Courtney Cox Net Worth: $150 Million
Profession: Television producer, actor, Television director, Film producer, Performer, and Film director
Nationality: United States of America
A wonderful chef and cleanliness freak, Monika Geller became everyone’s favorite character on the world-famous television series “Friends.” There is so much that you still don’t know about Cortney Cox, the actress who played Monica Geller. If you want to know about Courtney Cox net worth, salary, and early life, scroll down.
Courtney Cox Salary and Net Worth
Courtney Cox is an American television producer and actress with a net worth of $150 million. Cox is popularly known for her role as Monica Geller on the hit television sitcom “Friends.” She has also worked in many successful television shows, and film careers outside the regular entertainment genre.
Early Life:
Courtney Cox was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on June 15, 1964. Her parents Courteney Copeland and Richard Lewis Cox, divorced when she was ten years old. Later her mother married Hunter Copeland. Courtney graduated from Mountain Brook High School and later went to Mount Vernon College in Washington D.C. She dropped her architecture degree to pursue a career in modeling and acting.
Early Career:
Courteney got her first big break after moving to New York City and signed a deal with Ford Modeling Agency. After trying her luck in modeling, Courtney attended acting school and got her first role in an episode of “As the World Turns” in 1984.
However, her first acting break was after being cast by Brian De Palma in the infamous and a Bruce Springsteen video “Dancing in the Dark.” Right after the show, she joined one of the successful sitcom, “Family Ties,” playing Michael J. Fox’s lover’s role.
Movie and TV Career:
In 1994 Courtney was high with her luck after she was cast as Monica Geller in “Friends” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.” Courtney starred as Monica Geller for ten years alongside Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry. Originally she was asked to play the role of Rachel on “friends” but later was cast as Monica instead. Monica Geller became her most popular role, which was successful for ten straight years until the season finale in 2004.
Courtney Cox was also a cast member of Wes Craven’s successful trilogy “Scream,” where she played the role of Gale Weathers, a neurotic reporter. In the ten years of “Friends,” Cox earned 488 million approximately in salary alone.
In the first season of Friends, Courtney earned $22,500 per episode. For the last two seasons of the show, she earned $1 million per episode. After working in “Friends,” Courtney starred as Lucy Spiller in the Television show “dirt” From 2007 to 2008. Courtney was chosen for her role on “Desperate Housewives,” but she was unavailable due to her pregnancy, and the role was offered to Teri Hatcher.
Courtney also starred on “Cougar Town” as Jules Conn from 2009 to 2015. After Friends, this was her most successful show, and she also directed a few of the episodes in the show. Courtney Cox has also worked in films like “3000 Miles to Graceland”, “The Longest Yard,” “November,” “Bedtime Stories,” “Zoom,” and “Mothers and Daughters.”
If you total the salary of Courtney Cox on Friends show, it rounds up to $90 million without adding any royalties and bonuses. Every single cast member of Friends has earned upto $10-20 million in royalties alone in certain years. Now you know how Courtney Cox has a net worth of multi-million dollars.
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Personal Life:
Courtney Cox is the owner of a production company named “Coquette Productions” with her ex-husband David Arquette. They met for the first time on the set of “Scream” and got married in 1999 and divorced in May 2013. They have a daughter together named Coco.
Courtney Cox has also dated Michael Keaton, Ian Copeland, and Adam Duritz. Cox dated Johnny McDaid, a band member of Snow Patrol since 2013. They got engaged in 2014 but broke off their engagement in 2019, although they are still in a serious relationship.
Courteney Cox Real Estate:
Courtney Cox spent $17.15 million in 2017 to buy a home in Malibu, California. That same year she also bought another beach house in Malibu for $20 million, designed by a famous architect John Lautner. She spent an extra $5 million to buy two condos in Beverly Hills Sunset Strip Tower. In 2014, Courtney sold her Beverly Hills house to Dr.Luke, a music producer, for $18 million.
Monica geller Quotes:
Beauty with Brains, Monica Geller is the non-nonsense friend of the group. She won everyone’s heart with her smart yet funny solutions to every problem.
Tap into the inner Monica with some of her smartest quotes.
“I needed a plan, a plan to get over my man. And what’s the opposite of man? Jam.”
Now, I need you to be careful and efficient. And remember: If I am harsh with you, it’s only because you’re doing it wrong.”
“If you’re too afraid to be in a relationship, then don’t be in one.”
“OK, just to be clear, comedy with the plates will not be well-received.”
“Why didn’t you make a copy and keep it in a fireproof box and keep it at least a hundred yards from the original?”
“Phoebe and Gary think they’re the hotter couple. So, to prove them wrong, we have to go and have a ton of sex.”
“Having a heart attack is nature’s way of telling you to slow down.”
“They’re as different as night and… later that night.”
“Here’s the last of your boxes. I’m just going to label it ‘What were you thinking?'”
“Why don’t you stop worrying about sounding smart and just be yourself.”
