Christina Cox

Christina Cox
Christina Cox in West Hollywood, 2013
Born	(1971-07-31) July 31, 1971 (age 53) Outskirts of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Actress, stuntwoman
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Grant Mattos ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	1

Christina Cox (born July 31, 1971) is a Canadian film and television actress and stuntwoman.

Early life

Born in a town on the outskirts of Toronto, Cox is Canadian of Jamaican descent. ^[1] She has two older sisters. ^[2] Her father is an automotive executive. ^[3]

Cox studied theatre and dance at the Arts York program at Unionville High School. She competed in gymnastics, track and field, and taekwondo. She had aspirations of becoming an Olympic gymnast, but instead chose to focus on drama and theater. ^[4]

After high school, she studied for two years at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto. ^[4]

She is also proficient in boxing, muay Thai kickboxing, and fencing, and has had training in stage combat, period weaponry, and firearms.

Career

Cox has more than 38 movie and television appearances. Her best-known movie credits include the 1999 Canadian movie Better Than Chocolate , and the movie The Chronicles of Riddick . She received a Gemini Award nomination for her performance as Angela Ramírez in F/X: The Series . ^{[5] [6]} Cox was an original member of the UPN sitcom Girlfriends , cast as Lynn, for the pilot episode. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Cox has appeared in numerous national theater productions, including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night , and Jim Cartwright's Road. ^[10]

She is a trained stuntwoman who performed boxing stunt work for Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby .

Cox's first role as a main character in a television series was that of Vicki Nelson in Blood Ties , a supernatural detective series based on the novels by Tanya Huff. ^{[11] [12]} Huff later said, "Back when Christina Cox was doing F/X: The Series , I used to point at the screen and announce, 'When she's a little older, she'd be brilliant as Vicki!" ^[11]

She starred as astronaut-biologist Jen Crane in ABC's 2009 summer show Defying Gravity . ^{[13] [14] [15]} Cox also appeared in a Season Four episode of Showtime's series Dexter , playing villainous police officer Zoey Kruger. ^[16] She was in the cast of the 2011 ABC summer drama Combat Hospital (aka The Hot Zone ), alongside Elias Koteas and Deborah Kara Unger. She has appeared in NCIS.Freedom (NCIS)

Personal life

Cox is married to Grant Mattos, a former NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers. They eloped and married on October 1, 2010, soon after he returned from competing on Survivor: Redemption Island . ^[17] Their daughter was born in December 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Spike of Love	Deb
1995	Street Law	Kelly
1995	The Donor	Angel
1996	No One Could Protect Her	Det. Elizabeth 'Beth' Jordan
1999	Better Than Chocolate	Kim
2000	Code Name Phoenix	Aurora
2001	Jane Doe	Peter
2003	Sometimes a Hero	Cassandra Diaz
2004	The Chronicles of Riddick	Eve Logan
2006	Max Havoc: Ring of Fire	Suzy Blaine
2007	Ascension Day	Margaret Whitehead
2013	Beauty Mark	Dianne	Short film
2013	Elysium	CCB Agent
2013	The Contractor	Elizabeth Chase
2018	F.R.E.D.I.	Williams

