Courteney Cox American Actress Born 1964 in Birmingham

Courteney Cox, born 15 June 1964 in Birmingham, is an American actress. Her best-known titles on this site are Friends (1994) and Scream 2 (1997).

Early life

She studied at Mountain Brook High School, Mount Vernon College for Women and George Washington University.

Career

Records list Family Ties (1982) as her earliest screen credit. In the 1990s, she appeared in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) and Scream (1996, as Gale Weathers). The 2000s brought Scream 3 (2000, as Gale Weathers) and Scrubs (2001). Her 2010s credits include Scream 4 (2011, as Gale Weathers) and Mothers and Daughters (2016). During the 2020s, she worked on Scream (2022, as Gale Weathers) and Scream VI (2023, as Gale Weathers).

In all, 34 films and 7 TV series appear in her credits from 1982 to 2026. Slasher is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (7), followed by comedy (5) and horror (5). The newest title on record is Scream 7, from 2026. Of her two titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Bedtime Stories (2008) has the highest, at $213 million. She is also credited as director on 4 titles, including Cougar Town.

Matthew Lillard appears in five of her listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Jennifer Aniston (two titles) and Lisa Kudrow (two titles). Wes Craven directed four of her titles on record. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is credited as director on two of them.

Recognition

Courteney Cox received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 1996 for Friends. Further recognition came with the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2023) and a TV Guide Award (1996). Her awards record shows 8 wins and one nomination.

Public roles

She is listed as affiliated with Avon Products Inc.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to David Arquette (1999 to 2013, divorced). She has one child on record.