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Trivia
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."
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 of the Police) and a relative of
Cox's.
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 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.
Only female
"Friend" not to be nominated for an Emmy,
though she has had the most successful movie career
out of the whole cast with the success of the "Scream"
Trilogy.
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,"
she plays a character whose last name is Geller, and
her husband played Robert Geller in "Never Been
Kissed".
Personal quotes
"If I like myself at this weight, then this is
what I’m going to be. I don’t have an eating
disorder."
"I like
keeping Gale bitchy. She has a reputation to live up
to. She may have changed her hair but not much else.
about her character Gale Weathers in the Scream series"
"I get
so bored! I had a treadmill... I gave it to my mom.
I had a stairmaster... gone. I had a recumbent bike...I
dont know where that is. So I hate exercise except for
Pilates."
"I'm
a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have
moved six times in the last eight years."
"A lot
of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're
not gonna pull one over on me-which is pretty much my
motto anyways."
"I'm
not a huge fan of romantic comedimes- my taste goes
much more to the offbeat and dark. I'd love to sink
my teeth into something like 'Fargo'"
"I only
have to do three things to look halfway decent, curl
my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick
on."
"I have
to be physically attracted to someone. But I can't just
be with someone just because it's great sex. Because
orgasms don't last long enough."
"Honesty
is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that,
you're in."
"A lot
of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're
not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much
my motto anyways. "
"I don't
think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people
say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom
half to be the right size, your face might have to be
a little gaunt. You choose your battles."
"I think
I look very healthy. You've already seen what I've eaten,
so I couldn't be anorexic, and I wouldn't throw up if
you paid me $1,000, so I'm not bulimic. Okay, for $1,000
I would stick my finger down my throat, but throwing
up is the worst thing in the world."
"I was
advised not to do Scream beczause no one likes horror
movies. Then I heard, 'Don't audition beacuse you can't
do this bitchy role,' and 'You're way too friendly,
no pun intended.' I was also told, 'Play the girlfriend
or the doctor or the lawyer - the nice ones.' Now I'm
getting scripts where I'm asked to play characters that
are tough as nails, and I love it."
"I would
like to do a part that would stretch me. In America
it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and
that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that."
"When
David [Arquette] and I got engaged we started therapy
together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage
is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that
stuff early."
Courteney Cox - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
November (2004) .... Sophie
Alien Love Triangle (2002) .... Alice
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000
(2001) (V) (archive footage) .... Bruce´s fan
in the clip 'Dancing in the Dark'
Get Well Soon (2001) .... Lily
Shrink Is In, The (2001) .... Samantha Crumb
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) .... Cybil Waingrow
Scream 3 (2000) (as Courteney Cox Arquette) .... Gale
Weathers
Runner, The
(1999) .... Karina
Scream 2 (1997) .... Gale Weathers
Commandments (1997) .... Rachel Luce
Scream (1996) .... Gale Weathers
Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995) (TV) .... Emmy
O'Connor
... aka Feel for Murder, A (1995) (TV)
... aka Sketch Artist II (1995) (TV)
"Friends" (1994) TV Series (also as Courteney
Cox Arquette) .... Monica Geller Bing
... aka "Friends: The Final Season" (2003)
(USA: promotional title)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) .... Melissa Robinson
"Trouble with Larry, The" (1993) TV Series
.... Gabriella Easden
Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them, The (1993) ....
Carrie Davenport
Shaking the Tree (1992) .... Kathleen
Battling for Baby (1992) (TV) .... Katherine
Blue Desert (1991) .... Lisa Roberts
... aka Silent Victim (1991) (UK)
Mr. Destiny (1990) .... Jewel Jagger, Forklift operator/Larry's
Secretary
Curiosity Kills (1990) (TV) .... Gwen
"Till
We Meet Again" (1989) (mini) TV Series .... Marie-Frederique
'Freddy' de Lancel
... aka "Judith Krantz's 'Till We Meet Again'"
(1989) (mini) (USA: complete title)
Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989) (TV) .... Jacquie
Kimberly
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1988) (TV) .... Nora Bundy
Cocoon: The Return (1988) .... Sara
"Family Ties" (1982) TV Series .... Lauren
Miller (1987-1989)
Down Twisted (1987) .... Tarah
If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987) (TV)
.... Hana Wyshocki
Masters of the Universe (1987) .... Julie Winston
"Misfits of Science" (1985) TV Series ....
Gloria Dinallo
Misfits of Science (1985) (TV) .... Gloria Dinallo
Code Name: Foxfire (1985) (TV) (uncredited) .... Flight
Attendant
... aka Slay It Again, Sam (1985) (TV)
"As the World Turns" (1956) TV Series ....
Bunny (1984)
Courteney Cox - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Sharon Osbourne Show, The" (2003)
playing "Herself" (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
2 June 2004
"Oprah Winfrey Show, The" (1986) playing "Herself"
20 November 2003
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing
"Herself" 16 October 2003
"Extra" (1994) playing "Herself"
15 October 2003
"Entertainment Tonight" (1981) playing "Herself"
11 October 2003
"Extra" (1994) playing "Herself"
10 October 2003
"WCW Monday Nitro" (1995) playing "Herself"
(as Courteney Cox Arquette) 1 May 2000
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) playing
"Herself" 10 December 1997
"TFI Friday" (1996) playing "Herself"
25 April 1997
"Rosie O'Donnell Show, The" (1996) playing
"Herself" 21 November 1996
"Larry Sanders Show, The" (1992) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Larry's Big Idea" (episode #
4.13) 25 October 1995
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 20.18) 15 April 1995
"Seinfeld" (1990) playing "Meryl"
in episode: "The Wife" (episode # 5.17) 17
March 1994
"Dream On" (1990) playing "Alisha"
in episode: "Come and Knock on Our Door..."
(episode # 3.9) 1 August 1992
"Morton & Hayes" (1991) playing "Princess
Lucy" in episode: "Oafs Overboard" (episode
# 1.4) 14 August 1991
"Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Carol
Bannister" in episode: "Death Stalks the Big
Top: Part 2" (episode # 3.2) 5 October 1986
"Murder, She Wrote" (1984) playing "Carol
Bannister" in episode: "Death Stalks the Big
Top: Part 1" (episode # 3.1) 28 September 1986
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