Hollywood Jennifer Aniston

Profile

Birthday: February 11, 1969

Age : 41

Sign : Aquarius

Birthplace : Sherman Oaks, CA

Hometown : Los Angeles, CA

Big Break : As Rachel Green in "Friends"

Education : New York's High School for the Performing Arts,graduated in 1987

Occupation : Actress

Father : John Aniston, actor (NBC's 'Days of Our Lives')

Mother : Nancy Aniston, actress, ex-model.

Biography

Born on February 11, 1969, Jennifer grew up in the LA town of Sherman Oaks. Her Greek parents, both actors, perhaps hoped that she would follow in their footsteps and made Telly Savalas, alias TV\'s Kojak, her godfather. After spending a year living in Greece, the family returned to the States, settling in New York, where her father won a part on the US soap opera, Days Of Our Lives.In 1980 her parents divorced and Jennifer lived mainly with her mother Nancy, although the two fell out after Nancy appeared on US television to talk about her famous daughter. "I will never forgive you," Jennifer apparently told her mother.The show that made the actress famous was, of course, Friends. Jennifer had been cast in 1994 as Central Perk cafe waitress Rachel Green, alongside Matt LeBlanc, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry. Her layered hairstyle earned her the sobriquet of "America\'s First Hairdo" from Rolling Stone magazine. The global success of the programme ensured the six stars were among the highest-paid TV actors after they agreed individual salaries of $750,000 per show in 2000. But a fat paycheque is not the be-all and end-all in Hollywood, and what Jennifer really wanted was silver screen success. Her first foray into movies was the schlock-horror movie Leprechaun in 1993, but it didn\'t exactly propel her into superstardom.The Friends phenomenon had studio executives in a frenzy, however, and she was offered many roles. Several of these were romantic comedies such as She\'s The One and The Object Of My Affection, which mirrored her work in Friends where she had a long on-screen love affair with David Schwimmer\'s Ross. But none made much of an impact. Undaunted, Jen went on to make 2001\'s Rock Star, in which she plays rock groupie opposite Boogie Nights star Mark Wahlberg, and The Good Girl in 2002.In her private life Jennifer had been linked to actor Tate Donovan and rock singer Adam Duritz of the group Counting Crows. But it was the news that she was stepping out with Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt that made headlines. In July 2000 the pair tied the knot in a romantic, cliff-top ceremony in Malibu. The union was not to last, however, and four-and-a-half-years later, in January 2005, the couple announced their separation. She was since spotted with her The Break Up co-star Vince Vaughn, although it a case of life imitating art when the pair announced their own break up in December 2006.

