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Courteney Bass Cox Arquette (born '''Courteney Bass Cox''' on June 15 , 1964 ) is an American Actress and former fashion model, best known for her role as Monica Geller in the hugely popular television Sitcom '' Friends ''. She now plays Lucy Spiller , an executive editor of a tabloid magazine, on the popular Drama '' Dirt '' on FX Networks . BIOGRAPHY Early life Cox was born in . Cox has two older sisters (Dottie Pickett and Virginia Cox), an older brother (Richard, Jr.) and nine half-brothers and half-sisters. Her parents divorced in 1974, and her father eventually wound up in Panama City, Florida where he opened a company called Cox Pools, while Cox grew up with her mother and her stepfather, New York businessman Hunter Copeland. Cox was raised in an exclusive society town, Mountain Brook, Alabama where she was known as CC. She attended Highlands Day School for elementary school, Mountain Brook High School , where she was a Cheerleader , Tennis player and Swimmer . Upon graduation, Cox went to study Architecture and Interior Design at Mount Vernon College For Women . She dropped out after a year to pursue a Modeling career, after being signed by the Ford Modeling Agency in New York City . While modeling, she also took acting classes and acquired a Northern accent. Career Cox first came to prominence in the 1984 '' (1988). Cox's early television work include a starring role in the short-lived television series '' Misfits Of Science '' (1985), and later a recurring role (1987 - 1989) on the Television Series '' Family Ties '' as the last girlfriend of Alex P. Keaton ( Michael J. Fox ). Cox also appeared as Meryl, Jerry 's girlfriend/pretend wife on the hit TV Sitcom '' Seinfeld '' in 1994. After appearing in the '' (1994), Cox found fame playing Monica Geller on the hit TV series '' Friends '' (1994-2004). This was the role for which she would become most famous. The six principal cast members, including Cox, became household names due to the mass popularity and success of the show. However, she was the only principal member of the show's cast not to be nominated for an Emmy Award . During her time on Friends, Cox appeared in the highly successful and high-profile Hollywood films '' Scream '' (1996), '' Scream 2 '' (1997), and '' Scream 3 '' (2000). It is whilst filming the first of this Trilogy that she would meet her husband David Arquette . Although she starred in several other films during her time on '' Friends '', none achieved the same level of success as the show. Such films include '' The Runner '', '' 3000 Miles To Graceland '' and ''The Shrink is In''. In late 2003, Cox produced the Television series ''Mix It Up''. The lifestyle show received low ratings and was not renewed for a second season. After her ''Friends'' role, Cox was producer Marc Cherry 's first choice to be offered a starring role as Susan Mayer on '' Desperate Housewives ''. But due to the actress's pregnancy, she was unavailable for the part, therefore, giving the role to Teri Hatcher . A couple of years later, Cox signed a deal with ABC Television Studio (formerly Touchstone Television ), to star in her own series. Since '' Friends '', Cox has primarily concentrated on her family but has starred in the Independent Film '' November '' (2005), which had only a limited theatrical release, co-starred with Tim Allen in the critically derided '' Zoom '' and cameoed in the big budget remake of '' The Longest Yard '', as the girlfriend of Adam Sandler . She has recently supplied her voice for the animated film '' Barnyard ''. As of 2007, Cox plays Lucy Spiller, a tabloid editor, in '' Dirt '', a Television drama for the FX Networks . Cox and her husband, David Arquette, are the executive producers of the series.2 Personal life Cox's previous relationships include the late Ian Copeland and a long term relationship with actor Michael Keaton . Cox also dated singer Adam Duritz of Counting Crows and appeared in their music video for song A Long December in 1997. (Duritz has also dated Cox's "Friends" co-star, Jennifer Aniston .) Cox met actor David Arquette on the set of ''Scream''; the couple married on June 12, 1999 in an Episcopalian ceremony held at the Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA. Both Arquette and Cox had the sentence ''A deal's a deal'' inscribed on their wedding rings.3 While Cox has occasionally used her full married name, "Courteney Cox Arquette", professionally, she continues to be generally known simply as "Courteney Cox," which was said to honor her father when he died. On June 13, 2004, she gave birth to their first child, daughter Coco Riley Arquette. The child was originally to be named after her mother as Courteney Cox Arquette,4 however her husband's family objected to this on the grounds that naming a child after a living relative goes against Jewish tradition. Coco is a nickname Cox's friends gave her mother when she was a child. Cox's close real life friend and "Friends" co-star, Jennifer Aniston , is the baby's Godmother .5 In June 2007, Courteney announced plans to expand her family. The actress said she hopes to have a child through In Vitro Fertilisation despite battling Post-natal Depression after the birth of Coco. FILMOGRAPHY
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