her the other role.In 1995 Courteney co-hosted the 'MTV Movie Awards'.Her biggest success on the big screen so far was the movie 'Scream' (1996) which made more than $100 million in the US. After the low budget movie 'Commandments' (release 5/97) she continued the success with the sequel of Scream ('Scream 2'). It was released December 12, 1997 and made almost $40 million at its opening weekend.Since summer 1998 Courteney is engaged with David Arquette whom she met during the shooting of Scream. She married him on June 12, 1999.

Filmography
Actress
2007 Dirt [TV Series]
2006 Zoom
2006 Barnyard
2005 The Longest Yard
2003 Friends: Season 10
2003 November
2002 Friends: Season 09
2001 Friends: Season 08
2001 The Shrink Is In
2001 Get Well Soon
2001 3000 Miles to Graceland
2000 Scream 3
2000 Friends: Season 07
2000 The Directors: Wes Craven
1999 Friends: Season 06
1999 The Runner
1998 Friends: Season 05
1997 Friends: Season 04
1997 Scream 2
1996 Commandments
1996 Friends: Season 03
1996 Scream
1995 Friends: Season 02
1995 The Larry Sanders Show: Larry's Big Idea
1995 Saturday Night Live: Courteney Cox
1995 Sketch Artist 2: Hands That See
1994 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 Friends: Season 01
1993 The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
1993 Battling for Baby
1991 Blue Desert
1990 Curiosity Kills
1990 Shaking the Tree
1990 Mr. Destiny
1989 Till We Meet Again
1989 The Prize Pulitzer: The Roxanne Pulitzer Story
1989 Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer
1988 I'll Be Home for Christmas
1988 Cocoon: The Return
1987 Down Twisted
1987 If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium
1987 Masters of the Universe
1986 Murder, She Wrote: Death Stalks the Big Top, Part 2
1986 Murder, She Wrote: Death Stalks the Big Top, Part 1
1985 Misfits of Science
1981 Dream On

Executive Producer
2007 Dirt [TV Series]
2005 Daisy Does America [TV Series]

