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==Early life==

==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 (née 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=https://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=https://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>

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 (née 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=https://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=https://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|archive-date=August 27, 2011|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/61GGqX6ql?url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/courteney-cox-arquette.1/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Cox is of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans|German]] [[ancestry]].

Cox is of [[English people|English]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]], [[Welsh people|Welsh]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and [[Germans|German]] [[ancestry]].