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Jennifer Aniston

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Jennifer Aniston
Aniston in 2012
Born
Jennifer Joanna Aniston[1]

(1969-02-11) February 11, 1969 (age 55)
Los Angeles, California, USA
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1987–present
Notable workRachel Green in Friends
Height5 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.64 m)
Spouse(s)Brad Pitt (m. 2000–05; div.)
Justin Theroux (m. 2015–2017 sep.)
PartnerTate Donovan (1995–1998)
Parent(s)John Aniston
Nancy Dow

Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969)[2] is a well respected television and film actress who rose to international fame for playing the girl next door character Rachel Green on the hugely successful sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004. For her work in television , she has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics Choice Award for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Her hairstyle dubbed the ‘ Rachel Haircut’, became an international sensation and she has since become one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood.

Since Friends ended, Aniston had successfully transitioned to a successful film career. She starred in many popular romantic comedies such as Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up, Marley & Me, Just Go with It, He’s Just not that Into You. She also took on more serious roles in dramas like Cake and The Good Girl for which she earned Golden Globe nominations

In the late 2010s, Aniston returned to television by executively producing and starring in the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show alongside Reese Witherspoon and Julianna Margulies. For her role on the show, she won both a Critics Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2020) for The Morning Show. She was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as four SAG awards. The Morning Show has been renewed for a fourth and fifth season continuing her successful return to television.

Early life

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Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969,[2] in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California.[3] She is the daughter of John Aniston and Nancy Dow.[3] Her father is Greek and a native of Crete, while her mother was born in New York City. Dow died of a stroke in May 2016. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was an Italian immigrant,[4] and her mother's other ancestry is Scottish, Irish, and a small amount of Greek.[5] Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother.[3] Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends.[3]

Personal life

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She was married to Brad Pitt from 2000 until they divorced in 2005.[1] They acted together in the episode "The One with the Rumor" on Friends. She began a relationship with Justin Theroux in 2011. The couple married in 2015 in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

On February 15, 2018, Aniston and Theroux announced that they were separating after two years of marriage and seven years as a couple.[6]

Movies

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Year Title Role Notes
1988 Mac and Me Dancer in McDonald's Uncredited
1993 Leprechaun Tory Reding
1996 She's the One Renee Fitzpatrick
1996 Dream for an Insomniac Allison
1997 'Til There Was You Debbie
1997 Picture Perfect Kate Mosley
1998 The Thin Pink Line Clove
1998 Waiting for Woody Herself Short film
1998 The Object of My Affection Nina Borowski
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 / Jane
2005 Rumor Has It Sarah Huttinger
2006 Friends with Money Olivia
2006 Room 10 Co-Director Short film
2006 The Break-Up Brooke Meyers
2008 Marley & Me Jenny Grogan
2008 Burma: It Can't Wait Producer Short film
2008 Management Sue Claussen Also executive producer
2009 He's Just Not That into You Beth Murphy
2009 Love Happens Eloise Chandler
2010 The Bounty Hunter Nicole Hurley
2010 The Switch Kassie Larson Also executive producer
2011 Just Go with It Katherine Murphy / Devlin Maccabee
2011 Horrible Bosses Dr. Julia Harris
2012 Wanderlust Linda Gergenblatt
2012 $ellebrity Herself Documentary film
2013 We're the Millers Sarah "Rose" O'Reilly
2013 Life of Crime Margaret "Mickey" Dawson Also executive producer
2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Dr. Julia Harris
2014 She's Funny That Way Jane Claremont
2014 Cake Claire Simmons Also executive producer
2014 Journey to Sundance Herself Documentary film
2015 Unity Narrator
2016 Mother's Day Sandy Newhouse
2016 Storks Sarah Gardner (voice)
2016 Office Christmas Party Carol Vanstone
2017 The Yellow Birds Maureen Murphy Also executive producer
2018 Dumplin' Rosie Dickson Also executive producer
2019 Murder Mystery Audrey Spitz Also executive producer
TBA The Iron Giant Christmas Carol Annie Hughes (voice)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Desk, Pinkvilla (6 January 2023). "20 actresses in their 50s who are at the pinnacle of their Hollywood careers". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2023. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jennifer Aniston". E! Online. E!. Retrieved September 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Jennifer Aniston Biography". People. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Dow, Nancy (1999). From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-57392-772-7.
  5. ↑ "Jennifer Aniston" Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Flash video). Inside the Actors Studio. at (1:20–2:00)
  6. ↑ "Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux Split 'Lovingly' After Two Years of Marriage". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-02-16.

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