Courteney
Cox
Courteney
Cox was born on June 15 in 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama.
She is the youngest of four children. Courteney Cox
was close to her father, a building contractor, and had a typical
mother-daughter relationship with her mom. When Courteney
Cox was 10, her parents divorced after 19 years of marriage.
Courteney Cox stayed with her mother, brother and
two sisters, but blamed her mother for the divorce. She thought
her dad was the most fun person in the world and wished secretly
that things were back to the way they were before her parents split.
Courteney Cox matured and finally realized that
her parents didn't belong together forever. Both her father and
mother have since remarried, and Courteney Cox
now considers her mother her best friends.
Courteney Cox attended Mountain Brook High and
worked afternoons at a pool supply store. She later saved enough
money from that job to buy her own car when she was 16 - a blue
Datsun 210. Courteney Cox also participated in
the usual teenage activities like cheerleading, tennis, and swimming.
In 1982, Courteney Cox graduated from high school
and then began to study architecture at Mt. Vernon college in Washington.
Near the end of her first and last year of college, Courteney
Cox met Ian Copeland, her stepfather's nephew. They worked
together for a New York City music agent. Though Courteney
Cox and Copeland were 15 years apart, a romance formed.
At that time, Courteney Cox wanted to be a model,
so Copeland suggested she pursue it, but also try acting. Courteney
Cox did ads for Noxema and Maybelline and also, had a small
soap role on As the World Turns. When Copeland found Courteney
Cox blossoming into her choice of career, the two called
it off.
It wasn't until 1984 that Courteney Cox gained
mational attention as the girl Bruce Springsteen pulled on stage
to dance with at end of his Dancing in the Dark video. The job paid
$350, but the exposure was enough to springboard Courteney
Cox to other work in the industry.
In 1985, Courteney Cox was in the NBC series Misfits
of Science, which was dropped in four months. That same year, Courteney
Cox was cast as Lauren, Michael J. Fox's girlfriend on
Family Ties. The end of Family Ties brought Courteney Cox
to a standstill in her career. She did several motion pictures after,
but it wasn't until 1994 when she got her next big break. Courteney
Cox was cast as Jim Carrey's boss in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Soon after, Cox won the part of Monica Geller on Friends.
From this point on, Courteney Cox is looking towards
the future. Success has been a long-time for this thirty something
young woman, rightly deserved and for Courteney Cox,
richly rewarded.
