Courtney Cox was born on June 15 in 1964 in Birmingham, Alabama. Sign: Sun in Gemini, Moon in Virgo. In 1982, Cox graduated from high school and then began to study architecture at Mt. Vernon college in Washington.n 1985, Cox was in the NBC series Misfits of Science, which was dropped in four months. That same year, Cox was cast as Lauren, Michael J. Fox’s girlfriend on Family Ties. The end of Family Ties brought Cox to a standstill in her career. She did several motion pictures after, but it wasn’t until 1994 when she got her next big break.Cox was cast as Jim Carrey’s boss in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Soon after, Cox won the part of Monica Geller on Friends. WATCH COURTNEY COX!