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. She has two older sisters. OldiBlog.com, Christina Cox Her father is an automotive executive.

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.

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

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. 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.

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

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.Contentfilm.com, Blood Ties Brand New Drama. November 20, 2006. 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!"

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 ( 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. Their daughter was born in December 2013.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes1994Spike of LoveDeb1995Street LawKelly1995Angel1996No One Could Protect HerDet. Elizabeth 'Beth' Jordan1999Better Than ChocolateKim2000Code Name PhoenixAurora2001Jane DoePeter2003Sometimes a HeroCassandra Diaz2004Eve Logan2006Max Havoc: Ring of FireSuzy Blaine2007Ascension DayMargaret Whitehead2013Beauty MarkDianneShort film2013ElysiumCCB Agent2013 The ContractorElizabeth Chase2018F.R.E.D.I.Williams

Television Year Title Role Notes1992CatwalkSuzieEpisode: "Six Hip Hoppers & Yo Babe"1992, 1994Forever KnightJeanne d'Arc2 episodes1994–1995Due SouthCaroline MorganEpisodes: "Free Willie","Vault"1995Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesKyraEpisode: "Quake!"1995Forever KnightMotorcycle CopEpisode: "Close Call"1995Tessa JonesEpisode: "The Debt Collectors"1996Natalie GrenierTelevision movie1996Sins of SilenceVolunteerTelevision movie1996Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw YearsLucyEpisode: "When She Was Good"1996MistrialOfficer Ida CruzTelevision movie1996Prostitute in LimoEpisode: "Petty Tyranny"1996–1998F/X: The SeriesAngela 'Angie' RamirezMain role, 38 episodes1998First WaveJody NolanEpisode: "Joshua"1998Stargate SG-1T'akayaEpisode: "Spirits"1998–1999Jessica CapshawRecurring role, 10 episodes1999–2000Earth: Final ConflictHaley SimmonsEpisodes: "Second Chances", "Thicker Than Blood", "Take No Prisoners"2000Deb ClementEpisode: "Skin Deep"2000Psi Factor: Chronicles of the ParanormalJessica 'Jessie' WilsonEpisode: "GeoCore"2000Code Name PhoenixAuroraTelevision movie2000GirlfriendsLynn SearcyEpisode: Pilot (unaired)2000Code Name: EternitySashaEpisode: "The Shift"2001Dark RealmKateEpisode: "The House Sitter"2001Jane DoePeterTelevision movie2002Stargate SG-1Lt. KershawEpisode: "The Sentinel"2003Mutant XBecky DolanEpisode: "The Grift"2003She SpiesMargoEpisode: "Damsels in De-Stress"2003Cold CaseSherry Stephens (2003)Episode: "Sherry Darlin'"2004AndromedaAleissEpisode: "Exalted Reason, Resplendent Daughter"2004Nikki & NoraNora DelaneyUnsold television pilot2004CSI: MiamiJenny MoylanEpisode: "Stalkerazzi"2004PamelaEpisode: "Braveheart"2005This Is WonderlandWendyEpisode: 2.112005EyesLinda BarstowEpisode: "Wings"2005HouseAnnette RainesEpisode: "Love Hurts"2005NUMB3RSCHP Officer MorrisEpisode: "Man Hunt"2007BonesAnne Marie OstenbachEpisode: "Death in the Saddle"2007–2008Blood TiesVicki NelsonMain role, 22 episodes2008Making Mr. RightHallie GallowayTelevision movie2008S.I.S.RozTelevision movie2008Stargate AtlantisMajor Anne TeldyEpisode: "Whispers"2009DexterOfficer Zoey KrugerEpisode: "Dex Takes a Holiday"2009Defying GravityJen CraneMain role, 13 episodes201024Molly O'ConnorEpisode: "Day 8: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m."2010Donna MayTelevision movie2010Delinda LeCureEpisode: "The Red Ponies"2011Survivor: Redemption IslandHerselfEpisode: "Reunion"2011NCISMarine Gunnery Sgt. Georgia WootenEpisode: "Freedom"2011Combat HospitalCmt. Ariel GaramondEpisode: "Inner Truth", "Reckless"2012Fugitive at 17Det. Cameron LangfordTelevision movie2012Virtual LiesJamie ChapmanTelevision movie2013CastleMaggie FinchEpisode: "The Wild Rover"2013Eve of DestructionRachel ReedTelevision miniseries2014 Crimes of the MindCarolyn RaeburnTelevision movie2014–2015ArrowMayor Celia Castle3 episodes2015NCIS: Los AngelesFBI Agent Allison ConwayEpisode: "Fighting Shadows"2015NCIS: New OrleansNOPD Detective Dinah ClarkEpisode: "Blue Christmas"2016–2018ShadowhuntersElaine LewisRecurring role, 11 episodes2016ElementaryChrista PullmanEpisode: "Art Imitates Art"2016 Deadly Dance MomJeanette GraysonTelevision movie2017iZombieKatty Kupps4 episodes2017Deadly LessonsDetective JamesTelevision movie2018Lethal Soccer MomRhondaTelevision movie2018Life SentenceJudge Sandra CramerEpisode: "Our Father the Hero"2019Criminal MindsAgent Brenda ChanningEpisode: "Hamelin"2019Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last BreathAmanda KellyTelevision movie2023–2024ReacherMarlo Burns3 episodes2024 The Boarding School MurdersJane AinsworthTelevision 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

References

External links

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