Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American film and television actress. She plays the role of Rachel Greene on Friends, a role for which she won both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

She has starred in several Hollywood films, often alongside a member of the Frat Pack. While most of her film roles have been in comedies such as Bruce Almighty, Office Space, Rumor Has It, and the romantic comedies Along Came Polly and The Break-Up, she has also appeared in films from other genres, such as the crime thriller Derailed.

Biography

Early life

Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of the actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick (older) and Alex Aniston (younger). Aniston's father is a Greek American born on the island of Crete, Greece, while her mother was born in New York City of English, Scottish and Italian descent. Aniston's godfather was the late actor Telly Savalas, her father's best friend. Aniston lived in Greece for one year as a child with her family, and they later relocated to New York City. Her father has appeared in the soap operas Days of our Lives, Love of Life, and Search for Tomorrow.

Career

She also co-starred in Ferris Bueller, a television adaptation of the 1986 hit movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The series, however, was quickly cancelled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through, and guest-starred on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law. After the string of cancelled shows, along with her appearance in the critically derided 1992 horror film, Leprechaun, Aniston considered giving up acting. Aniston's plans changed, however, after auditioning for Friends, a sitcom that was set to debut on NBC's 1994-1995 fall line-up. The producers of the show originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role of Monica Geller, but she persuaded them that she was better suited for the role of Rachel Greene. She was cast in the role and played the character from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. The program was hugely successful and Aniston, along with her co-stars, gained wide renown among television viewers. Her hairstyle at the time, which became known as "The Rachel", was widely copied. Aniston received a salary of one million dollars per episode for the last two seasons of Friends, as well as five Emmy nominations (two for Supporting Actress, three for Lead Actress), including a win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. According to the Guinness World Book of Records (2005), Aniston (along with her female co-stars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with their $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of Friends.

In 2007, Aniston guest starred in an episode of Courteney Cox Arquette's series Dirt. Aniston played Arquette's snobby rival Tina Harrod. In addition to acting, Aniston has also directed a hospital emergency room-set short film named Room 10, starring Robin Wright Penn and Kris Kristofferson; Aniston has noted that she was inspired to direct by actress Gwyneth Paltrow, who directed a short film in 2006. They are now the best of friends.

In 2011, Jennifer Aniston played the sex obsessed dentist Julia in Horrible Bosses, reprising the role for the sequel Horrible Bosses 2 in 2014. In 2019 she co-starred with long-term friend Adam Sandler in Murder Mystery

In 2019 Jennifer began the filming of a new sitcom, The Morning Show, which also stars Reese Witherspoon who played Jill Greene, Rachel's youngest sister, in two episodes of Friends. Filming of Season 2 was suspended in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Personal life

Aniston has previously dated musician Adam Duritz, and was previously engaged to actor Tate Donovan before breaking up. Her high-profile relationship with actor Brad Pitt was frequently publicized in the press. She married Pitt on July 29, 2000, in a lavish Malibu wedding. For years their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success. However, when Pitt showed up to his Ocean's Twelve premiere without his wife, rumors that their relationship was on the rocks began. In early January 2005, the couple was seen vacationing in the Caribbean with her Friends co-star Courteney Cox and her then husband, actor David Arquette, and photos on the beach showed them kissing and affectionate. They shocked their fans several days later when they announced their separation on January 7, 2005.

She has also stated that she was devastated by the death of her longtime therapist, whose work helped to make the separation from Pitt easier. Aniston has said that her relationship with Pitt, which she does not regret, was "seven very intense years together" and that "it was a beautiful, complicated relationship." Since the couple's divorce, Aniston has been romantically linked with actor Vince Vaughn, British model Paul Sculfor, actor Orlando Bloom and singer John Mayer.

In August 2006, Aniston denied rumors that she was engaged to Vaughn or that the actor had proposed. In October 2006, gossip magazine Us Weekly quoted sources from Vaughn that the couple had broken up. In December 2006, representatives for both Aniston and Vaughn confirmed that they had indeed split up a few weeks before when Aniston visited Vaughn in London.

Aniston is also a supporter of Friends of El Faro, a grassroots non-profit that helps raise money for Casa Hogar Sion -- an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico and has appeared in a few advertisements on TV for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.

She is stated to be the godmother of best friend and actor Courteney Cox's child Coco.

On August 12, 2012, People Magazine reported that Jennifer and Justin Theroux were engaged. They were married on August 5, 2015. Lisa Kudrow attended, and Courtney Cox was the maid of honor. The couple announced that they were separating on February 15, 2018. They formally divorced in 201

Filmography

TV Series

Year	Show	Role
1990	Molloy	Courtney Walker
1990-1991	Ferris Bueller	Jeannie Bueller
1992	Quantum Leap	Kiki Wilson
1992-1993	The Edge	Multiple characters
1992-1993	Herman's Head	Suzie Brooks
1994	Burke's Law	Linda Campbell
1994-2004	Friends	Rachel Green
1994	Muddling Through	Madeline Drego Cooper
1995	The Larry Sanders Show	Herself
1996	Partners	CPA Suzanne
1998	Hercules	Galatea
1999	South Park	Mrs. Stevens (Choir Teacher)
2003	King of the Hill	Pepperoni Sue / Stephanie
2003	Freedom: A History of US	Jessie Benton
2007	Dirt	Tina Harrod
2008	30 Rock	Claire Harper
2010	Cougar Town	Glenn
2012	Burning Love	The Bear / Dana
2019-2020	The Morning Show	Alex Levy
Pre-production	Hail Mary

Films

Year	Show	Role
1988	Mac & Me	Uncredited
1990	Camp Cucamonga	Ava Schector
1993	Leprechaun	Tory
1996	Dream for an Insomniac	Allison
1996	She's the One	Renee
1997	Picture Perfect	Kate
1997	'Til There Was You	Debbie
1998	The Object of My Affection	Nina Borowski
1998	The Thin Pink Line	Clove
1999	Office Space	Joanna
1999	The Iron Giant	Annie Hughes (voice)
2001	Rock Star	Emily Poule
2002	The Good Girl	Justine Last
2003	Bruce Almighty	Grace Connelly
2004	Along Came Polly	Polly Prince
2005	Derailed	Lucinda Harris
2005	Rumour Has It...	Sarah Huttinger
2006	Friends with Money	Olivia
2006	The Break-Up	Brooke Meyers
2008	Management	Sue
2008	Marley & Me	Jenny
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Beth
2009	Love Happens	Eloise
2010	The Bounty Hunter	Nicole Hurley
2010	The Switch	Kassie Larson
2011	Just Go with It	Katherine
2011	Horrible Bosses	Dr. Julia Harris, D.D.S.
2012	Wanderlust	Linda Gergenblatt
2013	We're the Millers	Rose O'Reilly
2013	Life of Crime	Mickey Dawson
2014	She's Funny That Way	Jane Claremont
2014	Cake	Claire Bennett
2014	Horrible Bosses 2	Dr. Julia Harris, D.D.S.
2016	Mother's Day	Sandy
2016	Storks	Sarah Gardner (voice)
2016	Office Christmas Party	Carol Vanstone
2017	The Yellow Birds	Maureen Murphy
2018	Dumplin'	Rosie
2019	Murder Mystery	Audrey Spitz