The Courteney Cox Handbook - Everything you need to know about Courteney Cox

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Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends, Gale Weathers in the horror series Scream, and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcom Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination. Cox has also starred in Dirt produced by Coquette Productions, a production company created by herself and husband David Arquette.

This book is your ultimate resource for Courteney Cox. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Courteney Cox, Down Twisted, Masters of the Universe (film), Cocoon: The Return, Mr. Destiny, Blue Desert (film), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Scream (film), Commandments, Scream 2, The Runner (1999 film), Alien Love Triangle, Scream 3, 3000 Miles to Graceland, The Shrink Is In, November (film), The Longest Yard (2005 film), Barnyard (film), Zoom (film), The Tripper, Bedtime Stories (film), Scream 4, Misfits of Science, Family Ties, I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film), Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again, Morton & Hayes, The Wife, Friends, Dirt (TV series), Scrubs (TV series), Cougar Town.

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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Contents

Articles Courteney Cox Down Twisted Masters of the Universe (film) Cocoon: The Return Mr. Destiny Blue Desert (film) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Scream (film) Commandments Scream 2 The Runner (1999 film) Alien Love Triangle Scream 3 3000 Miles to Graceland

The Shrink Is In November (film) The Longest Yard (2005 film) Barnyard (film) Zoom (film) The Tripper Bedtime Stories (film) Scream 4 Misfits of Science Family Ties I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988 film)

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again Morton & Hayes The Wife Friends Dirt (TV series) Scrubs (TV series) Cougar Town

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Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox

Born

Courteney Cox

Cox in February 2009

Courteney Bass Cox June 15, 1964 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

Other namesCourteney Cox Arquette

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Partner

Children

Actress

1984–present

[1] David Arquette (m. 1999–present) (separated)

Michael Keaton (1989-1995)

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Courteney Bass Cox(born June 15, 1964) is an American actress best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcomFriends, Gale Weathers in the horror seriesScream, and as Jules Cobb in the ABC sitcomCougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination. Cox has also starred inDirtproduced by Coquette Productions, a production company created by herself and husband David Arquette.

Early life [2] [3] Courteney Cox was raised in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Mountain Brook, the daughter of [4] businessman Richard Lewis Cox (January 28, 1931–and his wife Courteney (nae Bass, laterSeptember 3, 2001) [5] [6] Copeland). She has two older sisters, Virginia and Dottie, and an older brother, Richard, Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother then married businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle to music promoter and business [7] manager Ian Copeland). After graduating from Mountain Brook High School, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in Washington, D.C., but did not complete her architecture course, opting instead to pursue a career in modeling and [8] acting.

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Career

Early career Cox appeared in the 1984 music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" as a girl pulled onstage to dance with Springsteen. Cox was the first person to use the word "period" on U.S. television to refer to menstruation [9] in a 1985 advertising campaign for Tampax brand tampons. Her early film roles includeMasters of the Universe (1987) andCocoon: The Return(1988). Her early television work includes a starring role in the short-lived television seriesMisfits of Science(1985), and later a recurring role (1987–89) on the TV seriesFamily Tiesas Lauren Miller, the girlfriend of Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox). She had a supporting role as Jewel, the hard-as-nails assistant to James Belushi's character, in the 1990 fantasy filmMr. Destiny. In 1994, shortly before the debut of the sitcom,Friends,Cox appeared with Jim Carrey in the filmAce Ventura: Pet Detectiveand onSeinfeld in "The Wife" episode as Jerry's girlfriend named Meryl. In 1995, she was cast in Toad the Wet Sprocket's music video "Good Intentions". The song is also on the Friends Soundtrack.

Friends

Later in 1994 Cox was asked to audition for the part of Rachel Green on a new sitcom,Friends; she was cast as Monica Geller instead. At first the most famous cast member of the new show, Cox joined fellow castmates Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay), Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani), Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing) and David Schwimmer (Ross Geller) for what would become her most famous role, lasting for 10 seasons until 2004. According to the Guinness Book of World Records (2005), Cox (along with her female costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the final two seasons of Friends.

