Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends. She received further recognition for starring as Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream. Cox’s other films include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe, the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and the animated comedy Barnyard.

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Summary Courteney CoxCourteney Bass Cox is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends. She received further recognition for starring as Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream. Cox’s other films include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe, the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the animated comedy Barnyard, the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories, and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters. She also worked as a director on her sitcom Cougar Town, the television drama film TalhotBlond, and the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go. She married David Arquette and consequently changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquettes. She has two older sisters, Virginia and Dorothy, and an older brother, Richard Jr. Cox appeared in the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen’s \”Dancing in the Dark\”, as the young woman pulled onstage at the St. Paul Civic Center to dance with Springsteen. She is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox and Courteny Copeland. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother then married businessman Hunter Copeland.

After graduating from Mountain Brook High School, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in Washington, D. C., but did not complete her architecture course, opting instead to pursue a career in modeling and acting. She later had a recurring role as Lauren Miller, the girlfriend of Michael J. Fox’s character Alex P. Keaton in the NBC comedy series Family Ties. In 1993, she co-starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom The Trouble with Larry, alongside Bronson Pinchot and Perry King. In 1994, Cox was asked to audition for the starring role of Rachel Green on a new sitcom, Friends; she was cast as Monica geller instead. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Cox became the highest-paid TV actress of all time, with her US$1 million-per-episode fee for the final two seasons of Friends. Between seasons five and six, she married David arquette, who played her love interest, Dwight, on the show. The series is one of the highest grossing and critically acclaimed horror film franchises.