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Jennifer Joanne Aniston (born February 11,
1969 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA) is a American actress perhaps
best-known for playing Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends.
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Personal Life
Her parents are John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her
Greek father, an actor best known for his role on the soap opera Days of Our
Lives, made his best friend Telly Savalas (TV's Kojak), her godfather and also
americanized his Greek surname (Anastasakis) to Aniston, which he discovered
while travelling through Alabama. After spending a year living in Greece, the
family returned to the States, settling in New York where her father John
Aniston won a role in the US soap opera Love of Life and later Search for
Tomorrow. In 1985, the family moved to Los Angeles when John Aniston started on
Days of Our Lives. She is currently estranged from her mother Nancy.
Aniston previously dated Adam Duritz and Tate
Donovan in low-profile relationships. Her pairing with actor Brad Pitt was very
high-profile in the media. She married Pitt on July 29, 2000, in a Malibu
wedding. They separated on January 7, 2005, and Aniston officially filed for
divorce on March 25, 2005.
On August 25, 2005, David Hesterbey was arrested
for trespassing after allegedly entering Aniston's Malibu home.
In November 2005 She was named GQ Magazine's Man of
the year. It was the first time that a woman had been selected.
She is currently dating actor Vince Vaughn. [Added
by PSP: In December 2006, the couple announced they have split]
Acting Career
Attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of
Music & Art and Performing Arts during 1987, Aniston was a member of the drama
club. Her desire to become an actress grew as she worked in off-Broadway
productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave. She moved to
Hollywood and appeared in her first television roles in 1990, starring as a
regular on the short-lived series Molloy and in the TV movie Camp Cucamonga. She
also co-starred in the short-lived Ferris Bueller the same year, a television
adaptation of the classic 1986's teen flick Ferris Bueller's Day Off (it barely
lasted a season). Aniston then starred in two more failed sitcoms, The Edge and
Muddling Through and guest-starring on shows such as Quantum Leap, Herman's
Head, and Burke's Law. After this string of flops, especially her appearance in
the critically-derided horror movie Leprechaun, Aniston seriously considered
giving up acting, until a script for a new sitcom on NBC's 1994-1995 fall
line-up came her way.
In 1994, the producers of the new NBC show called
Friends originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role of Monica Geller, but
she persuaded them that the role of Rachel Green was more suited to her
character. She played the character until the show ended in 2004.
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