Short Biography

Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox is an American actress known mostly for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas.

Cox was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Meredith and Terry Cox, who is a personal manager. She has one brother, Matthew Cox, who is also an actor. Nikki`s career as an entertainer started at the age of four, as 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, Webster, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Blossom. She also starred in General Hospital from 1993 to 1995 and had a recurring role on the saturday morning program " California Dreams". She apparently appeared in the Badder section of Michael Jackson`s Moonwalker.

Her appearances on various TV shows would lead to her first prime-time starring role as Tiffany Malloy on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After, which ran on the WB 1995–1999.

After Unhappily left the airwaves, she would portray former prostitute Taylor Clayton on the sitcom The Norm Show and star as Nikki White in Nikki, a sitcom vehicle that would last for under two seasons (2000–2002). She starred as Mary Connell on the TV drama Las Vegas from 2003-2007. On 20 May and 23 May 2005, her Las Vegas character crossed over to NBC`s cult-favorite soap opera Passions to coincide with the arrival of two new characters introduced on Las Vegas. She is currently the spokesmodel for online gaming giant Sportsbook.com, and is working on Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, an upcoming video game, and Lonely Street, an upcoming comedy movie starring Robert Patrick, Jay Mohr (her husband), Ernie Hudson and Lindsay Price.

After being romantically linked to Kevin Connolly, who played her brother on Unhappily Ever After, Cox was engaged in 1999 to Bobcat Goldthwait, a comedian more than 15 years her senior, who played the voice of Mr. Floppy, a stuffed bunny, on Unhappily Ever After. She was later linked to her Las Vegas co-star Josh Duhamel. On December 29, 2006, Cox married comedian/actor Jay Mohr in Los Angeles. In December 2008, Mohr petitioned a Los Angeles court to allow him to add Cox`s last name to his own. He will now be known as Jay Cox Mohr.

Trivia:

Was in a long term relationship with comic Bob Goldthwait. Some sources claim they were engaged. They met while filming the TV show, "Unhappily Ever After" (1995).

Elder sister of Matthew Cox, who guest-starred on two episodes of her show "Unhappily Ever After" (1995). He credits her with making him the most popular student at his school.

Ranked #89 in Stuff magazine`s "102 Sexiest Women In The World" (2002)

Born the same day as Justin Long.

Named #51 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Engaged to Jay Mohr [February 3, 2006].

She is the Step-mom of Jay`s son Jackson.

Miscellaneous Information

Friends and Family

Matthew [Brother]

Meredith [Mother]

Terry [Father]

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