Jennifer Aniston biography: Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks California on February 11, 1969 to parents Nancy Dow and John Aniston. Her father, John Aniston is an actor, most popular for his role is Victor Kiriakis on the NBC daytime soap opera, Days of Our Lives.
Jennifer's parents divorced when she was 9 years old. She was raised in both Greece and New York City.
Jennifer joined the "Rudolf Steiner School's drama club. It was here that she became passionate about the arts. She trained as a drama student at New York High School of the Performing Arts. While she had small television roles from 1989 - 1994, it wasn't until she went to audition for the role of Rachel Green that she found her success. Jennifer was part of an ensemble cast alongside fellow best friends, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc. The series "Friends" remained on-air from 1994 - 2004. During the show's hiatus, Jennifer spent her time filming such movies as Office Space, The Good Girl, Rock Star, The Object of My Affection, She's the One, Picture Perfect, Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly and many more. Jennifer continues in her movie career with successful hits like: Derailed, Rumor Has It, The Break-Up.
In Jennifer's personal life, she has dated several actors and met her ex. husband, Brad Pitt on a blind date. They married in an elegant ceremony in July 2000. However, their union was not meant to last. In January 2005, Jennifer and Brad sadly announced their separation to the world. Two months later, Jennifer filed for divorce. In April 2005, Brad was photographed frolicking on the beach with "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" co-star, Angelina Jolie, whom he was rumored to have had an affair with. Jennifer became involved with The Break-Up co-star, Vince Vaughn. They dated for about a year and called it quits.
For the most part, Jennifer has remained single and mum on her love-life in public. In April 2008, she began dating singer John Mayer. They had a whirlwind romance but things cooled in July and they went their separate ways.
In 2007, Jennifer signed on to become a spokeswoman for SmartWater. She is photographed regularly carrying a bottle of SmartWater with her.
Jennifer Aniston quotes:
"When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed."
"It's impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying."
"I always say, "Don't make plans, make options."
"If we can say, "I loved, and I received a lot of love," then great. That's enough." |