Courteney Cox is an American actress, director, and producer who rose to fame for her role in the TV series ‘Friends’ and in the ‘Scream’ movie franchise. She made her film debut with a role in ‘Down Twisted’ after she left her studies to pursue a full-time acting career. She reprised her role in all the three sequels of the Scream franchise which was very successful commercially. She received several awards and nominations for her performance in the popular sitcom ‘Friends’.
Her most recent works include in the drama film ‘Mothers and Daughters’. She won the Golden Derby Award for her role in the TV series ‘Cougar Town’ and TV Guide Award for her performance in ‘Friends’. Courtney Bass Cox is 55, born on 15th June 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama in the US. She went to Mount Vernon College in Washington, DC majoring in architecture. She played a recurring role in the TV series ‘Misfits of Science’ in 1984 which received mixed reviews. In the same year she appeared in ‘Sylvan in Paradise’, ‘I’ll Home for Christmas’, and ‘Curiosity Kills’.
She featured in several big-screen movies like ‘Masters of the Universe’ (1987), ‘Cocoon: The Return’ (1988), ‘Mr. Destiny’ (1990) and ‘Ace Ventura: The Pet Detective’ (1994). According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she became the highest-paid TV actresses receiving $1 million per episode for the last two seasons of Friends.
She reprised her role in the 2000 slasher film ‘Scream 3’ followed by appearing in the crime thriller film ‘The Runner’. In 2001, she appeared in two other movies: ‘The Shrink Is In’ and ‘Get Well Soon’. She played the lead role in the American sitcom ‘Cougar Town’ and was criticized for being too vulgar. She married David Arquette and had a daughter named Coco Riley Arquette with him.