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===Career===
===Career===
Aniston moved to [[Hollywood]] and was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series ''[[Molloy]]'' and in the TV movie ''[[Camp Cucamonga]]''. She also co-starred in ''[[Ferris Bueller (TV series)|Ferris Bueller]]'', a television adaptation of the 1986 hit movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''. The series, however, was quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, ''[[The Edge (TV series)|The Edge]]'' and ''Muddling Through'', and guest-starred on ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|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|horror film]], ''[[Leprechaun (movie)|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 Green]]. She was cast in the role and played the character from 1994 until the show ended in 2004.
Aniston moved to [[Hollywood]] and was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series ''[[Molloy]]'' and in the TV movie ''[[Camp Cucamonga]]''. She also co-starred in ''[[Ferris Bueller (TV series)|Ferris Bueller]]'', a television adaptation of the 1986 hit movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''. The series, however, was quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two more failed television comedy shows, ''[[The Edge (TV series)|The Edge]]'' and ''Muddling Through'', and guest-starred on ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|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|horror film]], ''[[Leprechaun (movie)|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 Green]]. She was cast in the role and played the character from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. Tan Aniston to ciota


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" haircut|"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, 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 costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of ''Friends.''
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" haircut|"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, 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 costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of ''Friends.''

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Jennifer Aniston
Born
Jennifer Joanna Aniston[1][2]
Occupation(s)Actress, Director
Years active1989-present
SpouseBrad Pitt (2000-2005)

Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American film and television actress. She became famous in the mid 1990s for playing the role of Rachel Green in the popular US sitcom 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.

Aniston's marriage to actor Brad Pitt and their subsequent divorce received widespread media coverage.

Biography

Early life

Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, 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. Aniston attended the New York Rudolf Steiner School[3] and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. Among her high school friends was future gay rights activist Chastity Bono. Aniston's desire to become an actress grew as she worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave. During this time, she supported herself with several part-time jobs, including working as a telemarketer and bike messenger. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles, California.[4]

Career

Aniston moved to Hollywood and was cast in her first television role in 1990, starring as a regular on the short-lived series Molloy and in the TV movie Camp Cucamonga. 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 canceled. 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 Green. She was cast in the role and played the character from 1994 until the show ended in 2004. Tan Aniston to ciota

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, 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 costars) became the highest paid TV actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck for the tenth season of Friends.

In 1994, Microsoft invited Aniston, along with comedian Matthew Perry, to shoot a 30-minute promotional advertisement for their new operating system, Windows 95. In addition to her career as a TV actress, Aniston has enjoyed a successful film career. Her biggest box office success to date was her appearance in 2003's Bruce Almighty, in which she played the girlfriend of title character (Jim Carrey); the film grossed $243M at the United States box office and almost twice that worldwide. Aniston's 2004 film, Along Came Polly (opposite Ben Stiller), also did well at the box office after opening at the #1 spot.

She gained critical acclaim for her performances in The Object of My Affection (1998), a comedy drama about a girl who falls for a gay man, and in the low-budget 2002 film, The Good Girl, directed by Miguel Arteta, playing an unglamorous cashier in a small town. The latter film opened in relatively few theaters - under 700 in total - taking $14M in the U.S. box office. In late 2005, Aniston headlined two major studio films, Derailed and Rumor Has It, both of which performed fairly at the box office, grossing over $36 million each despite little support from critics.

In 2006, Aniston appeared in the low-budget drama, Friends with Money, which was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival, received a limited release, and grossed over $13 million. Aniston's next film, The Break-Up, which was released on June 2, grossed approximately $39.17 million during its opening weekend, despite lukewarm reviews.[5] It has currently grossed over $118 million at the U.S. box office and over $203 million worldwide.

In 2007, Aniston guest starred in an episode of Courteney Cox Arquette's series Dirt. Aniston played Arquette's snobby rival Tina Harrod.[6] 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.

