Courteney Cox built a solid career before she got the chance of a lifetime from her.
Courteney Cox just turned 59 and she couldn't look more radiant. Although a few years ago she admitted how hard it was for her to see herself mature, she accepted that she was part of the process and put an end to the aesthetic touch-ups that she had been doing to become one of the leading voices of natural aging. in Hollywood.
But that face will always be that of the unmistakable Monica Geller, one of the most beloved characters in the most successful sitcom of all time, Friends.
However, her iconic role of her that positioned her at the top of fame, her popularity, and allowed her to earn a real fortune, was not the one that made her known. Before putting herself in the shoes of Ross's sister in the Comedy of Friends from New York, Courteney Cox had great recognition.
Born and raised in Alabama, she never thought that she could become one of the most famous and highest-paid women in Hollywood. However, in 1985, when she was only 20 years old, the possibility of starring in a commercial that would be disruptive came to her and she did not hesitate.
Courteney Cox became the face of a renowned tampon brand and the first woman to openly say the word “period” on television. She revealed that this horrified her Alabama schoolmates, but it was the beginning of a change that was brewing year after year to naturalize what all women in all parts of the world go through.
At that time, she had risked everything by leaving her architecture degree at the university and decided to move to New York City with her boyfriend at the time, the band manager, Ian Copeland, who gave her a job in his company.
In addition, it was he who encouraged Courteney Cox to start working as a model and appear in castings. She quickly got a job for one of the popular agencies at the time, Ford Models.
She thus got her first acting job, in the Bruce Springsteen clip of the song 'Dancing in the Dark', which won her an MTV Video Music Award sometime later. Sometimes, she became popular with the aforementioned commercial, which gave her some popularity and led her to play Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in the Family Ties series, to shoot the films Masters of the Universe and Cocoon, and to Conquer the heart of Michael Keaton, whom she dated for six years.
