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Line 18: ==Early life== Courteney Cox, whose childhood nickname was "Cocks", was raised in the [[Birmingham, Alabama]] suburb of [[Mountain Brook, Alabama|Mountain Brook]],<ref name=peoplebio>{{cite web|author=Courteney Cox |url=http://www.people.com/people/courteney_cox |title=Courteney Cox Arquette |work=People |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=filmreference.com= |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/77/Courteney-Cox.html |title=Courteney Cox Biography (1920–)|accessdate=August 29, 2009 |publisher=NetIndustries, LLC}}</ref> the daughter of businessman Richard Lewis Cox (January 28, 1931 – September 3, 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dowfam3&id=I53336 |title=Dowling Family Genealogy }}</ref> and his wife Courteney (née Bass, later Copeland).<ref>{{cite web |title=hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography |work=Cox's parents are Richard and Courtney Cox |accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/news.ssf?/base/business/1230628569185680.xml&coll=2 |title=Mountain Brook one of 10 of the nation's wealthiest communities |publisher=Al.com |date=December 30, 2008 |accessdate=November 24, 2010}}</ref> She has two older sisters, Virginia and Dottie, and an older brother, Richard, Jr. Her parents divorced in 1974 and her mother then married businessman Hunter Copeland (uncle to music promoter and business manager [[Ian Copeland]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/191575/Courteney_Cox_Arquette_Biography |work=Cox's stepfather is Hunter Copeland, uncle of Ian Copeland |accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref> After graduating from [[Mountain Brook High School]], Cox left for [[Mount Vernon College for Women|Mount Vernon College]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], but did not complete her architecture course, opting instead to pursue a career in modeling and acting.<ref>{{cite web |title=movies.msn.com |url=http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/courteney-cox-arquette.1/ |work=Cox left college to pursue a career in modeling and acting |publisher=MSN |accessdate=August 29, 2009}}</ref> ==Career== | |||