The famous ‘Friends’ star, American actress, film director and producer Jennifer Aniston (birth name Jennifer Joanna Aniston) was born on 11 February, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. Jennifer is daughter of John Aniston and Nancy Dow. She spent most time of her childhood in New York but he also enjoyed one-year duration in Greece. She joined the Rudolf Steiner School, New York thereafter Manhattan’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts for graduation. Jennifer was keen into arts and during her school days she developed her art skills. After graduation, she appeared in several Off-Broadway productions like ‘Dancing on Checker’s Grave’ and ‘For Dear Life’ in 1987 as well as some television serials such as Molloy (1989), The Edge (1992), Ferris Bueller (1990), Herman’s Head (1991).
Jennifer tasted success first time in 1993 with the television series “Friends”. She auditioned for the role of ‘Rachel Green’ and was selected for the same. Series was a hit hence Jennifer got benefits too. She performed very well and grabbed critic’s attention as well as appreciation for her acting skills. She got everything from Friends including five Emmy nominations (three for lead Actress and two for supporting actress), name, fame and money along with a Guinness World Record of highest paid TV actress of all time with $1 million per-episode salary for the final season of Friends. In other words, ‘Friends’ gave her worldwide popularity and provided a platform to approaching in Hollywood movies that she did smartly. She debuted in Hollywood with Leprechaun in 1991 but could not obtain highlights for her acting. Thereafter she appeared in some more films such as She’s the One (1996), Office Space (1999), The Good Girl (2002), etc. but topped success with Jim Carrey starred Bruce Almighty (2003) repeated by The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008) and Just Go with It (2011).
Jennifer set new records in Hollywood with her superb performance in some most earned movies like Marley & Me (2008) along with Owen Wilson, He’s Just Not That into You (2009) along side Ben Affleck, Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Connelly, The Bounty Hunter (2010) opposite Gerard Butler, The Hollywood Reporter, Just Go with It, Brooklyn Decker and such on. Jennifer Aniston is a multifaceted personality as she does acting, producing, direction, etc. She worked as brand ambassador for different industry giants like L’Oreal hair products, Microsoft, and others. She has appeared in music video “Walls” and “I Want To Be In Love”. She launched her own perfumes “Harrods” & “Jennifer Aniston”. She owns a production company Plan B Entertainment and is a partner in Echo Films. In addition to her commercial success Aniston is a social worker and supports to various NGO’s and non-profit organizations like Friends of El Faro, St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital, It Can Wait, AmeriCares, Feeding America, OmniPeace and Rape.
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