Courteney Cox Arquette

Name: Courteney Cox Arquette
Birth Name: Courteney Bass Cox
Height: 5'5"
Nationality: American
Birth Date: June 15, 1964
Birth Place: Birmingham, Alabama
Occupation: actress, producer, model
Education: Mountain Brook High ~ Mount Vernon College, Washington D.C. (majored in Architecture; dropped out withing a year)
Husband: David Arquette (actor; married on June 12, 1999)
Relationships: Ian Copeland (manager; brother of musician Stewart Copeland of the rock band the Police; Cox's stepcousin), Michael Keaton (actor; together from 1989 to July 1995)
Father: Richard Cox (contractor; divorced Cox's mother 1974; remarried 1975)
Mother: Courteney Copeland (remarried 1976)
Sister: Virginia Cox (older), Dottie Pickett (née Cox; born 1962)
Brother: Richard (older)
Step Father: Hunter Copeland (businessman)

Courteney Cox Arquette returns to television’s top-rated comedy Friends for the ninth season as the sensitive and meticulous Monica Geller Bing, who is married to fellow Friend Chandler Bing (series star Matthew Perry).

Cox Arquette’s talent for both dramatic and comedic acting has made her a favorite of fans. She co-starred opposite Kevin Costner and Kurt Russell in the film 3000 Miles to Graceland, and as television reporter Gale Weathers in Wes Craven’s Scream trilogy, opposite Neve Campbell and Cox Arquette’s husband, David Arquette.

Cox Arquette’s other feature credits include Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (opposite Jim Carrey), Commandments, Blue Desert, Cocoon: The Return, Mr. Destiny, The Rules of the Game, and Alien Love Triangle, opposite Kenneth Branagh (and directed by Danny Boyle).

Before Friends, Cox Arquette’s most memorable television roles included a recurring turn as Lauren, Alex P. Keaton’s (Michael J. Fox) girlfriend on Family Ties, and, as a teenager, playing a starstruck fan hauled on stage by Bruce Springsteen in his Dancing in the Dark video. Her other television credits include The Trouble with Larry, as well as guest-starring parts on Murder, She Wrote, Seinfeld, Dream On, Hands That See and The Larry Sanders Show.

Born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, Cox Arquette moved to New York City after her graduation from high school and was subsequently signed by the Ford modeling agency. Soon, she was appearing in magazines, television commercials and music videos. In 1995, as a cast member of Friends, Cox Arquette was People magazine’s 1995 cover girl for the 50 Most Beautiful People issue.

In her spare time, Cox Arquette, who wanted to be an architect while growing up, enjoys remodeling and decorating homes. She and Arquette currently live in Los Angeles. Her birthday is June 15, 1964.