Career

Jennifer Aniston became famous for her portrayal of Rachel Green in the popular sitcom "Friends". She is perhaps one of the most popular television actresses of her time. She has a great sense of style and is a trendsetter. She is known for her comic timing.
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, and grew up in New York City. She is the daughter of actor John Aniston and a former model-actress turned photographer, Nancy Dow. Her parents separated when she was nine years old. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick (older) and Alex Aniston (younger). Aniston's godfather was the actor Telly Savalas, her father's best friend.
Aniston attended the New York Rudolf Steiner School and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She worked in Off Broadway productions such as "For Dear Life" and "Dancing on Checker's Grave".
Aniston moved to Los Angeles following a stint on Howard Stern’s terrestrial radio show, and immediately began landing supporting roles on several short-lived sitcoms like "Molloy" (Fox, 1989) and "Ferris Bueller" (NBC, 1990-91). After making her television movie debut in “Camp Cucamonga” (NBC, 1990), Aniston featured on the Fox series "The Edge" (1992-93), which helped to further nurture her comic skills, especially as a member of the paranoid, weapons-toting “Armed Family.” Though she was had enough roles to qualify as a working actress – including episodes of “Quantum Leap” (NBC, 1988-1993), “Herman’s Head” (Fox, 1991-94) and “Burke’s Law” (CBS, 1993-95) – by the time she appeared in the film “Leprechaun” (1993), Aniston was prepared to call it quits. But when an agent suggested she drop 30 pounds – which apparently was preventing her from landing better roles – Aniston decided to continue with her efforts. Her persistence paid off when in 1994 she landed the role of Rachel Green on a new sitcom called “Friends.”
And then there was no looking back for Aniston. "Friends" became a phenomenon pushing its actors towards super stardom. It became the most watched and talked about sitcoms on television. The show focused on six close-knit friends struggling to make it good in Manhattan: Monica Geller (Courtney Cox), a would-be chef with an obsession for neatness and order; Rachel Green (Aniston), Monica's pampered best friend from high school who walks out on her groom; Ross (David Schwimmer), Monica's older brother and a paleontologist with an age-old crush on Rachel; Chandler (Matthew Perry), a lovable wise guy who works as a corporate numbers cruncher; Joey (Matt LeBlanc), a struggling actor and resident airhead; and Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), an offbeat folk singer and massage therapist.
Perhaps "Rachel Green's" greatest influence in the first few seasons was her hairdo – known simply as "The Rachel” – that was widely copied by young women in the mid-1990s.
In 1995, the mother-daughter relationship, suffered a strain when Aniston's mother divulged some of her childhood details in public. In 1999 Nancy Dow came out with a book "From Mother and Daughter to Friends", which documented their strained relationships while detailing her own life’s ups and downs.
Meanwhile, Aniston made her debut in films with "She's the One" (1996), playing the unhappily married wife of a womanising stockbroker followed by a cameo as an overwhelmed young woman juggling career and motherhood in the otherwise forgettable "'Til There Was You" (1997).
She played the role of an ambitious advertising executive who creates a fake boyfriend to ensure he climb up the corporate ladder in "Picture Perfect" (1997), but it was a box office disappointment. She bounced back with her role of a pregnant woman who forms a bond with her gay roommate in the modest hit, "The Object of My Affection" (1998).
Aniston had a great supporting role in “Office Space” (1999) where she plays a dissatisfied waitress who meets a bored office drone acting out his inner slacker fantasies after a mishap with a hypnotist. In "Rock Star" (2000), she appeared as the love interest of a salesman who joins a heavy metal band.
In 2002, she emerged playing a bored and forlorn Midwestern housewife dissatisfied with her life and pot-smoking husband in "The Good Girl". Aniston rightly earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for her performance. She then paired up with Jim Carrey in the widely successful comedy "Bruce Almighty" (2003) playing girlfriend of a man gifted with God's powers which was followed up by "Along Came Polly" (2004) with Aniston playing a free spirit who teaches her risk-fearing new beau how to take chances.
The same year Aniston bid adieu to their long standing sitcom "Friends". Around the same time, Aniston announced her separation with her husband, Brad Pitt. This drew Aniston to a media frenzy, which later affected her reputation.
Aniston had two films hitting the theatres in 2005, "Derailed" which cast the actress and Clive Owen as two married business executives who are blackmailed by a violent criminal after they have had an affair; and Rob Reiner's "Rumor Has It," which starred Aniston as a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" (1967).
Ironically, during the media firestorm surrounding her painful public split from Pitt, Aniston was shooting "The Break-Up" (2006) in Chicago with actor Vince Vaughn, playing a couple struggling to continue to cohabitate in the condo both refuse to leave, despite having ended their relationship. It was speculated that they were a couple, after initial denials they did appear to be together by fall of 2005 but by October 2006, they went their separate ways.
In April 2008, she was linked with songwriter, John Mayer, but four months later they were no longer together.
Her 2008 release was "Marley and Me" with Owen Wilson and she also stars in "He's Just Not That Into You"
Aniston has previously dated musician Adam Duritz and was engaged to actor Tate Donovan.
She married Brad Pitt on July 29, 2000 and for many years their marriage was considered the rare Hollywood success. They announced their separation after rumours began making rounds that Pitt was allegedly romancing actress Angelina Jolie while shooting the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jolie and Pitt both denied any claims of adultery. Aniston filed for divorce in March 2005 and it was finalised in October 2005. Aniston revealed that her divorce prompted her to reach out to her mother, Nancy, from whom she was estranged for nearly a decade.

