Name Jennifer Aniston
Birth name Jennifer Joanna Aniston
Date of birth 11 February 1969
Star sign Aquarius
Birthplace Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Height 5ft 5in
Eye colour Blue
Marriages Brad Pitt, 29 July 2000 (divorced 2 October 2005)
Children None
Biography
One of Hollywoods richest women, Jennifer Aniston shot to stardom thanks to her role as Rachel in Friends and her short marriage to heart-throb actor Brad Pitt.
Born in LA and raised in New York, Jennifer jobbed as a waitress and bike messenger while working in off-Broadway theatre. She considered giving up acting after appearing in a string of failed TV shows and the heavily criticised 1993 horror flick, Leprechaun, but a chance audition for NBC sitcom Friends transformed her fortunes.
She persuaded producers to cast her as Rachel Green rather than Monica Geller and played the character from 1994 until the hit show ended a decade later. As well as an Emmy win for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series, Jennifer became a household name and her layered hairdo launched an international craze for The Rachel.
The popularity of Friends kick-started Jennifers film career. Her biggest box office success to date was opposite Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003), but her girl-next-door image made her a hit in rom-coms such as The Object Of My Affection (1998), Along Came Polly (2004) and The Break-Up (2006).
Jennifer had had her own break-up to deal with just a year earlier when she divorced Brad five years after their lavish Malibu wedding. Although Brad denied an affair with his Mr & Mrs Smith co-star, Angelina Jolie, golden couple Brad n Jen quickly became Brangelina with Jennifer painted by the press as the injured party.
Despite a brief relationship with Vince Vaughn and rumours linking her to singer John Mayer, Jennifer estimated to be worth more than £55 million is still looking for her leading man.
Quotes
Beginning a new day. When you see what else is going on on the planet, its pretty hard not to go, Wow, thank you. (People.com)
Youre damned if youre too thin and youre damned if youre too heavy. According to the press, Ive been both. Its impossible to satisfy everyone and I suggest we stop trying. (Shape magazine/Brainyquote.com)
I guess wed be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well. (O Magazine, February 2004)
(On Brad)
They were seven very intense years together and it was a beautiful, complicated relationship. I will love Brad for the rest of my life and I hope that someday we will be able to be friends again. (News Of The World, June 2006)
There are no regrets in life, just lessons. (Thinkexsist.com)
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