A native of Birmingham, AL, Courteney Cox moved to New York City after her graduation from high school and was subsequently signed by the Ford modeling agency. Shortly thereafter, she started working in television commercials for Maybelline, Noxema and the New York Telephone Company, among other sponsors.
In 1984 Cox made her acting debut in the daytime drama "As the World Turns." Later that year she appeared in Bruce Springsteen's music video "Dancing in the Dark." She was cast by director Brian DePalma to portray the young fan Springsteen pulls out of the audience to be his dance partner.
Cox's most memorable television series role was her portrayal of Lauren, Alex P. Keaton's (Michael J. Fox) girlfriend on "Family Ties." Her other television credits include regular series roles on "Misfits of Science" and "The Trouble with Larry" as well as guest-starring parts on such hits as "Murder, She Wrote," NBC's "Seinfeld" and the cable series "Dream On." She has starred in several television movies, including "Prize Pulitzer," "Battling for Baby" and "Curiosity Kills," as well as in the mini-series "Till We Meet Again," based on Judith Krantz's best-selling novel.
She become wordly known in 1994 with the hit tv-series "Friends" where she is playing "Monica Geller". In 1999 she married David Arquette, whom she met during the shooting of "Scream".
