Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964), also known as Courteney Cox Arquette, is an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller on the sitcom, Friends. Courteney has also starred in Dirt and the Scream series, and has guest-starred in Scrubs. She is currently starring in Cougar Town.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Cox is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox and his wife Courteney (née Bass, later Copeland). She has two olde...
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Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964), also known as Courteney Cox Arquette, is an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller on the sitcom, Friends. Courteney has also starred in Dirt and the Scream series, and has guest-starred in Scrubs. She is currently starring in Cougar Town.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Cox is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox and his wife Courteney (née Bass, later Copeland). She has two older sisters, Virginia and Dottie and an older brother, Richard Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother was remarried to businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle to Ian Copeland). After graduating from Mountain Brook High School, Alabama, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in Washington DC but did not complete her architecture course, opting instead to pursue a career in modelling and acting.
Cox studied architecture at Mount Vernon College for Women in Washington, DC, which is now part of George Washington University, before she dropped out....
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