Forbes listed Aniston as the 10th richest woman in the entertainment industry for the year 2007. She is behind such powerhouses as Oprah Winfrey, J. K. Rowling, Madonna, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez and is ahead of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and the Olsen twins. Aniston's net worth is approximately $110 million.[7] Aniston was also included in the annual Star Salary Top 10 of trade magazine The Hollywood Reporter for 2006.[8] According to Forbes in October 2007, Aniston was the top-selling celebrity face of the entertainment industry.[9] In 2008 Aniston landed the seventeenth spot on Forbes Celebrity 100 list based on "earnings and fame."[10] Forbes listed Aniston's earnings as $27 million.[11]

Personal life

Aniston has previously dated musician Adam Duritz,[12] and was previously engaged to actor Tate Donovan before breaking up.[13] Her high-profile relationship with actor Brad Pitt was frequently publicized in the press.[12][14] She married Pitt on July 29 2000, in a lavish Malibu wedding.[15] For years their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success,[12]. However, when Pitt showed up to his Ocean's Twelve premiere without his wife, rumors that their relationship was on the rocks began.[16] In early January 2005, the couple was seen vacationing in the Caribbean with her "Friends" co-star Courteney Cox and her husband, actor David Arquette,[17] 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.

Rumors that Pitt had fallen for actress Angelina Jolie began when they were filming the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jolie and Pitt both denied any claims of adultery, with Jolie declaring in an interview in 2005, "To be intimate with a married man, when my own father cheated on my mother, is not something I could forgive. I could not look at myself in the morning if I did that. I wouldn't be attracted to a man who would cheat on his wife."[18] Pitt and Aniston were seen together publicly after announcing their separation, even at a dinner party for Aniston's thirty-sixth birthday in February, and friends of the couple had declared they were reconciling.[19] Aniston, however, filed for divorce on March 25 2005.[2] A divorce was finalized on October 2, 2005.[20]

Media reports speculated that the split was due to Aniston's refusal to have children; t-shirts were sold after their separation with the phrase "I'll Have Your Baby, Brad!". Aniston denied that this was the cause of their split in an August 2005 Vanity Fair interview, stating, "I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children... I've always wanted to have children, and I would never give up that experience for a career." Aniston also revealed that her divorce prompted her to reach out to her mother, from whom she was estranged for nearly a decade. They initially became estranged when Nancy talked about her daughter on a TV show and later wrote a book titled From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir (1999).[21][22]

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.[23] 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."[24] Since the couple's divorce, Aniston has been romantically linked with actor Vince Vaughn,[25] British model Paul Sculfor, actor Orlando Bloom and singer John Mayer.[26][27]

In August 2006, Aniston denied rumors that she was engaged to Vaughn or that the actor had proposed.[28] In October 2006, gossip magazine Us Weekly quoted sources from Vaughn that the couple had broken up.[29] 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.[30]

The intense media scrutiny of Aniston's private life continued. It was reported in April 2008 that singer John Mayer and Aniston were an item. A few weeks later, Mayer hinted the rumours were true when he told reporters "listen, this is not a scandal, this is not an issue, this is not a problem, this needs no spin control."[31]

Aniston has had two septoplasties to correct her deviated septum; — one which was incorrectly done in 1994 and the second in January 2007. Septoplasty is a surgical operation that helps alleviate a common condition that can lead to breathing difficulty and trouble sleeping.[32]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Camp Cucamonga Ava Schector TV movie
1993 Leprechaun Tory Reding
1996 She's the One Renee Fitzpatrick
Dream for an Insomniac Allison
1997 Picture Perfect Kate Mosely
'Til There was You Debbie
1998 The Object of My Affection Nina Borowski
1999 The Iron Giant Annie Hughes voice only
Office Space Joanna
2001 Rock Star Emily Poule
2002 The Good Girl Justine Last
2003 Bruce Almighty Grace Connelly
2004 Along Came Polly Polly Prince
2005 Rumor Has It Sarah Huttinger
Derailed Lucinda Harris
2006 The Break-Up Brooke Meyers
Friends with Money Olivia
Room 10 n/a short film; co-director only

Upcoming Films

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Management TBA post-production[33]
Traveling TBA post-production
Marley & Me Jenny Grogan post-production
2009 He's Just Not That into You Beth awaiting release[34]
Gambit Nicole in-development
The Senator's Wife Rosalind Mitchell in-development

