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'', ''Pen Pals (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''Mama's Family'', ''Eerie, Indiana'', and ''Blossom (TV series), Blossom''. She also appeared 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 from 1995–1999 for a total of five seasons. 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 (1996 film), Scream''). After ''Unhappily Ever After'' was cancelled (she appeared in all 100 episodes), Cox went on to portray Taylor Clayton, a former call-girl turned social worker on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television sitcom ''The Norm Show'' which lasted for three seasons (she appeared in 27 of its 54 episodes). Next she starred as Nikki White in ''Nikki (TV series), Nikki'', another sitcom vehicle that lasted for two seasons on The WB (2000–2002). The most successful show Cox co-starred in following her time on ''Unhappily Ever After'' was on the NBC TV drama ''Las Vegas (TV series), Las Vegas'' from 2003–2007 for a total of four seasons. She played Mary Connell for 88 episodes. However, Cox would not appear on the fifth and final season of the show. On May 20 and 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 (film), 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.Personal life
Cox dated co-star Kevin Connolly (actor), Kevin Connolly from ''Unhappily Ever After'' while the two were on the show. In 1997, she was engaged to Bobcat Goldthwait, 16 years her senior, who voiced the character of Mr. Floppy on that same show. On December 29, 2006, she married comedian/actor Jay Mohr in Los Angeles. The two met on the set of ''Las Vegas''. 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. Cox and Mohr have a son. On the May 16, 2017, episode of ''The Adam Carolla Show (podcast), The Adam Carolla Show'', Mohr confirmed that he and Cox were "in the middle" of a divorce. Their divorce was finalized in August 2018.Filmography
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Nikki Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American child actresses American female dancers American dancers American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses 1978 births