Movies List

Leprechaun (1993)


She's the One (1996)


Dream for an Insomniac (1996)


'Til There Was You (1997)


Picture Perfect (1997)


The Thin Pink Line (1998)


Waiting for Woody (1998)


The Object of My Affection (1998)


Office Space (1999)


The Iron Giant (1999)


Rock Star (2001)


The Good Girl (2002)

Bruce Almighty (2003)


Abby Singer (2003)


Along Came Polly (2004)


Derailed (2005)


Rumor Has It... (2005)


Friends with Money (2006)

The Break-Up (2006)


Marley & Me (2008)


He's Just Not That into You (2009)


Management (2009)



Love Happens (2009)


Journey to Sundance (2009)


The Bounty Hunter (2010)


The Switch (2010)



Upcomming Movies



Just Go with It (2011)


Horrible Bosses (2011)


Wanderlust(2011)

Awards

1996
American Comedy Awards
Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series Nominated

1996
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Won

1997
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

1999
American Comedy Awards
Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series Nominated

1999
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

1999
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

2000
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated

2000
Satellite Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Nominated

2000
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

2000
TV Guide Awards
Editor's Choice Won

2000
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

2001
American Comedy Awards
Funniest Supporting Female Performer in a TV Series Nominated

2001
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated

2001
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

2001
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Television Performer Won

2001
Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
Best Foreign TV Personality- Female Won

2002
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Won

2002
Golden Globe Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television Nominated

2002
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

2002
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated

2002
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Television Performer Won

2002
Hollywood Film Festival
Actress of the Year Won

2002
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV Actress — Comedy Won

2002
Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
Best Foreign TV Personality- Female Won

2002
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

2003
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated

2003
Golden Globe Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy Won

2003
Satellite Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical Nominated

2003
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

2003
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated

2003
Independent Spirit Awards
Best Female Lead The Good Girl Nominated

2003
Satellite Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical The Good Girl Nominated

2003
Online Film Critics Society
Best Actress The Good Girl Nominated

2003
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actress — Drama/Action Adventure The Good Girl Won

2003
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Liplock The Good Girl Nominated

2003
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Liar The Good Girl Nominated

2003
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actress — Comedy Bruce Almighty Nominated

2003
Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV Actress — Comedy Won

2003
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Television Performer Won

2003
Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
Best Foreign TV Personality- Female Won

2003
Logie Awards
Most Popular Overseas TV Program Won

2003
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

2004
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated

2004
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominated

2004
Logie Awards
Most Popular Overseas Star Won

2004
Logie Awards
Most Popular Overseas TV Program Won

2004
MTV Movie Awards
Best Kiss Bruce Almighty Nominated

2004
MTV Movie Awards
Best Dance Sequence Along Came Polly Nominated

2004
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Television Performer Won

2004

Teen Choice Awards
Choice TV Actress — Comedy Won

2004
Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
Best Foreign TV Personality- Female Won

2004
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Television Actress Nominated

2005
ShoWest Convention Awards
Female Star of the Year Won

2005
TV Land Awards
Little Screen/Big Screen Star Nominated

2006
TV Land Awards
Most Memorable Kiss Nominated

2006
TV Land Awards
Little Screen/Big Screen Star Nominated

2006
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Vince Vaughn) The Break-Up Won

2006
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actress — Comedy The Break Up Nominated

2007
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Female Movie Star Won

2007
People's Choice Awards
Favorite On-Screen Match-Up The Break-Up Nominated

2007
TV Land Awards
Little Screen/Big Screen Star Nominated

2007
TV Land Awards
Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good Nominated

2007
GLAAD Media Awards
Vanguard Award Won

2007
CineVegas International Film Festival
Best Short Film Room 10 Won

2009
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series 30 Rock Nominated

2009
Women in Film Awards
Crystal Award for Excellence in Film
Won

2009
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actress — Comedy Nominated

2009
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Movie Actress — Comedy
He's Just Not That Into You Nominated

2009
Kid's Choice Awards
Favorite Movie Actress Nominated

2010
People's Choice Awards
Favorite Movie Actress