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Courteney Cox

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In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City.
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Scream VI (2023)
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Courteney Cox was born on June 15th, 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama, into an affluent Southern family. She is the daughter of Courteney (Bass) and Richard Lewis Cox (1930-2001), a businessman. She was the baby of the family with two older sisters (Virginia and Dottie) and an older brother, Richard, Jr. She was raised in an exclusive society town, Mountain Brook, Alabama. Courteney was the archetypal daddy's girl, and therefore was understandably devastated when, in 1974, her parents divorced, and her father moved to Florida.

She became a rebellious teen, and did not make things easy for her mother, and new stepfather, New York businessman Hunter Copeland. Now, she is great friends with both. She attended Mountain Brook High School, where she was a cheerleader, tennis player and swimmer. In her final year, she received her first taste of modeling. She appeared in an advert for the store, Parisians. Upon graduation, she left Alabama to study architecture and interior design at Mount Vernon College. After one year she dropped out to a pursue a modeling career in New York, after being signed by the prestigious Ford Modelling Agency. She appeared on the covers of teen magazines such as Tiger Beat and Little Miss, plus numerous romance novels. She then moved on to commercials for Maybeline, Noxema, New York Telephone Company and Tampax.

While modeling, she attended acting classes, as her real dream and ambition was to be an actress. In 1984, she landed herself a small part in one episode of As the World Turns (1956) as a young débutante named Bunny. Her first big break, however, was being cast by Brian De Palma in the Bruce Springsteen video "Dancing in The Dark". In 1985, she moved to LA to star alongside Dean Paul Martin in Misfits of Science (1985). It was a flop, but a few years later, she was chosen out of thousands of hopefuls to play Michael J. Fox's girlfriend, psychology major Lauren Miller in Family Ties (1982).

In 1989, Family Ties (1982) ended, and Cox went through a lean spell in her career, featuring in unmemorable movies such as Mr. Destiny (1990) with Michael Caine. Fortunes changed dramatically for Cox, when in 1994, she starred alongside Jim Carrey in the unexpected hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), and a year later she was cast as Monica Geller on the hugely successful sitcom Friends (1994). It was this part that turned her into an international superstar and led to an American Comedy Award nomination. In 1996 Cox starred in Wes Craven's horror/comedy Scream (1996) . This movie grossed over $100 million at the box office, and won Cox rave reviews for her standout performance as the wickedly bitchy and smug TV reporter Gale Weathers. She went on to play this character again in each of the three sequels. Not only did her involvement in this movie lead to critical acclaim, but it also led to her meeting actor husband David Arquette. He played her on-screen love interest Dewey, and life imitated art as the two fell in love for real. Their wedding took place in San Francisco, at the historic Grace Cathedral atop Nob Hill, on June 12th, 1999. Joined by 200 guests, including Cox's film star friends Liam Neeson and Kevin Spacey, the happy couple finally became Mr. and Mrs. Arquette.
BornJune 15, 1964
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Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

Before They Were Famous: Actors' Early Roles

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Courteney Cox in Seinfeld (1989)
Courteney Cox in Scream (2022)
Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer in Friends: The Reunion (2021)
Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry in Friends (1994)
Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox in Scream (2022)
Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Gus Birney, and Dylan Gage in Chapter One - Welcome to Casa de Phelps (2022)
Courteney Cox in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Courteney Cox and Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Courteney Cox in Friends (1994)
Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox in Friends (1994)
Jean-Claude Van Damme and Courteney Cox in Friends (1994)
Courteney Cox and Michael McKean in Friends (1994)

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Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)
Friends
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TV Series
  • Monica Geller
  • Monica Geller-Bing
Drew Barrymore, Jody Mullins, and Madison Wolfe in Scream (1996)
Scream
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  • Gale Weathers
  • 1996
Neve Campbell, Parker Posey, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, and Deon Richmond in Scream 3 (2000)
Scream 3
5.6
  • Gale Weathers(as Courteney Cox Arquette)
  • 2000
Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, and James J. Zito III in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
3000 Miles to Graceland
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  • Cybil Waingrow
  • 2001

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Actress

  • Scream VI
    • Completed
  • Last Chance U
    • Pre-production
  • Mira Sorvino, Courteney Cox, and Greg Kinnear in Shining Vale (2022)
    Shining Vale
  • Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Marley Shelton, Dylan Minnette, Mason Gooding, Jack Quaid, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Sonia Ammar, Jasmin Savoy Brown, and Mikey Madison in Scream (2022)
    Scream
  • Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sarah Hyland, Ed O'Neill, Eric Stonestreet, Beatrice the Dog, Ariel Winter, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez, Reid Ewing, Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, and Jeremy Maguire in Modern Family (2009)
    Modern Family
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
  • Charity Case
  • Drunk History (2013)
    Drunk History
  • Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon, Mira Sorvino, Sharon Stone, Courteney Cox, and Selma Blair in Mothers and Daughters (2016)
    Mothers and Daughters
  • Barely Famous (2015)
    Barely Famous
  • Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)
    Cougar Town
  • UNICEF: Imagine (2014)
    UNICEF: Imagine
  • Matthew Perry, Bill Cobbs, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White, Laura Benanti, Brett Gelman, and Tyler James Williams in Go On (2012)
    Go On
  • Got Rights? (2012)
    Got Rights?
  • TalhotBlond (2012)
    TalhotBlond
  • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
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  • Lisa Kudrow in Web Therapy (2011)
    Web Therapy

Producer

  • Scream VI
    • Completed
  • Last Chance U
    • Pre-production
  • Mira Sorvino, Courteney Cox, and Greg Kinnear in Shining Vale (2022)
    Shining Vale
  • 9 Months with Courteney Cox (2019)
    9 Months with Courteney Cox
  • Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends: The Reunion (2021)
    Friends: The Reunion
  • Baron Wolman and Sophie Kipner in Sophie and the Baron (2021)
    Sophie and the Baron
  • Craig Ferguson in Celebrity Name Game (2014)
    Celebrity Name Game
  • Charity Case
  • Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)
    Cougar Town
  • Seann William Scott and Olivia Thirlby in Just Before I Go (2014)
    Just Before I Go
  • David Arquette and Mike McGuiness in Tripaholics (2013)
    Tripaholics
  • TalhotBlond (2012)
    TalhotBlond
  • The Butler's in Love (2008)
    The Butler's in Love
  • Courteney Cox in Dirt (2007)
    Dirt
  • Daisy Does America
  • The Tripper (2006)
    The Tripper
  • Dirt Squirrel (2005)
    Dirt Squirrel

Director

  • Brandi Carlile: Right on Time
  • Courteney Cox, Josh Hopkins, Busy Philipps, Dan Byrd, Ian Gomez, Christa Miller, and Brian Van Holt in Cougar Town (2009)
    Cougar Town
  • Seann William Scott and Olivia Thirlby in Just Before I Go (2014)
    Just Before I Go
  • TalhotBlond (2012)
    TalhotBlond
  • The Monday Before Thanksgiving
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The Cast of 'Scream' Answer Our Burning Questions
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Bedtime Stories
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    • June 15, 1964
    • Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • David ArquetteJune 12, 1999 - May 28, 2013 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Coco Arquette
    • (Stepparent)
  • Other works
    Print ad/TV commercial: Noxzema skin cream.
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    • 13 Interviews
    • 15 Articles
    • 13 Pictorials
    • 187 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Gave up smoking with husband David Arquette shortly before their wedding in 1999. Admits to having smoked since she was age 13.
  • Quotes
    It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate... I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination.
    • Black hair
    • Friends: The Reunion
      (2021)
      $2,500,000

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