Trivia
* Cox and David Arquette are hitting back at recent tabloid reports suggesting their seven-year marriage is in trouble. Tabloids reported the couple were going through a rough patch in their marriage and claimed Cox had been getting close to her Dirt co-star Josh Stewart. (March 8, 2007)
* Refused to hire a body double to film racy sex scenes on her TV show Dirt because she couldn't be happier with the way her body looks. (February 8, 2007)
* Has revealed that both she and Jennifer Aniston are keen on reuniting the cast of Friends for a special episode. (December 9, 2006)
* Denies tabloid reports that her best friend Jennifer Aniston is making wedding plans with Vince Vaughn. (August 17, 2006)
* Has hired a therapist to sort out her marriage crisis. (August 11, 2006)
* Admits that she and hubby David Arquette are hoping for a second child. (August 4, 2006)
* Admits she struggles with aging in Hollywood, saying she tries “to not have too many mirrors around. (July 7, 2006)
* Says she hates speaking on the phone – except when driving her car.
* Showed her support for close friend Jennifer Aniston – Brad’s ex-wife – by giving the actor the cold shoulder when they bumped into each other at the Beverly Hills Hotel. (January 2, 2006)
* Is set to executive produce a sitcom about a private investigator starring her husband David Arquette. (November 29, 2005)
* Has signed on to star and produced an untitled comedy for Paramount Pictures. (October 21, 2005)
* Unlike Madonna, Cox says she's OK with daughter watching TV, depending on the program. (October 20, 2005)
* Is among the celebrities putting their own artistic spin on the classic Lacoste polo shirt in a bid to raise funds for the fight against pediatric AIDS. (October 10, 2005)
* Admits that she is finding it difficult to keep in touch with her friends since giving birth to daughter Coco. (September 2, 2005)
* Has revealed she suffered post-natal depression and suicidal urges after giving birth to daughter Coco in 2004. (July 22, 2005
* Shared details about her love life with Jennifer Aniston on the set of their old show Friends on the very first day they met.
* Cox and David Arquette had a slight discomfort to deal with on their wedding day - they were both hungover from alcohol binges the night before.
* One of her daughter’s (Coco) godmothers is Jennifer Aniston.
* Cox and David Arquette took out a full page advertisement to congratulate Jennifer Aniston on winning the Showest Female of The Year prize. They wrote: Congratulations Jennifer. Your enormous heart makes you an incredible actress and a beautiful friend. We love you. Courteney, David and Coco. (2005)
* An estimated 51.1 million people in the US tuned in for the final “Friends.” (May 10, 2004)
* Her hit series “Friends” is considered too sexy for Chinese audience. (January 19, 2004)
* FRIENDS bosses are taking drastic measures to keep one of the most eagerly-awaited endings to a TV show secret - they're shooting the final episode without an audience. (January 15, 2004)
* FRIENDS stars have been given a record breaking $2 million each to make a reunion special that takes place one year after the program's finale. (January 12, 2004)
* Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow were completely obsessed with talk of babies, according to sources on the set of FRIENDS. (January 9, 2004)
* The Friends cast have turned to the sitcom superstars of the past, Mary Tyler Moore and Danny DeVito, to get tips on coping once the series ends next year. (December 16, 2003)
* Was one of the most powerful celebrity according to 2003 Forbes Top 100 Celebrity List (#41)
* Recliners designed by the cast of NBC’s FRIENDS were auctioned off to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Monroe -- The chairs fetched a total of $125,000 on eBay. (June 9, 2003)
* Suffered two devastating miscarriages.
* Cox's fixation with home decorating has inspired her latest work: create and produce an interior design show for cable TV -- MIX IT UP, which premieres on WE: Women's Entertainment this autumn, profiles couples and roommates whose styles are at odds. (January 30, 2003)
* Arquette and husband David Arquette defended actor Paul Reubens, 50 (aka Pee-wee Herman), who was recently charged with a misdemeanor possession of child pornography -- Cox called the charge ridiculous and dumb. (November 26, 2002)
* There were rumors that her three-year-old marriage to David Arquette was on the skids just because she dropped her married name. (2002)
* In Friends (1994), Cox originally auditioned for the part of Rachel Green (played by Jennifer Aniston).
* After marrying David Arquette, Cox's name was hyphenated in FRIENDS (1994) as Courteney Cox-Arquette. As a joke in one episode, all of the cast's names were hyphenated with -Arquette.
* In SCREAM 2, when Gale Weathers (Courteney Cox) mentions the nude pictures of her on the Internet, she says: It was just my head. It was Jennifer Aniston's body. Jennifer Aniston is Courteney Cox's co-star on the tv show FRIENDS.
* Was nominated for Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Horror in 1998 for SCREAM 2.
* Likes to buy houses, fix them up, and then sell them.
* Keeps herself fit with yoga.
* Appeared in Counting Crows' Long December music video.
* Underwent laser eye surgery to correct her vision from 20/400. (1999)
* Was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1995 and appeared on the cover.
* Was voted Best Dressed Female Television Star. (1997)
* In 1984, Cox worked at F.B.I. (Frontier Booking International) a concert booking agency in New York run by Ian Copeland (brother of Stewart of the Police) and a relative of Cox's.
* Was the first person to ever say period on American TV, in a Tampax commercial.
* Was the girl Bruce Springsteen pulled from the crowd to dance with him in the 1984 music video Dancing in the Dark.
* Is a big fan of the Foo Fighters.
* Was voted 9th sexiest woman in the world by readers of FHM in 1997 and 1998.
* Was named the Hottest Babe by Playboy magazine (1995)
* Was voted the 18th Sexiest Woman in the World by Stuff magazine (2002)
* Is the only female Friend not to be nominated for an Emmy, though she has had the most successful movie career out of the whole cast with the success of the SCREAM Trilogy.
* Has only problem with her husband David Arquette - he snores.
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (2004)
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (2003)
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (2002)
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (2001)
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (2000)
* Nominated at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at Screen Actors Guild Awards for Friends (1999)