Between seasons five and six, Cox married David Arquette, and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette. An in-joke reference to Cox in September 1995 this is made in the beginning credits of the episode "The One After Vegas", where the rest of the cast and executive producers have "Arquette" added to their names. The dedication "For Courteney and David, who did get married"—a reference to [10] Monica and Chandler's decision not to marry in the episode—appears during the fade out to the tag scene.

Film career During her time onFriends, Cox appeared in the high-profile Hollywood filmsScream(1996),Scream 2(1997), and Scream 3(2000), as the determined and driven reporter Gale Weathers. She met her husband, David Arquette, who played her on-screen love interest Dwight "Dewey" Riley, while filming the firstScreamfilm. Both Cox and her husband David reprised their respective roles from theScreamtrilogy in 2011'sScream 4. The movie was released in [11] theaters April 15, 2011. Her other films includeThe Runner,3000 Miles to GracelandandThe Shrink Is In. In late 2003, Cox and Arquette produced one season of the reality television seriesMix It Up.The lifestyle show, which aired on the We cable channel, struggled with low ratings and was not renewed for a second season.

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Later work After herFriendsrole, Cox was producer Marc Cherry's first choice to be offered a starring role as Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives. However, Cox was unavailable due to her pregnancy and the role went to Teri Hatcher. A couple of years later, Cox signed a deal with ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television) to star in her own series. SinceFriends, Cox has primarily concentrated on her family but has starred in the independent film November(2005) which had a limited theatrical release, costarred with Tim Allen in the critically deridedZoom, and cameoed in the big budget remake ofThe Longest Yardas the girlfriend of Adam Sandler's character. She supplied her voice for the animated filmBarnyard. AFriendsreunion film was rumored to be in production; following the [12] success ofSex and the City: The Movie, but this has been denied by Warner Bros. and others. In 2007, Cox starred as Lucy Spiller, a cynical tabloid editor, inDirt, a television drama for FX. Cox and her [13] husband David Arquette were the executive producers of the series. According to Cox, the series was canceled [14] after the second season in 2008. In July 2008,Entertainment Weeklyannounced that Cox had signed on to star in [15] a three-episode arc for the television seriesScrubs. In her third episode, she told Dr. Cox that Cox was "a ridiculous name", in reference to her own.

In 2009, Cox began her roles as the star of the single-camera comedy series on ABC calledCougar Town, playing a [16] [17] [18] newly single 40-year-old mother on the hunt for new experiences. The show's third season was to premiere in November 2011 but has moved to an uncomfirmed date in 2012.

Personal life [19] Cox's significant previous boyfriends include her step-cousin, the rock promoter Ian Copeland and a long-term relationship with actor Michael Keaton from 1989 to 1995. Cox also dated singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and appeared in their music video for the song "A Long December" in 1997. [20] Cox married actor David Arquette on June 12, 1999. On June 13, 2004, she gave birth to a daughter, Coco Riley [21] [22] Arquette. Jennifer Aniston is Coco's godmother. On October 11, 2010, it was announced that Cox and [23] [24] [25] Arquette had separated, though they still maintain a close friendship and business relationship.

Filmography

Year

1987

1987

1988

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1996

1997

1997

1999

Down Twisted

Film

Masters of the Universe

Cocoon: The Return

Mr. Destiny

Blue Desert

Shaking the Tree

Film

The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Scream

Commandments

Scream 2

The Runner

Tarah

Role

Julia "Julie" Winston

Sara

Jewel Jagger

Lisa Roberts

Kathleen

C "Carrie" Davenport

Melissa Robinson

Gale Weathers

Rachel Luce

Gale Weathers

Karina

Notes

3

As the World Turns

2008

2006

Lauren Miller

Jacquie Kimberly

Hana Wyshocki

Episode: The Wife

Showtime TV movie

Episode: Dare Devil/Picture Me As a Spy/Sleeper

16 episodes

Episode: "Courteney Cox/Dave Matthews Band"

21 episodes

TV movie

NBC TV movie

Get Well Soon

The Shrink Is In

Scream 3

3000 Miles to Graceland

Episode: Come and Knock on Our Door

CBS TV movie

236 episodes

Year

The Longest Yard

4

1984

Notes

Role

Cece

Wendy

Short film

Gale Weathers Riley

Lucy Apple

Alien Love Triangle

Nora Bundy

Carol Bannister

Gabriella Easden

Television

Emmy

The Monday Before Thanksgiving

Alisha

Gwen

Princess Lucy "Lucille"

