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Courtney Bass Cox born June 15, 1964 is an American actress and producer. She achieved international prominence playing Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present) Her awards include a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Emmy Award nominations, a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cox had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), and starred in the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), and the Starz horror comedy series Shining Vale (2022–2023). Her film appearances include the action fantasy Masters of the Universe (1987), the comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), the animated comedy Barnyard (2006), the fantasy comedy Bedtime Stories (2008), and the independent drama Mothers and Daughters (2016).
Cox owned the production company Coquette Productions, which she founded with her then-husband David Arquette. She has directed the television drama film Talhotblond (2012), the black comedy drama film Just Before I Go (2014), and is the executive producer of the game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017).
Early life
Courteney Bass Cox was born on June 15, 1964, in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised there. She is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (1931–2001) and Courteney Copeland (née Bass; 1934–2020).Cox has two older sisters, Virginia and Dorothy, and an older brother, Richard Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974, and her mother married businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle of music promoter and business manager Ian Copeland and The Police drummer Stewart Copeland).
After graduating from Mountain Brook High School , Cox went to Mount Vernon College in Washington D.C. (later part of George Washington University ), but did not complete her architecture course, choosing instead to pursue a career in modeling and acting. Cox has English and Norman ancestry; while researching her family tree for the series Who Do You Think You Are?, Cox discovered that she was a direct descendant of William the Conqueror and Edward I of England .
Cox dated actor Michael Keaton from 1989 to 1995. Cox married her Scream co-star David Arquette on June 12, 1999, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The couple have a daughter, born in June 2004. Jennifer Aniston is her godmother.Cox revealed that she suffered from postpartum depression six months after the birth of her child. On October 11, 2010, Cox and Arquette announced that they had separated, although they still maintain a close friendship and an ongoing professional relationship at Coquette Productions. In June 2012, Arquette filed for divorce from Cox, nearly two years after separating. The divorce was finalized in May 2013.Cox began dating Snow Patrol band member Johnny McDaid in late 2013.The couple announced their engagement in June 2014. They broke off the engagement shortly thereafter, but they remain a couple.
In 2017, Cox was the subject of an episode of the television program Who Do You Think You Are?, during which she learned that she is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror.
In 2020, Cox said she did not remember much of the plot of episodes of Friends and had begun watching the show regularly. Cox is a practitioner of Budokan Karate
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