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Courteney Cox Arquette: Snapshot
- Name
- Courteney Cox Arquette
- Date of Birth
- June 15, 1964
- Birth Place
- Birmingham, Ala.
In addition to her TV roles, the petite brunette has made movie appearances in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and the Scream horror trilogy. Her most recent project, the FX show Dirt, marked her return to TV as star and producer–but the series was cancelled after two seasons.
In real life, Cox Arquette became close with Friends costar Jennifer Aniston and married fellow Scream actor David Arquette, with whom she had a daughter, Coco in 2004.
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Courteney Cox Arquette: Five Fun Facts
- Courteney Cox Arquette and husband David engraved their wedding bands with "A deal is a deal."
- Growing up, Courteney Cox Arquette was complimented for her "all-American" look, which she hated. "I love America, but I'd much rather look exotic or European, like Isabella Rossellini – she's gorgeous," she told In Style.
- Courteney Cox Arquette originally auditioned for the role of Rachel on Friends before being cast as Monica.
- Then-boyfriend Adam Duritz of the band Counting Crows wrote the song "Monkey" for Courteney Cox Arquette in 1996. She also appeared in one of the band's music videos, "A Long December".
- Courteney Cox Arquette and former Friends costar Jennifer Aniston kissed on the season finale of Cox Arquette's FX show Dirt, in which Aniston guest starred as a rival magazine editor.
Courteney Cox Arquette: Biography
- 1974
Split Decision
After 19 years of marriage, Cox's parents, Richard, a building contractor, and her mother, Courteney, a homemaker, divorce. She lives with her mother and her three older siblings, a brother and two sisters, in Mountain Brook, Ala.
- 1984
Bruce Almighty
At an audition for director Brian de Palma, Cox lands the memorable part of a Bruce Springsteen fan in the singer's music video "Dancing in the Dark." She is paid $350 for Springsteen to pluck her from the audience at a concert and dance with her on stage.
- 1985
A Groundbreaking "Period"
In a commercial for Tampax tampons, Cox becomes the first person to use the word "period" in a biological sense on TV in the U.S. She also lands bit parts on TV shows, including As the World Turns and The Love Boat, before nabbing her first role in a major motion picture, Masters of the Universe, a live-action feature film based on a popular cartoon series.
Photo Credits
Top Left: Ruven Afanador/Corbis Outline
BIOGRAPHY (top to bottom): COURTESY COURTENEY COX; Paul Natkin/WireImage; INF