Zoom

Bedtime Stories

Scream 4

Bunny

The Tripper

Title

1987–1989

1989

1987

Battling for Baby

Family Ties

Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer

Morton & Hayes

Curiosity Kills

Saturday Night Live

Sketch Artist II: Hands that See

The Trouble with Larry

NBC TV movie

Alice Connor

Episode: Oafs Overboard

Gale Weathers

1991

1992

1988

1990

The Love Boat

Sylvan in Paradise

Misfits of Science

NBC TV pilot

Cybil Waingrow

Short film

Seinfeld

1994

1995

1995

1993

1994–2004

1986

NBC TV movie

1986

1985–1986

Lily "Lillian"

Daisy the Cow

Lena

Marsha Holloway

Uncredited role

Sophie Jacobs

Voice role

Gloria Dinallo

Marie-Frederique "Freddy" de Lancel

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

Dream On

Episode: Death Stalks the Big Top

Uncredited role NBC TV movie

Flight Attendant

Monica Geller

CBS miniseries

November

1985

Code Name: Foxfire

Friends

1992

2008

2011

2006

2006

I'll Be Home for Christmas

If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium

1989

1986

Murder, She Wrote

2001

2000

2004

Katherine

Meryl

Host

Courteney Cox

1999

2001

2001

2005

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals

Samantha Crumb

Also film producer

Cynthia

Friends

Friends

Friends

Scream 2

Scream 3

Friends

Screen Actors Guild Award

Screen Actors Guild Award

2001

2001

Teen Choice Awards

Favourite TV Comedy Actress

2003

2002

2002

Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Award

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Won

Cougar Town

Web Therapy

Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical

Favorite New Comedy Series

Best Guest Star In A Web Series

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

Friends

Friends

Friends

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Friends

Friends

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Film–Choice Chemistry

Voice role Episode: The Three Little Pigs

Category

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Title of work

Female Discovery of the Year

Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series

The Longest Yard

Choice TV Actress, Comedy

Favorite Television Friends

Friends

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Editor's Choice

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Favorite Actress–Horror

2004

2009

2007

Screen Actors Guild Award

2010

People's Choice Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Teen Choice Awards

2005

2006

People's Choice Awards

TV Land Award

2009

Scrubs

2009

Web Therapy

2009

2011

Courteney Cox

Cougar Town

2009–present

Private Practice

1999

Episode: "Step One"

2007–2008

Dirt

5

20 episodes

3 episodes

Main Role

3 episodes

1997

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year

Saturn Award

1998

Golden Apple Award

1996

1995

1995

People's Choice Award

1998

TV Land Award

Streamy Award

2010

Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good

Result

Choice TV Actress, Comedy

Choice Movie Hissy Fit

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Friends

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Friends

Nominated

Friends

Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series

Emerald Salt Pork

Serena Duvall

Taylor Maddox

Awards and nominations

Award

American Comedy Award

Scream 2

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Favorite Actress–Horror

Screen Actors Guild Award

Family Ties

2000

TV Guide Awards

1999

2003

2000

Screen Actors Guild Award

2000

1999

2000

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Nominated

Most Wonderful Wedding - with Matthew Perry

Nominated

Won

Won

Friends

Blockbuster Entertainment Award

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Scream 3

Friends

Nominated

Won

Nominated

Nominated

Lucille "Lucy" Spiller

Nominated

Favorite Television Actress

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Jules Cobb

Patient

Nominated

Nominated

Nominated

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

Courteney Cox

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2010

2011

Glamour Magazine's Women of the Year Awards

TV Guide Awards

Golden Derby TV Awards

People's Choice Awards

Women's Image Network Award

Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards

People's Choice Awards

References

US TV Actress

Courteney Cox To Be Honored By Women In Film Foundation

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

Favourite TV Comedy Actress

Actress Comedy Series

Lucy Award

Favorite Television Comedy Actress

Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Cougar Town

Won

Nominated

Won

Nominated

Nominated

[26] Recipient

Pending

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External links

Courteney Cox (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1073/) at the Internet Movie Database Courteney Cox (http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox) at People.com Collection of interviews (http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/psycho/266/article.htm) (1995–1999)

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