Background
Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
Cox was born in Norfolk, Virginia.
She studied ballet at the Washington School of Ballet, acting at the Studio Theatre"s Conservatory in Washington, District of Columbia, and voice at Catholic University.
Her Broadway debut was in the Marvin Hamlisch musical Smile (1986). Cox appeared in the made-for-television movie Cinderella (1997) as one of the stepsisters, and later acted in Erin Brockovich as Theresa Dallavale. She has appeared in episodes of many television series, such as Boston Legal, Computer Society of India: Crime Scene Investigation, Seinfeld, and Judging Amy.
She starred in the Guthrie Theatre production of Private Lives as Amanda in 2007.