Christina Cox

Not to be confused with Christina Cock.
Christina Cox

Christina Cox, West Hollywood, California on April 2, 2013
Born (1971-07-31) July 31, 1971
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actress
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Grant Mattos (2011–present)
Children 1

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

Early life

Christina Cox was born in a town on the outskirts of Toronto, the youngest of three daughters. She is Canadian of Caribbean (Jamaican) descent.[1] She has two older sisters, named Tracey and Melissa.[2] Her father is an automotive executive.[3]

Christina studied theatre and dance at the Arts York at Unionville High School, and continued her theatre training at the Ryerson Theatre School of Toronto, where she studied for two years.[4]

Cox actively competed in the areas of gymnastics, track and field, and taekwondo while in school. She is also proficient in boxing, muay Thai kickboxing, and fencing, and has had training in stage combat, period weaponry, and firearms. During high school, she had aspirations of becoming an Olympic gymnast, but instead chose to focus on drama and theater.[4]

Career

She has over 38 movie and television appearances to her credit. 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] Cox was an original member of the UPN sitcom Girlfriends, cast as Lynn, for the pilot episode.

Furthermore, Christina Cox has appeared in numerous national theater productions, including Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, and Jim Cartwright's Road.[6]

She is also a trained stuntwoman. She 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.[7] Ironically, Tanya Huff later shared: "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!"[7]

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

Personal life

Cox currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband Grant Mattos, who is a former NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers. They were married by eloping on October 1, 2010, soon after his return from Survivor. [8] They have a daughter named Flynn, who was born on December 30, 2013. In 2011 Mattos also appeared on the 22nd season Survivor: Redemption Island of the CBS series Survivor,[9] where he placed 8th, but falling just short of winning after getting voted out a few days before Final Tribal Council as the games biggest jury threat.

Christina and Grant now live in New York City where she continues her career as an actress, and he is a Yoga instructor at Moda Yoga NYC. They had moved to Toronto at the end of April 2015, before trasitioning to New York City at the beginning of September 2015. Christina imparticular still travels to Toronto and Vancouver for numerous acting gigs however. They may be moving back to Toronto or Canada due to Grant being fired from his job at Moda Yoga NYC, and their uncertainty if they have the finances to remain in New York City, particularly with Christina's failure to get the number of offers in the U.S market as the Canadian one.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1994 Spike of Love Deb
1995 Street Law Kelly
1995 Donor, TheThe Donor Angel
1996 No One Could Protect Her Det. Elizabeth 'Beth' Jordan
1999 Better Than Chocolate Kim
2003 Sometimes a Hero Cassandra Diaz
2004 Chronicles of Riddick, TheThe Chronicles of Riddick Eve Logan
2006 Max Havoc: Ring of Fire Suzy Blaine
2007 Ascension Day Margaret Whitehead
2012 Beauty Mark Dianne Short film, post-production
2013 The Contractor Elizabeth McKenzie
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Forever Knight Jeanne d'Arc Episode: "For I Have Sinned"
Episode: "Dying to Know You"
1994 Forever Knight Jeanne d'Arc Episode: "Faithful Followers"
1994 Due South Caroline Morgan Episode: "Free Willie"
1995 Due South Caroline Morgan Episode: "Vault"
1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Kyra Episode: "Quake!"
1995 Forever Knight Motorcycle Cop Episode: "Close Call"
1995 Hardy Boys, TheThe Hardy Boys Tessa Jones Episode: "The Debt Collectors"
1996 Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story, AA Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story Natalie Grenier TV movie
1996 Sins of Silence Volunteer TV movie
1996 Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years Lucy Episode: "When She Was Good"
1996 Mistrial Officer Ida Cruz TV movie
1996 Newsroom, TheThe Newsroom Prostitute in Limo Episode: "Petty Tyranny"
1996-1998 F/X: The Series Angela 'Angie' Ramirez 38 episodes
1998 First Wave Jody Nolan Episode: "Joshua"
1998 Stargate SG-1 T'akaya Episode: "Spirits"
1998-1999 Crow: Stairway to Heaven, TheThe Crow: Stairway to Heaven Jessica Capshaw 10 episodes
1999 Earth: Final Conflict Haley Simmons Episode: "Second Chances"
Episode: "Thicker Than Blood"
2000 Earth: Final Conflict Haley Simmons Episode: "Take No Prisoners"
2000 Outer Limits, TheThe Outer Limits Deb Clement Episode: "Skin Deep"
2000 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Jessica 'Jessie' Wilson Episode: "GeoCore"
2000 Code Name Phoenix Aurora TV movie
2000 Girlfriends Lynn Episode: "Unaired Pilot"
2000 Code Name: Eternity Sasha Episode: "The Shift"
2001 Dark Realm Kate Episode: "The House Sitter"
2001 Jane Doe Peter TV 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 Nikki and Nora Nora Delaney TV movie
2004 Andromeda Aleiss Episode: "Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter"
2004 CSI: Miami Jenny Moylan Episode: "Stalkerazzi"
2004 Chris Isaak Show, TheThe 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 22 episodes
2008 Making Mr. Right Hallie Galloway TV movie
2008 S.I.S. Roz TV movie
2008 Stargate Atlantis Major Anne Teldy Episode: "Whispers"
2008-2009 3Way Lara Lancaster 4 episodes
2009 Dexter Officer Zoey Kruger Episode: "Dex Takes a Holiday"
2009 Defying Gravity Jen Crane 13 episodes
2010 24 Molly O'Connor Episode: "Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m."
2010 Stepson, TheThe Stepson Donna May TV movie
2010 Mentalist, TheThe Mentalist Delinda LeCure Episode: "The Red Ponies"
2011 NCIS Marine Gunnery Sgt. Georgia Wooten Episode: "Freedom"
2011 Combat Hospital Cmt. Ariel Garamond Episode: "Inner Truth"
Episode: "Reckless"
2012 Fugitive at 17 Det. Cameron Langford TV movie
2012 Virtual Lies Jamie Chapman TV movie
2013 Castle Maggie Finch Episode: "The Wild Rover"
2013 Eve of Destruction (miniseries) Rachel Reed
2014 Crimes of the Mind Carolyn Raeburn TV Movie
2014-2015 Arrow Mayor Celia Castle 2 episodes
2015 NCIS: Los Angeles FBI Agent : Allison Conway Episode: 18
2015 NCIS: New Orleans NOPD Detective Dinah Clark Episode: Blue Christmas
2016 Shadowhunters Elaine Lewis 4 episodes
2016 Elementary Christa Pullman Episode: Art Imitates Art

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

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