Courteney Cox-Arquette is an American actress, best known for her role as Monica Geller on the sitcom Friends. Cox has also starred in Dirt and the Scream series, and has guest-starred in Scrubs and in Seinfeld. She is currently starring in Cougar Town, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination. Cox was born and raised in the wealthy Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Mountain Brook, the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox and his wife Courteney . She has two older sisters, Virginia and Dottie and an older brother, Richard Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother was... remarried to businessman Hunter Copeland . After graduating from Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Alabama, Cox left for Mount Vernon College in Washington DC but did not complete her architecture course, opting instead to pursue a career in modelling and acting. Cox studied architecture at Mount Vernon College for Women in Washington, D.C., which is now part of The George Washington University, before she dropped out.
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| Birthdate: | June 15, 1964 |
| Birthplace: | Birmingham |
| Age: | 46 |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Education: | Mountain Brook High School, Mount Vernon College for Women |
| Also known as: | Courteney Bass Cox, Courteney Cox Arquette, Courteney Cox |