Christina Cox

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Christina Cox is a Canadian film and television actress and stuntwoman.

Early life

Born in a town on the outskirts of Ontario, Cox is a mixed-race Canadian of Irish, English, Scottish, German, Dutch, and African-Jamaican descent.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> She has two older sisters.<ref name=oldi>Template:In lang OldiBlog.com, Christina Cox Template:Webarchive</ref> Her father is an automotive executive.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="cox1" />

After high school, she studied for two years at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto.<ref name="cox1">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Initially, Cox was a cast member of the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, played as Lynn, for the pilot episode, but replaced by another mixed-race actress Persia White in the final-cut series.<ref>Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Cox has appeared in numerous national theater productions, including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Jim Cartwright's Road.<ref name=imdb>Template:IMDb name</ref>

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.<ref name=content>Contentfilm.com, Blood Ties Brand New Drama. November 20, 2006. Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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!"<ref name=content/>

She starred as astronaut-biologist Jen Crane in ABC's 2009 summer show Defying Gravity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cox also appeared in a Season Four episode of Showtime's series Dexter, playing villainous police officer Zoey Kruger.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 the NCIS episode Freedom.

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.<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref> Their daughter was born in December 2013.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Spike of Love	Deb
1995	Street Law	Kelly
1995	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	Tessa Jones	Episode: "The Debt Collectors"
1996	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	Jessica Capshaw	Recurring role, 10 episodes
1999–2000	Earth: Final Conflict	Haley Simmons	Episodes: "Second Chances", "Thicker Than Blood", "Take No Prisoners"
2000	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	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	Template:Sortname	Donna May	Television movie
2010	Template:Sortname	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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	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	Template:Nom

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