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990—1991 Ferris Bueller Jeannie Bueller Main Role
1992—1993 The Edge Various Characters Main Role
1994—2004 Friends Rachel Green Main Role

Guest appearances

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Molloy Courtney 2 episodes
1992 Quantum Leap Kiki Wilson "Nowhere to Run" (Season 5, Episode 4)
1992—1993 Herman's Head Suzie Brooks
  • "Twisted Sister" (Season 1, Episode 25)
  • "Jay Is for Jealousy" (Season 3, Episode 8)
1994 Burke's Law Linda Campbell "Who Killed the Beauty Queen?" (Season 1, Episode 4)
Muddling Through Madeline Drego Cooper —
1996 Partners CPA Suzanne "Follow the Clams?" (Season 1, Episode 17)
1998 Disney's Hercules Charmaine (Voice) "Dream Date" (Season 1, Episode 27)
1999 South Park Mrs. Stevens - Choir Teacher (Voice) "Rainforest, Schmainforest " (Season 3, Episode 1)
2003 Freedom: A History of Us Jessie Benton "Wake Up America " (Season 1, Episode 4)
King of the Hill Pepperoni Sue/Stephanie (Voice) "Queasy Rider" (Season 7, Episode 13)
2007 Dirt Tina Harrod "Ita Missa Est " (Season 1, Episode 13)

Awards

References

  1. ^ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/22/sbt.01.html
  2. ^ a b Silverman, Stephen M. Jennifer Files for Divorce from Brad, People, March 25, 2005. Accessed July 15, 2008.
  3. ^ Esquire Online
  4. ^ Tiscali biography of Jennifer Aniston.
  5. ^ "Box Office Mojo". The Break-Up's opening weekend gross. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "TVSquad.com". Jennifer Aniston to guest star on Dirt. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Forbes.com". In Pictures: The Richest 20 Women In Entertainment. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Hollywood.com". Nicole Kidman Tops Hollywood Earners List at Hollywood.com. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Forbes.com: Fab Tab Cover Stars
  10. ^ "Forbes Celebrity 100 Has a Big 'O'". Celebuzz.com. 2008-06-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "The Celebrity 100". Forbes. 2008-06-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ a b c "Jennifer Aniston Biography". People. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  13. ^ "Tate Donovan Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  14. ^ "Jennifer Aniston Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  15. ^ "Brad Pitt Biography". People. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  16. ^ Freydkin, Donna (2005-01-09). "Start the presses! Aniston and Pitt split". USA Today. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  17. ^ "'People' reveals details behind Pitt, Aniston breakup". ABC News. 2005-01-10. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  18. ^ "Angelina, saint vs. sinner". New York Daily. 2006-02-07. Retrieved 2008-05-21. {{cite web}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
  19. ^ "Brad & Jen Reunite for Her Birthday". People. 2005-02-17. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  20. ^ Kappes, Serena (2005-09-30). "Brad & Jen Finalize Divorce". People. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  21. ^ The Unsinkable Jennifer Aniston
  22. ^ Laurence, Charles (2006-12-15). "Not even friends..." Los Angeles National Post. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "Vogue". Vogue interview. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "Daily Times". Aniston just wants to make Friends with Pitt. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "Jennifer & Vince: More than Good Friends?". People. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  26. ^ "Jen's New Man". People. 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  27. ^ Marx, Linda (2008-04-26). "Jennifer Aniston on the Town with John Mayer". People. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  28. ^ "TMZ.com". Aniston Calls "Bull" on Engagement Stories. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ Vince and Jen break up, October 5, 2006
  30. ^ Report: Publicists for Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn Confirm Break-Up, Fox News, December 6, 2006. Accessed July 15, 2008.
  31. ^ John Mayer happy with Jennifer Aniston, NEWS.com.au, May 7, 2008. Accessed July 15, 2008.
  32. ^ Jen Gets a Nose Job, Us Magazine, January 24, 2007. Accessed July 15, 2008.
  33. ^ Jennifer Aniston on IMDb
  34. ^ He's Just Not That Into You (2008)

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