Courteney Cox was born in Birmingham, Alabama on June 15th, 1964. She is the youngest of four children. Courteney and her mother had a usual mother-daughter relationship, but she was closest with her father who was a building contractor. At the age of ten, her parents divorced after 19 years of marriage, while Courteney, her brother and two other sisters stayed with the mother as a result. article continued below....

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• Scream 3 (2000) (as Courteney Cox Arquette) .... Gale Weathers

Courteney went to Mountain Brook High, a public school in Birmingham, and worked her afternoons at the local pool supply store. Courteney also took place in the usual teenage activities like tennis, swimming, and cheerleading.

In 1982, Courteney graduated from high school and then began to study architecture at Mt. Vernon College in Washington. In her last year of college, Courteney met Ian Copeland, her stepfather's nephew. The two of them worked together for a New York City music agent. Even though there was an age difference of fifteen years, a romance formed between them. Copeland encouraged Courteney to pursue her dream of modeling, but he also suggested that she try acting.

Courteney's first roles included ads for Noxzema and Maybelline. She then moved on to a small soap role on As the World Turns. As Courteney's career started to take off, Copeland and Cox decided to end the relationship.

In 1984, Courteney gained national attention when director, Brian DePalma selected Courteney from a swarm of over three hundred contenders to star as the girl Bruce Springsteen pulled on stage to dance with at the end of his Dancing in the Dark video.

In 1985, Courteney appeared in the NBC series Misfits of Science, which was dropped four months later. In the same year, she also landed the role as Lauren, Michael J. Fox's girlfriend on Family Ties. The end of Family Ties brought a standstill to her career.

After Family Ties ended, Courteney tried to build a career in film industry. She went through the same treatment encountered by most new actors. Some of the movies she starred in were Cocoon: The Return, Mr. Destiny, Blue Desert, Shaking the Tree, and The Opposite Sex and How To Live With Them. Cox explains that one of the reasons her career didn't take off back then, was because of her relationship with Michael Keaton was too time-consuming.

Courteney got her next big break in 1994 where she was cast as Jim Carrey's boss in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Soon after the success of the movie, Courteney landed the part of Monica Geller on the NBC comedy sitcom Friends. Courteney's success with Friends led her to move on to the big screen where she played all three parts of the Scream trilogy of edge of your seat thrillers.

On a more personal note, Courteney married her Scream co-star, David Arquette, in June 1999. Her family, friends, and co-workers attest to her ability to tackle any task, to solve any problem. Courteney is a perfection-seeking ranging from her relationship to her career.

• Underwent laser eye surgery to correct her vision from 20/400. [1999]
• Dated singer Adam Duritz. Duritz wrote the song "Monkey" for Courteney (from the Counting Crows album "Recovering the Satellites"). [1997]
• Had a six-year relationship with actor Michael Keaton [1989-1995]
• Originally auditioned for the role of Rachel on "Friends" (1994).
• Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1995 and appeared on the cover.
• Parents divorced when she was 10, both remarried.
• Studied architecture at Mount Vernon College for a year.
• Was voted Best Dressed Female Television Star [1997]
• In 1984 she 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".
• When she announced in September, 1999 that her new legal and professional surname would become Courteney Cox Arquette, the cast and producers of her "Friends" (1994) TV show also added "Arquette" to their own names in the opening credits of the 1999 season's premiere episode.
• Has two older sisters and one older brother: Dottie Pickett (née Cox), Virginia and Richard.
• Has three dogs: Ella, Rags and Mr. McBarker (Mac for short). The latter is, rather unfortunately, a female.
• Sister-in-law of Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette and Alexis Arquette, daughter-in-law of Lewis Arquette, granddaughter-in-law of Cliff Arquette.
• Is a big fan of the Foo Fighters.
• In the mid eighties she hosted a TV show called "This Week's Music"
• She can play the piano and drums.
• 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)
• Voted the 18th "Sexiest Woman in the World" by Stuff magazine (2002)
• Drives a Jaguar and a silver Porsche Carrera.
• Has her own lipstick called "Cece" by Cargo.
• She likes to buy houses, renovate them, and then sell them off for profit.
• She was paid $350 for her part as the "surprised" girl pulled from the crowd to dance with Bruce Springsteen in his 1984 video "Dancing in the Dark."
• Announced she and husband David Arquette are expecting their first child. [January 6, 2004]
• On "Friends" (1994), she plays a character whose last name is Geller, and her husband played Robert Geller in Never Been Kissed (1999).
• Daughter, Coco Riley Arquette, born Sunday, 13 June, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, the baby weighed in at 8 lbs 6 oz.
• Went into labor on her 5 year wedding anniversary, June 12, 2004, and gave birth to her daughter the next day, two days before her 40th birthday.
• Announced she and husband David Arquette are launching a production company called Coquette [June 25, 2004].
• Ranked #18 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
• Is the only central member of the "Friends" (1994) cast to have received an actual acting Razzie nomination. She was nominated for Worst Supporting Actress for the film 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001). The other cast members (except for Matthew Perry) have received nominations in categories such as Worst Screen Couple and Worst New Star.
• Her daughter's name Coco came from a compromise with her and husband David Arquette. Because of Courteney's southern roots she wanted to name her daughter Courteney Cox, as her mom is Courteney Cox and so is she. However, David is half Jewish and it is against Jewish tradition to name a child after a living person. So the name came from the nickname Courteney's friends had for her mother while Courteney was growing up. They called her Mama Coco.
  

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