Courteney Cox Net Worth (2024)
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If you’re one of the millions of fans of the TV series Friends, you’d most probably know Courteney Cox as one of the 6 leading superstars Friends cast. 

But aside from being the Friends mother hen, Courteney is also famous for many other things, as well.

The American actress was born into a fairly affluent family headed by her businessman father, Richard Lewis Cox.

Aside from being born into a rich family…

Courteney is also the family’s baby, being the youngest child. 

And we know how spoiled kids usually turn out.

Courteney was a bit of a rebel in her younger days but she was also quite an accomplished student.

In her last year in high school, Courteney decided that she wanted to do modeling. 

After studying Architecture for only a year for college, the future superstar dropped out of school to pursue a career in modeling. 

It got better for Courteney.

In fact, she was signed up by Ford Modelling Agency, a very prestigious agency for aspiring models. 

Numerous magazine covers then followed, such as Tiger Beat, as well as Little Miss.

Eventually and gradually, Courteney’s career just shot upwards when she was also signed up to do commercials for a few famous brands such as Maybelline, Noxema, Tampax, and New York Telephone Company.

Then her first big break came.

It was in the 1984 music video of Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the Dark that the jet black-haired beauty became more well-known.

She went on to make some good and not-so-good movies such as Misfits of Science, Family Ties where she played Michael J. Fox’s girlfriend, Mr. Destiny, and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective with Jim Carrey. 

But then, everything changed…

…for the best when Courteney was cast as Monica Geller in what would be a 10-year long TV series Friends. 

She was supposed to be cast as Rachel Green, but Courteney was drawn to Monica Geller more. The Rachel Green role then went to the actress Jennifer Aniston. 

With Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Matt Leblanc, Lisa Kudrow, and David Schwimmer, they went on to become one of the most recognizable Hollywood actors and actresses in the past few decades. 

At that time…

The women of Friends cast were the highest paid actresses in show business, and the most famous household names, too.

Friends ended in 2004 but Courteney’s career didn’t.

She starred in the horror and comedy Scream franchise, with the first movie released in 1996.

Courteney then went on to play the character of Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise for 3 more films. This series helped propel her name to more unimaginable heights, not only garnering her positive feedback from movie critics…

…but also a husband too.

You’ve read that right!

It’s in the Scream films that she met David Arquette who’d soon be her husband… and ex-husband, as well. 

Soon, Cox starred in more would-be household names such as Dirt and Cougar Town which gave her a Critics’ Choice Award as well as Golden Globe nominations!

After her breakup with David Arquette, the two are still amiable friends and business partners for their own production company, the Coquette Productions.

Hmmm, quite cute.