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{{Infobox person
| image = Courteney Cox '10 PaleyFest.jpg
| caption = Cox in March 2010
| birth_name = Courteney Bass Cox
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date =
| other_names = Courteney Cox Arquette
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984–present
| spouse = [[David Arquette]]<br><small>(1999–2013; 1 child)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101011/courtney-cox-split-101011/ |title=Separation announcement |publisher=Ctv.ca |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref>
| children = Coco Riley Arquette<br><small>({{Birth date and age|2004|6|13|mf=y}})</small>
| partner = [[Michael Keaton]] (1989–1995)
}}
'''Courteney Bass Cox''' (born June 15, 1964)<ref name=birthday>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox | publisher=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] | title= Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs: Courteney Cox | accessdate= June 12, 2012}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She is best known for playing Monica on the [[television]] [[series]] ''[[Friends]]'' and for her role in the movie ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' and its sequels. Cox [[marriage|married]] [[David Arquette]] between seasons 5 and 6 of ''Friends'', and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette. She later changed it back in honor of her parents.
==Early life==
Courteney Cox was raised in [[Mountain Brook, Alabama]], a suburb of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]].<ref name=peoplebio>{{cite web|author=Courteney Cox|url=http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox|title=Courteney Cox Arquette|work=People|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=filmreference.com=|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Courteney-Cox.html|title=Courteney Cox Biography (1920–)|accessdate=January 10, 2014|publisher=NetIndustries, LLC}}</ref> She is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (January 28, 1931 – September 3, 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I53336|title=Dowling Family Genealogy}}</ref> and his wife Courteney (nee Bass, later Copeland).<ref>{{cite web|title=hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography|work=Cox's parents are Richard and Courtney Cox|accessdate=August 29, 2009|archiveurl=http://archive.is/3zqf|archivedate=June 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/news.ssf?/base/business/1230628569185680.xml&coll=2|title=Mountain Brook one of 10 of the nation's wealthiest communities|publisher=Al.com|date=December 30, 2008|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> 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 manager Ian Copeland).<ref>{{cite web|title=hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography|work=Cox's stepfather is Hunter Copeland, uncle of Ian Copeland|accessdate=January 10, 2014|archiveurl=http://archive.is/3zqf|archivedate=June 29, 2012}}</ref> After graduating from Mountain Brook High School, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in [[Washington, D.C.]], but did not complete her architecture course. She instead pursued a career in modeling and acting.<ref>{{cite web|title=movies.msn.com|url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/courteney-cox-arquette.1/|work=Cox left college to pursue a career in modeling and acting|publisher=MSN|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref>
Cox is of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans|German]] [[ancestry]].
==Marriage and family==
In 1996, Cox began dating actor [[David Arquette]]. The couple married on June 12, 1999. They have one child together, a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette (born June 13, 2004). Coco's godmother is family friend [[Jennifer Aniston]]. Cox had seven miscarriages between 2001 to November 2010. She and her husband separated on December 31, 2011. Arquette filed for divorce on June 8, 2012.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
* {{imdb name|id=0001073|name=Courteney Cox}}
* {{people}}
* [http://www.tv.com/courteney-cox/person/3969/summary.html?q=Courtney%20Cox&tag=search_results;title;0 Courteney Cox] at [[Tv.com]]
{{US-actor-stub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Courtney}}
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actors from Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:American movie actors]]
[[Category:American television actors]]
[[Category:Arquette family]]
{{Link GA|sr}}
| image = Courteney Cox '10 PaleyFest.jpg
| caption = Cox in March 2010
| birth_name = Courteney Bass Cox
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|6|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Birmingham, Alabama]], U.S.
| death_date =
| other_names = Courteney Cox Arquette
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984–present
| spouse = [[David Arquette]]<br><small>(1999–2013; 1 child)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Entertainment/20101011/courtney-cox-split-101011/ |title=Separation announcement |publisher=Ctv.ca |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref>
| children = Coco Riley Arquette<br><small>({{Birth date and age|2004|6|13|mf=y}})</small>
| partner = [[Michael Keaton]] (1989–1995)
}}
'''Courteney Bass Cox''' (born June 15, 1964)<ref name=birthday>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox | publisher=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] | title= Celebrity Central / Top 25 Celebs: Courteney Cox | accessdate= June 12, 2012}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[actor|actress]]. She is best known for playing Monica on the [[television]] [[series]] ''[[Friends]]'' and for her role in the movie ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' and its sequels. Cox [[marriage|married]] [[David Arquette]] between seasons 5 and 6 of ''Friends'', and changed her name to Courteney Cox Arquette. She later changed it back in honor of her parents.
==Early life==
Courteney Cox was raised in [[Mountain Brook, Alabama]], a suburb of [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]].<ref name=peoplebio>{{cite web|author=Courteney Cox|url=http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox|title=Courteney Cox Arquette|work=People|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=filmreference.com=|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Courteney-Cox.html|title=Courteney Cox Biography (1920–)|accessdate=January 10, 2014|publisher=NetIndustries, LLC}}</ref> She is the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (January 28, 1931 – September 3, 2001)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I53336|title=Dowling Family Genealogy}}</ref> and his wife Courteney (nee Bass, later Copeland).<ref>{{cite web|title=hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography|work=Cox's parents are Richard and Courtney Cox|accessdate=August 29, 2009|archiveurl=http://archive.is/3zqf|archivedate=June 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/news.ssf?/base/business/1230628569185680.xml&coll=2|title=Mountain Brook one of 10 of the nation's wealthiest communities|publisher=Al.com|date=December 30, 2008|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref> 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 manager Ian Copeland).<ref>{{cite web|title=hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography|work=Cox's stepfather is Hunter Copeland, uncle of Ian Copeland|accessdate=January 10, 2014|archiveurl=http://archive.is/3zqf|archivedate=June 29, 2012}}</ref> After graduating from Mountain Brook High School, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in [[Washington, D.C.]], but did not complete her architecture course. She instead pursued a career in modeling and acting.<ref>{{cite web|title=movies.msn.com|url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/courteney-cox-arquette.1/|work=Cox left college to pursue a career in modeling and acting|publisher=MSN|accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref>
Cox is of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans|German]] [[ancestry]].
==Marriage and family==
In 1996, Cox began dating actor [[David Arquette]]. The couple married on June 12, 1999. They have one child together, a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette (born June 13, 2004). Coco's godmother is family friend [[Jennifer Aniston]]. Cox had seven miscarriages between 2001 to November 2010. She and her husband separated on December 31, 2011. Arquette filed for divorce on June 8, 2012.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
* {{imdb name|id=0001073|name=Courteney Cox}}
* {{people}}
* [http://www.tv.com/courteney-cox/person/3969/summary.html?q=Courtney%20Cox&tag=search_results;title;0 Courteney Cox] at [[Tv.com]]
{{US-actor-stub}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Courtney}}
[[Category:1964 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actors from Birmingham, Alabama]]
[[Category:American movie actors]]
[[Category:American television actors]]
[[Category:Arquette family]]
{{Link GA|sr}}