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NIKKI COX

Name: Nikki Cox                                                                     
Born: 2 June 1978 Los Angeles, California                                           
                                                                                     
Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox (born June 2, 1978) 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. Cox'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, California Dreams,     
Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Blossom. She also starred in General             
Hospital from 1993 to 1995.                                                         
                                                                                     
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. The show gained much attention due to her large breasts and the         
skimpy, provocative outfits she wore on-screen.                                     
                                                                                     
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 less than 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.         
                                                                                     
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.