Name: Courteney Bass Cox
Born: Birmingham, Alabama
Lives: Loves To Renovate Homes, Her Last Home was in Santa Monica and Now she Lives in Los Angeles.
Drives: Silver Porsche Carrera
Marital Status: Husband: David Arquette
Favorite Hot Beverage: Lemon Soother Lipton Tea with honey and extra Lemon.
Plays on Friends: Courteney Plays Sexy but obsessively insecure, neat freak Monica Geller. She's motherly, responsible, easy to talk to, and someone who is there for you. Monica is loyal and listens to you. Monica is very organized, yet cool.
Likes?: Buying houses, re-decorates them, and sells them as a hobby. Co-star Jennifer Aniston is one of the people she advised on buying a new home.
On Her Character: "She's the most normal, the voice of the reason, although, she does have her quirks"
What Her Friends Say: "Courteney is the mother of the group" says Jennifer, "If you don't know what to do, she can tell you in three seconds".
Courteney is the youngest of four children.
When Courteney was 10, her parents divorced
after 19 years of marriage. Courteney stayed
with her mother, brother and two sisters and
wished secretly that things were back to the
way they were before her parents
split.
Courteney went to Mountain Brook High, a
public school in Birmingham. To earn some
money she 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. In 1982, Courteney graduated
from high school and then began to study
architecture at Mt. Vernon college in
Washington.
At that time, Courteney wanted to be a
model, so Ian Copeland (her Step Fathers
Nephew) suggested she pursue it, but also try
acting. Courteney did ads for Noxema and
Maybelline and also, had a small soap role on
As the World Turns. It wasn't until 1984 that
Courteney became known, when she was 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 to other work
in the acting business.
In 1985, Courteney was in the NBC series
Misfits of Science, which was dropped in four
months later. That same year, Courteney was
cast as Lauren, Michael J. Fox's girlfriend
on Family Ties. The end of Family Ties
brought Courteney 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 was cast in Ace
Ventura: Pet Detective alongside funny guy
Jim Carrey.
Soon after Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,
Courteney won the part of Monica Geller on
Friends!!!
