Jennifer Aniston

American actress, best known as "Rachel," the sexy waitress on the immensely popular television comedy

show, "Friends," which premiered in 1994.

The daughter of actor John Aniston, a star on the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives," and his actress-model

wife, Jennifer and her brother Alexander grew up in a show business environment. Her godfather, the noted

actor Telly Savalas, encouraged her to pursue her dream of being a "star." Most of her youth was spent in New

York, although her family lived in Greece for a year. When she was nine years old, her parents’ marriage

ended in divorce. At age 11, she joined the Rudolf Steiner School drama club, where she studied the creative

arts, and during that same year, one of her paintings was displayed at the New York Metropolitan Museum of

Art. Jennifer later attended New York’s High School of the Performing Arts. After her graduation in 1987, she

began working off-Broadway on productions like "For Dear Life" and "Dancing on Checker’s Grave" before

making her television debut in 1989 in the show "Molloy."

Although she had small parts on several short-lived television shows and made guest appearances on others,

she had little luck in Hollywood until her agent advised her to shed 30 pounds. Her weight loss apparently

made a difference, because soon thereafter she won the role on "Friends." Aniston has made a relatively

successful transition to the big screen and has appeared in several romantic comedies including "She’s the

One," 1996, "Picture Perfect," 1997, and "The Object of My Affection," 1998.

Jennifer dated a fellow actor, Brad Pitt (b. 12/18/1963, Shawnee, OK) for 2 ½ years before they were married

on 7/29/2000 in Malibu, California. According to a trusted source who was in attendance but who wishes to

remain anonymous, Aniston and Pitt were pronounced "man and wife" at 7:02 PM in Malibu, CA. Aniston's

mother, who penned a tell-all book titled "From Mother and Daughter to Friends," was not invited to the

ceremony.

Aniston won a Golden Globe award as best actress in a TV comedy in January 2003, hobbling up with a

broken toe to accept the award. In 2003, she was also named Forbes magazine's top-rated celebrity.

On January 23, 2004 she and the rest of the cast of top-rated series "Friends" filmed their last episode to be

aired in May 2004.

On January 7, 2005, the actress and her husband of four years, Brad Pitt, announced their separation. Two

months later, on March 25, 2005, she officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles.
She and Vince Vaughn became an item shortly after her separation from Pitt but they announced their split in

autumn of 2006.

Aniston has been in a relationship with actor, director and screenwriter Justin Theroux since May 2011. In

January 2012, Aniston and Theroux purchased a home in Los Angeles's Bel-Air neighborhood for roughly $22

million. On August 12, 2012, Aniston and Theroux announced their engagement.