
Biography
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and producer. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004, for which she earned Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Since her career progressed in the 1990s, she has become one of the world's highest-paid actresses. The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, she began working as an actress at an early age with an uncredited role in the 1988 film Mac and Me; her first major film role came in the 1993 horror comedy Leprechaun. She has since starred in a string of successful comedy films such as Office Space (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), We're the Millers (2013), Dumplin' (2018), Murder Mystery (2019) and its sequel Murder Mystery 2 (2023). Aniston also starred in the acclaimed independent films The Good Girl (2002), Friends with Money (2006), and Cake (2014). She returned to television in 2019, producing and starring in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston has been included in numerous magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful women. Her net worth is estimated as $300 million, and her box office gross is over $1.6 billion worldwide. She is the recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is the co-founder of the production company Echo Films, established in 2008. She has been married twice: first to actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, and later to actor Justin Theroux, whom she married in 2015 and separated from in 2017.
Awards & recognition
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 2019
- People Magazine Awards · 2014
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Movie Actress · 2013
- Gracie Awards · 2012
- MTV Movie Award — Best Villain · 2012
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- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2012
- Golden Schmoes Awards · 2011
- Spike Guys' Choice Awards · 2011
- Teen Choice Awards · 2011
- Crystal Award · 2009
- Women in Film Honors · 2009
- GLAAD Vanguard Award · 2007
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Female Artist · 2007
- People's Choice Awards · 2006
- Teen Choice Award — Choice Movie – Comedy · 2006
- Logie Award — Most Popular Actress · 2004
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Female Artist · 2004
- Teen Choice Award — Choice TV Actress Comedy · 2004
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 2003
- Independent Spirit Award — Best Female Lead · 2003
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Country Artist · 2003
- Teen Choice Award — Choice Movie - Drama · 2003
- Hollywood Film Awards · 2002
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Female Artist · 2002
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 2002
- Teen Choice Award — Choice TV Actress Comedy · 2002
- People's Choice Award — Favorite Female Artist · 2001
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series · 1996
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series · 2009 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Friends

South Park

SmartLess: On the Road

The Iron Giant

Quantum Leap

Out of My Mind

Friends: The Reunion

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

The Morning Show

The Larry Sanders Show

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'

Unity

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

30 Rock

Office Space

King of the Hill

Conan

Marley & Me

The Graham Norton Show

Five

Mad TV

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Hercules

Saturday Night Live

Dumplin'

We're the Millers

Storks

Just Go with It

Dirt

Bruce Almighty

Rock Star

Horrible Bosses

He's Just Not That Into You

Cougar Town

Murder Mystery 2

Derailed

The Daily Show

Murder Mystery

Cake

Horrible Bosses 2

The Switch

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Yellow Birds

Mother's Day

Along Came Polly

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

She's Funny That Way

The Break-Up

Picture Perfect

The Drew Barrymore Show