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Trivia
Birth name: Courteney Bass Cox
Date of birth: 15 June 1964
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Nickname: CeCe
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Spouse: David Arquette (12 June 1999 - present) 1 child.
Underwent laser eye surgery to correct her vision from 20/400. [1999]
Dated singer Adam Duritz. Duritz wrote the song "Monkey" for
Courteney (from the Counting Crows album "Recovering the
Satellites"). [1997]
Had a six-year relationship with actor Michael Keaton [1989-1995]
Originally auditioned for the role of Rachel on "Friends"
(1994).
Named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 1995 and
appeared on the cover.
Parents divorced when she was 10, both remarried.
Studied architecture at Mount Vernon College for a year.
Was voted Best Dressed Female Television Star [1997]
In 1984 she worked at F.B.I. (Frontier Booking International) a concert
booking agency in New York run by Ian Copeland (brother of Stewart
Copeland of the Police) and a relative of hers.
Was the first person to ever say "period" on American TV, in a
Tampax commercial.
Was the girl Bruce Springsteen pulled from the crowd to dance with him
in the 1984 music video "Dancing in the Dark".
When she announced in September, 1999 that her new legal and
professional surname would become Courteney Cox Arquette, the cast and
producers of her "Friends" (1994) TV show also added "Arquette"
to their own names in the opening credits of the 1999 season's premiere
episode.
Has two older sisters and one older brother: Dottie Pickett (née Cox),
Virginia and Richard.
Has three dogs: Ella, Rags and Mr. McBarker (Mac for short). The latter
is, rather unfortunately, a female.
Sister-in-law of Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette
and Alexis Arquette, daughter-in-law of Lewis Arquette,
granddaughter-in-law of Cliff Arquette.
Is a big fan of the Foo Fighters.
In the mid eighties she hosted a TV show called "This Week's
Music"
She can play the piano and drums.
Was voted "9th sexiest woman in the world" by readers of FHM
in 1997 and 1998.
Was named the "Hottest Babe" by Playboy magazine (1995)
Voted the 18th "Sexiest Woman in the World" by Stuff magazine
(2002)
Drives a Jaguar and a silver Porsche Carrera.
Has her own lipstick called "Cece" by Cargo.
She likes to buy houses, renovate them, and then sell them off for
profit.
She was paid $350 for her part as the "surprised" girl pulled
from the crowd to dance with Bruce Springsteen in his 1984 video
"Dancing in the Dark."
Announced she and husband David Arquette are expecting their first
child. [January 6, 2004]
On "Friends" (1994), she plays a character whose last name is
Geller, and her husband played Robert Geller in Never Been Kissed
(1999).
Daughter, Coco Riley Arquette, born Sunday, 13 June, 2004 in Los
Angeles, California, the baby weighed in at 8 lbs 6 oz.
Went into labor on her 5 year wedding anniversary, June 12, 2004, and
gave birth to her daughter the next day, two days before her 40th
birthday.
Announced she and husband David Arquette are launching a production
company called Coquette [June 25, 2004].
Ranked #18 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Is the only central member of the "Friends" (1994) cast to
have received an actual acting Razzie nomination. She was nominated for
Worst Supporting Actress for the film 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001).
The other cast members (except for Matthew
Perry) have received nominations in categories such as Worst Screen
Couple and Worst New Star.
Her daughter's name Coco came from a compromise between her and husband
David Arquette. Because of her Southern roots she wanted to name her
daughter Courteney Cox, as her mom is Courteney Cox and so is she.
However, David is half Jewish and it is against Jewish tradition to name
a child after a living person. So the name came from the nickname
Courteney's friends had for her mother while Courtney was growing up.
They called her Mama Coco.
She is one of five actors - along with David Arquette, Neve Campbell,
Jamie Kennedy and Liev Schreiber - to appear in all three
"Scream" films.
In March 2005, it was announced that she would become the first
spokesperson for Kinerase Skin Care Products.
Her "Friends" (1994) co-star Jennifer
Aniston is the godmother of her daughter Coco.
Ranked #41 on Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2003.
Shares a birthday with Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Hunt, Shane Stanley,
Jake Busey, Leah Remini, and Ice
Cube.
She is the only regular cast member to not receive an Emmy nomination
for their work on "Friends" (1994).
Hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 1995 along with Jon Lovitz
Helped donate reward money to the Natalie Halloway investigation, having
attended the same high school as Natalie
Member of the Delta Zeta Sorority.
Her husband David, played "Malcolm" in a "Friends"
(1994) episode on October 3, 1996. He played a stalker and mistakenly
stalked fellow friend Phoebe. This was the first time Courtney and David
were seen together on television, even though they weren't a couple at
the time.
She was the inspiration to the running gag of the "Carlton
Dance" on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" (1990). "The
Carlton Dance" was a parody of her dance during the Bruce
Springsteen music video "Dancing in the Dark."
Expecting her second child with husband, "David Arquette" , in
the fall of 2006.
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