Birthdate : June 15, 1964
Birthplace : Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Spouse(s) : David Arquette (1999-present)
Courteney Bass Cox Arquette (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress and former model, known primarily for her role as Monica Geller in the popular television sitcom Friends. She currently plays Lucy Spiller, an executive editor of a tabloid magazine, on the popular drama Dirt on FX Networks.
Early life
Cox was born Courteney Bass Cox in Birmingham, Alabama to a wealthy Southern family. Her mother, also named Courteney (née Bass) and her late father, Richard Lewis Cox, was a contractor.[1] Cox has two older sisters (Virginia McFerrin and Dottie Pickett), an older brother (Richard, Jr.) and nine half-brothers and half-sisters. Her parents divorced in 1974, and her father eventually wound up in Panama City, Florida, where he opened a company called Cox Pools, while Cox grew up with her mother and her stepfather, New York businessman Hunter Copeland.
Cox was raised in a wealthy suburb of Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Alabama where she was known as CeCe. She 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 for Women. She dropped out after a 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 worked to lose her southern accent.
Early career
Cox first came to prominence in the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" (in which she was the pulled-on-stage girl who danced onstage with Springsteen for 26 seconds). Cox is also notable for being the first person to use the word "period" on U.S. television in its physiological sense, in a 1985 advertising campaign for Tampax brand tampons.[2] Her early film roles include Masters of the Universe (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). Cox's early television work include a starring role in the short-lived television series Misfits of Science (1985), and later a recurring role (1987 - 1989) on the television series Family Ties as the last girlfriend of Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox). She had a supporting role as Jewel, the hard-as-nails assistant to Jim Belushi's character in the 1990 fantasy film Mr. Destiny. In 1994, Cox appeared as Meryl, Jerry's girlfriend/pretend wife on the hit TV sitcom Seinfeld.
Awards & Nominations
American Comedy Awards
1999: Nominated, "Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series" — Friends
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
1998: Nominated, "Favorite Actress - Horror" — Scream 2
2001: Nominated, "Favorite Actress - Horror" — Scream 3
Golden Apple Award
1995: Won, "Female Discovery of the Year"
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
1997: Nominated, "Favorite Television Actress" — Friends
2000: Nominated, "Favorite Television Friends" — Friends (shared w/Jennifer Aniston & Lisa Kudrow)
Razzie Awards
2002: Nominated, "Worst Screen Couple" — 3000 Miles to Graceland (shared w/Kurt Russell & Kevin Costner)
2002: Nominated, "Worst Supporting Actress" — 3000 Miles to Graceland
Saturn Awards
1998: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture" — Scream 2
Screen Actors Guild Awards
1999: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
2000: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
2002: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
2003: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
2004: Nominated, "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
Teen Choice Awards
2000: Won, "Film - Choice Chemistry" — Scream 3
2002: Nominated, "Choice TV Actress, Comedy" — Friends
2003: Nominated, "Choice TV Actress, Comedy" — Friends
2005: Nominated, "Choice Movie Hissy Fit" — The Longest Yard
TV Guide Awards
2000: Won, "Editor's Choice" — Friends (shared w/co-stars)
TV Land Awards
2006: Nominated, "Most Wonderful Wedding" — Friends (shared w/Matthew Perry)
2007: Nominated, "Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good" — Family Ties (shared w/Michael J. Fox)
