Nikki Cox is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, The Norm Show, and Nikki.
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 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 to 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).
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 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, 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 from 2003 to 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 gambling 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.
Personal life Cox dated co-star Kevin Connolly from Unhappily Ever After while the two were on the show. In 1997, she was engaged to Bobcat Goldthwait, who voiced the character of Mr. Floppy on that same show.
On December 29, 2006, she married actor and stand-up comedian Jay Mohr in Los Angeles, California. 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, Mohr confirmed that he and Cox were "in the middle" of a divorce. Their divorce was finalized in August 2018.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes1988 Mac and Me Dancer Uncredited Moonwalker Dancer Segment: "Badder" 1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day Girl #1 1996 Millie 1997 Sub Down Holliday's Girlfriend Direct-to-video releaseAlternative title: Sub Down: Take the Dive 2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Miss Taylor Stamos Credited as "Bright Girl" 2001 Don's Plum Karen 2002 Run Ronnie Run Kayla 2009 Lonely Street Bambi2011A Christmas Wedding TailCheri (Voice) + Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 Mama's Family Little Iola Boylan 1 episode 1988 Webster Didi 1 episode1989 The Ryan White Story Andrea White Television film Star Trek: The Next Generation Sarjenka 1 episode ('Pen Pals')1990 A Family for Joe Carrie Lewis Television film Night Court Toni 1 episode1991 Murphy Brown Pretty Girl 1 episode Eerie, Indiana Janet 1 episode 1991–1994 Baywatch Charlene "Charlie" Reed 2 episodes1992 Davis Rules Janine 1 episode Danger Island Ariel Television filmAlternative title: The Presence1993 Bloodlines: Murder in the Family Student #2 Television film Blossom Cynthia 4 episodes Boy Meets World Heather 1 episode Cindy Wentworth 1 episode 1993–1995 General Hospital Gina Williams #1 Unknown episodes1994 California Dreams Allison 2 episodes Someone Like Me Samantha "Sam" Stepjak Unknown episodes 1995–1999 Unhappily Ever After Tiffany Malloy Main role; 100 episodes1996 Sister, Sister Nikki 1 episode She Cried No Kellie Television filmAlternative title: Freshman Fall 1996–1997 Pearl Margaret Woodrow 2 episodes1998 Kristen Carey 1 episode Herself 1 episode 1998–1999 Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular Herself 1 episode 1999–2001 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 Liza Wheeler 7 episodes 2007 Fugly Crystal Stump Television film 2008 Ghost Whisperer Nina Haley 1 episode 2009 Silver Sable (voice) 2 episodes
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