Nikki Cox

Nikki Cox
Cox during an October 2000 promotional tour for Nikki
Born	Nicole Avery Cox June 2, 1978 Los Angeles, California U.S.
Other names	Nikki Cox Mohr
Occupation	Actress, Dancer, Writer[1]
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Jay Mohr (2006–present)
Partner(s)	Bob Goldthwait (June 1997–January 2005)
Children	1

Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox (born June 2, 1978)^[2] is an American actress and comedy writer^[1] known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, and Nikki.

Early life

Nikki Cox was born in Los Angeles, California. Nikki's father is Meredith Avery Cox and her mother is Terry Kay Cox, who was her personal manager.^[2] She has one younger brother, Matthew Cox, who is also an actor and was a producer on the Jay Mohr Sports radio show hosted by her husband, Jay Mohr, and used to help produce his podcast Mohr Stories.

Career

Cox began her career at the age of four when she appeared as a dancer in several ballet productions and TV specials. She began acting at the age of ten, making appearances in several movies and guest starring on shows such as Baywatch, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Mama's Family, Eerie, Indiana, and Blossom. She also starred in General Hospital from 1993 to 1995 and had a recurring role on the Saturday morning program California Dreams.

Her appearances on various TV shows led to her first prime-time role as Tiffany Malloy on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After, which ran on the WB 1995–1999. Her brother Matthew guest-starred on a handful of episodes, including one where he wore a "Ghostface" mask (the type of mask featured in Scream).

When Unhappily was canceled after taping 100 episodes, Cox went on to portray former prostitute Taylor Clayton on the sitcom The Norm Show and star as Nikki White in Nikki, a sitcom vehicle that lasted for less than two seasons (2000–2002). She played Mary Connell on the TV drama Las Vegas from 2003-2007. On May 20 and May 23, 2005, her Las Vegas character crossed over to NBC's soap opera Passions to coincide with the arrival of two new characters introduced on Las Vegas.

In 2006, she became the spokesmodel for the online gaming website, Sportsbook.com. In 2009, she provided the voice of Jenna in Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust. That same year, she also appeared in Lonely Street, a comedy starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr, Ernie Hudson and Lindsay Price. In 2016, Cox was nominated as the sole writer for Mohr's album "Happy. And A Lot" for the Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.^[3]

Personal life

Cox was engaged in 1997 to Bobcat Goldthwait, who voiced the character of Mr. Floppy.^[4][5]

On December 29, 2006, she married comedian/actor Jon "Jay" Mohr in Los Angeles.^[6] The two met on the set of Las Vegas.^[7] In December 2008, Mohr petitioned a Los Angeles court to allow him to legally add her last name to his, changing his name to Jon Ferguson Cox Mohr.^[8] Cox and Mohr's son was born in 2011.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Mac and Me	Dancer	Uncredited
	Moonwalker	Dancer	Segment: "Badder"
1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Girl
1996	Glimmer Man, TheThe Glimmer Man	Millie
1997	Sub Down	Holliday's Girlfriend	Direct-to-video release Alternative title: Sub Down: Take the Dive
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Bright girl	Alternative title: The Klumps
2001	Don's Plum	Karen
2002	Run Ronnie Run	Kayla
2009	Lonely Street	Bambi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Mama's Family	Little Iola Boyland	1 episode
1989	The Ryan White Story	Andrea White	Television movie
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Sarjenka	1 episode ('Pen Pals')
1990	A Family for Joe	Carrie Lewis	Television movie
	Night Court	Toni	1 episode
1991	Murphy Brown	Pretty Girl	1 episode
	Eerie, Indiana	Janet	1 episode
1991–1994	Baywatch	Charlene "Charlie" Reed	2 episodes
1992	Davis Rules	Janine	1 episode
	Danger Island	Ariel	Television movie Alternative title: The Presence
1993	Bloodlines: Murder in the Family	Student #2	Television movie
	Blossom	Cynthia	4 episodes
	Boy Meets World	Heather	1 episode
	Nanny, TheThe Nanny	Cindy Wentworth	1 episode
1993–1995	General Hospital	Gina Williams #1	Unknown episodes
1994	California Dreams	Allison	2 episodes
	Someone Like Me	Samantha "Sam" Stepjak	Unknown episodes
1995–1999	Unhappily Ever After	Tiffany Malloy	100 episodes
1996	Sister, Sister	Nikki	1 episode
	She Cried No	Kellie	Television movie Alternative title: Freshman Fall
1996–1997	Pearl	Margaret Woodrow	2 episodes
1998	Drew Carey Show, TheThe Drew Carey Show	Kristen Carey	1 episode
	Steve Harvey Show, TheThe Steve Harvey Show	Herself	1 episode
1998–1999	Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular	Herself	1 episode
1999–2001	Norm Show, TheThe Norm Show	Taylor Clayton	27 episodes
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Petra (voice)	1 episode
2000–2002	Nikki	Nikki White	41 episodes
2003–2007	Las Vegas	Mary Connell	87 episodes
2006	Jake Effect, TheThe Jake Effect	Liza Wheeler	7 episodes
2007	Fugly	Crystal Stump	Television movie
2008	Ghost Whisperer	Nina Haley	1 episode
2009	Spectacular Spider-Man, TheThe Spectacular Spider-Man	Silver Sable (voice)	2 episodes

References

1. http://www.people.com/article/jay-mohr-new-standup-album-written-wife-nikki-cox
2. "Nikki Cox Biography (1978-)". Film Reference. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
3. "58th Annual Grammy Awards Nominees". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
4. Rosen, Alison. "Kevin Connolly: The Entourage Wingman Turns Indie Auteur". Time Out New York. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
5. O'toole, Caitlin (September 24, 1997). "Goldthwait, Nikki Cox Engaged". People. Retrieved February 9, 2009.
6. Tan, Michelle. "Jay Mohr Marries Las Vegas Star Nikki Cox". People.com. Retrieved December 30, 2006.
7. Jay Mohr (July 21, 2011). "mohr stories". smodcast.com (Podcast). smodcast. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
8. "'Gary Unmarried' Star Takes Real Life Wife's Surname". Fox News. December 27, 2008. Retrieved February 9, 2009.

External links

• Nikki Cox at the Internet Movie Database
• Nikki Cox at AllMovie
• Nikki Cox at BuddyTV