Nikki Cox

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Not to be confused with Nicole Cox (child actress).

**Nikki Cox**
Born:	June 2, 1978 (age 28) Los Angeles, California
Occupation:	Actress
Spouse:	Jay Mohr (2006 - present)

Nikki Cox (born Nicole Avery Cox on June 2, 1978 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, primarily on sitcoms, soap operas and television. She is best known for her roles as Geoff Pierson's and Stephanie Hodge's middle child, Tiffany Malloy, on Unhappily Ever After in the 1990s, and as Josh Duhamel's on- and off-girlfriend, Mary Connell, on Las Vegas in the 2000s.

Cox's career as an entertainer started 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, California Dreams, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Blossom. She also appeared on 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.

After Unhappily left the airwaves, she portrayed former prostitute Taylor Clayton on the sitcom The Norm Show and starred as Nikki White in Nikki, another sitcom that lasted for less than two seasons (2000–2002). She currently stars as Mary Connell on the TV drama Las Vegas. 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.^[1].

Nikki's younger brother Matthew is also an actor, whose credits include two episodes of his sister's series Unhappily Ever After. He credits both Nikki and "Tiffany" with making him the most popular kid in school around that time.

On February 28, 2007, it was announced that Cox would not be returning for the fifth season of the show Las Vegas due to budget cuts.^[2]