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Catwalk	Suzie	Episode: "Six Hip Hoppers & Yo Babe"
1992, 1994	Forever Knight	Jeanne d'Arc	2 episodes
1994–1995	Due South	Caroline Morgan	Episodes: "Free Willie","Vault"
1995	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Kyra	Episode: "Quake!"
1995	Forever Knight	Motorcycle Cop	Episode: "Close Call"
1995	The Hardy Boys	Tessa Jones	Episode: "The Debt Collectors"
1996	A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story	Natalie Grenier	Television movie
1996	Sins of Silence	Volunteer	Television movie
1996	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Lucy	Episode: "When She Was Good"
1996	Mistrial	Officer Ida Cruz	Television movie
1996	The Newsroom	Prostitute in Limo	Episode: "Petty Tyranny"
1996–1998	F/X: The Series	Angela 'Angie' Ramirez	Main role, 38 episodes
1998	First Wave	Jody Nolan	Episode: "Joshua"
1998	Stargate SG-1	T'akaya	Episode: "Spirits"
1998–1999	The Crow: Stairway to Heaven	Jessica Capshaw	Recurring role, 10 episodes
1999–2000	Earth: Final Conflict	Haley Simmons	Episodes: "Second Chances", "Thicker Than Blood", "Take No Prisoners"
2000	The Outer Limits	Deb Clement	Episode: "Skin Deep"
2000	Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal	Jessica 'Jessie' Wilson	Episode: "GeoCore"
2000	Code Name Phoenix	Aurora	Television movie
2000	Girlfriends	Lynn Searcy	Episode: Pilot (unaired)
2000	Code Name: Eternity	Sasha	Episode: "The Shift"
2001	Dark Realm	Kate	Episode: "The House Sitter"
2001	Jane Doe	Peter	Television movie
2002	Stargate SG-1	Lt. Kershaw	Episode: "The Sentinel"
2003	Mutant X	Becky Dolan	Episode: "The Grift"
2003	She Spies	Margo	Episode: "Damsels in De-Stress"
2003	Cold Case	Sherry Stephens (2003)	Episode: "Sherry Darlin'"
2004	Andromeda	Aleiss	Episode: "Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter"
2004	Nikki & Nora	Nora Delaney	Unsold television pilot
2004	CSI: Miami	Jenny Moylan	Episode: "Stalkerazzi"
2004	The Chris Isaak Show	Pamela	Episode: "Braveheart"
2005	This Is Wonderland	Wendy	Episode: 2.11
2005	Eyes	Linda Barstow	Episode: "Wings"
2005	House	Annette Raines	Episode: "Love Hurts"
2005	NUMB3RS	CHP Officer Morris	Episode: "Man Hunt"
2007	Bones	Anne Marie Ostenbach	Episode: "Death in the Saddle"
2007–2008	Blood Ties	Vicki Nelson	Main role, 22 episodes
2008	Making Mr. Right	Hallie Galloway	Television movie
2008	S.I.S.	Roz	Television movie
2008	Stargate Atlantis	Major Anne Teldy	Episode: "Whispers"
2009	Dexter	Officer Zoey Kruger	Episode: "Dex Takes a Holiday"
2009	Defying Gravity	Jen Crane	Main role, 13 episodes
2010	24	Molly O'Connor	Episode: "Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m."
2010	The Stepson	Donna May	Television movie
2010	The Mentalist	Delinda LeCure	Episode: "The Red Ponies"
2011	Survivor: Redemption Island	Herself	Episode: "Reunion"
2011	NCIS	Marine Gunnery Sgt. Georgia Wooten	Episode: "Freedom"
2011	Combat Hospital	Cmt. Ariel Garamond	Episode: "Inner Truth", "Reckless"
2012	Fugitive at 17	Det. Cameron Langford	Television movie
2012	Virtual Lies	Jamie Chapman	Television movie
2013	Castle	Maggie Finch	Episode: "The Wild Rover"
2013	Eve of Destruction	Rachel Reed	Television miniseries
2014	Crimes of the Mind	Carolyn Raeburn	Television movie
2014–2015	Arrow	Mayor Celia Castle	3 episodes
2015	NCIS: Los Angeles	FBI Agent Allison Conway	Episode: "Fighting Shadows"
2015	NCIS: New Orleans	NOPD Detective Dinah Clark	Episode: "Blue Christmas"
2016–2018	Shadowhunters	Elaine Lewis	Recurring role, 11 episodes
2016	Elementary	Christa Pullman	Episode: "Art Imitates Art"
2016	Deadly Dance Mom [18]	Jeanette Grayson	Television movie
2017	iZombie	Katty Kupps	4 episodes
2017	Deadly Lessons	Detective James	Television movie
2018	Lethal Soccer Mom	Rhonda	Television movie
2018	Life Sentence	Judge Sandra Cramer	Episode: "Our Father the Hero"
2019	Criminal Minds	Agent Brenda Channing	Episode: "Hamelin"
2019	Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath [19]	Amanda Kelly	Television movie
2023–2024	Reacher	Marlo Burns	3 episodes
2024	The Boarding School Murders	Jane Ainsworth	Television movie

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2009	3 Way	Jo / Lara Lancaster	4 episodes
2014	Nikki & Nora	Nora Delaney	7 episodes, also executive producer

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work nominated	Result
1998	Gemini Award	Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	F/X: The Series	Nominated

References

1. Christina Cox [@ReallyChristina] (May 5, 2015). "As a Canadian of Caribbean descent, it makes me so happy to hear the musical lilt of patois dusted over so many #Toronto conversations #home" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. (in French) OldiBlog.com, Christina Cox Archived April 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Christina Cox Biography ((?)-)".
4. "The Christina Cox Fan Appreciation Page". Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
5. Nathan Southern (2011). "Christina Cox". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2011-01-01.
6. "FX The Series | History of Canadian Broadcasting". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
7. Girlfriends (TV Series 2000–2008) , retrieved 2019-02-01
8. Alexander, Brenda (2021-07-12). "'Girlfriends': Who Was Originally Cast as Lynn Searcy and Toni Childs?". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
9. "Black-ish: Girlfriends Reunite to Talk Intersectional Feminism. Also, a Girlfriends Character Was Originally White?". The Root. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
10. Christina Cox at IMDb
11. Contentfilm.com, Blood Ties Brand New Drama. November 20, 2006. Archived January 19, 2013, at archive.today
12. "Christina Cox". www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
13. "Christina Cox and Dylan Bruce stop by for explosive Motive | TV, eh?". www.tv-eh.com. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
14. Stanley, Alessandra (2009-08-01). "Inner-Space Problems in Outer Space". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-26.
15. Castro, Adam-Troy (2012-12-14). "Why ABC's Defying Gravity is no Virtuality 2". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
16. "'Dexter': Someone like her". LA Times Blogs - Show Tracker. 2009-10-18. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
17. Christina Cox [@ReallyChristina] (October 1, 2016). "It's a #SentimentalSaturday for @GrantMattos & I ❤️ because 6 years ago today we #eloped Best decision ever & it ju…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. Vlessing, Etan (2016-03-24). "'7th Heaven' Actress Beverly Mitchell, Christina Cox Board 'Deadly Dance Mom'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
19. Ellenbogen, Rachael (2019-09-29). "'Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath' Hallmark Movie Premiere: Cast, Trailer, Synopsis". International Business Times. Retrieved 2021-07-26.

External links

• Christina Cox at IMDb
• Christina Cox at TV Guide
• Christina Cox at Rotten Tomatoes
• (in French) Le premier blog français, depuis 2006
• (in French) Le premier site en Français