Jennifer Aniston

**Jennifer Joanna Aniston** (born February 11, 1969) is a prominent American actress and 1990s cultural icon who rose to international superstardom in the mid-1990s for her portrayal of the iconic character Rachel Green on the classic sitcom Friends (1994-2004). She has won 1 Screen Actors Guild Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in television. Her "Rachel" haircut and girl next door appeal made her the breakout star of Friends.

**Romantic Comedies (2004-2012)****

After the conclusion of Friends, Aniston transitioned into a film career, starring in classic romantic comedies throughout the mid 2000s , including movies like Office Space, The Break-Up, He's Just Not That Into You, Marley and Me, Just Go With It and Horrible Bosses (2011). She also secured an Emmy nomination as a guest actress on 30 Rock in 2009.

**Resurgence in Career and Permanent Return to Television (2016-Present)****

In the late 2010s, Jennifer Aniston re-established herself as an A-list actress in television by executively producing acclaimed shows such as Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere starring Kerry Washington and Apple TV+'s The Morning Show alongside Reese Witherspoon and Billy Crudup. In The Morning Show, she played the lead role of a veteran news anchor, Alex Levy, who is trying to navigate the changing news media landscape after a public scandal and her relationship with her co-anchor. For her work, she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Female Actor in a Drama Series (2020) and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She also earned nominations for her work as an executive producer. The Morning Show has been renewed for a fourth and final season.

Her work in television made _Forbes_ rank her as the 10th highest paid television actress in Hollywood alongside Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh, and Julia Louis Drefyus.

In 2019, she was awarded the SAG-AFTRA Patron award for her philanthropic work. Her best friend Reese Witherspoon and Friends co-stars paid tribute to her.

## Early life

Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of John Aniston and Nancy Dow. 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, and her mother's other ancestry is Scottish, Irish, and a small amount of Greek. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother. Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends.

## Personal life

**Jennifer Aniston's Public Image and Tragic Personal Life by Tabloids**

Jennifer Aniston is regarded by the media as a popular 1990s sex symbol and is known for her private girl next door persona in interviews. She is 57 years old.

**Jennifer Aniston was briefly engaged to OC actor Tate Donovan (1996-1998) and suffered a miscarriage while they were together. Jennifer Aniston was married to Hollywood icon Brad Pitt from (1999- 2005) before he divorced her after he began a public extramarital affair with American actress Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. She later remarried to Justin Theroux and divorced in 2017. She likes to live a private life and is not interested in marriage (2025 interview).**

***Jennifer Aniston Infamous 2005-2006 Diane Sawyer Interview and 2000s Tabloids Exposure: During the 2000s decade, the tabloids often exposed Jennifer Aniston's fertility issues to the world after her first partner split with her and the media put out initial false rumors of no kids, and she cried a little a in the now infamous 2005 Diane Sawyer interview. She was in a happier mood in the 2006 interview had to be immediately cut when she began screaming after she was informed the A-list Brangelina couple were announcing their pregnancy with their first child in Namibia in February 2006 which left Diane Sawyer confused until she said "Diane my divorce was finalized only in October 2005 in anger, not the media date June 2005". She threw shade at both of them in the interview, saying "Both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie lack a sensitivity chip and have zero class". "She later said she was annoyed at tabloid harassment".***

## Movies

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|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|__|Clove|||
|1998|_Waiting for Woody_|Herself|Short film||
|1998|_The Object of My Affection_|Nina Borowski|||
|1999|_Office Space_|Joanna|||
|1999|__|Annie Hughes (voice)|||
|2001|_Rock Star_|Emily Poule|||
|2002|__|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_||Short film||
|2006|__|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|__|Nicole Hurley|||
|2010|__|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|rowspan="2"|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)|||

## Other websites

- Official website
- Official Warner Brothers Friends site

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jennifer Aniston
- **other names**: Jen Aniston
- **birth name**: Jennifer Joanna Aniston
- **image**: JenniferAnistonHWoFFeb2012.jpg
- **caption**: Aniston in 2012
- **image size**: 220px
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, USA
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **years active**: 1987–present
- **occupation**: Actress
- **notable works**: Friends, Rachel Green in _Friends_
- **spouse**: Brad Pitt ( 2000–05; )
Justin Theroux ( 2015–2017  )
- **parents**: John Aniston
Nancy Dow
- **partner**: Tate Donovan (1995–1998)