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Jennifer Aniston

Acting

Born February 11, 1969 · Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA

Also known as Jennifer Joanna Aniston

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 AwardOutstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series · 2019
  • People Magazine Awards · 2014
  • People's Choice AwardFavorite Movie Actress · 2013
  • Gracie Awards · 2012
  • MTV Movie AwardBest 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 AwardFavorite Female Artist · 2007
  • People's Choice Awards · 2006
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice Movie – Comedy · 2006
  • Logie AwardMost Popular Actress · 2004
  • People's Choice AwardFavorite Female Artist · 2004
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice TV Actress Comedy · 2004
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy · 2003
  • Independent Spirit AwardBest Female Lead · 2003
  • People's Choice AwardFavorite Country Artist · 2003
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice Movie - Drama · 2003
  • Hollywood Film Awards · 2002
  • People's Choice AwardFavorite Female Artist · 2002
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series · 2002
  • Teen Choice AwardChoice TV Actress Comedy · 2002
  • People's Choice AwardFavorite Female Artist · 2001
  • Screen Actors Guild AwardOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series · 1996
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series · 2009 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Friends

1994as Rachel Green

South Park

1997as Mrs. Stevens (Choir Teacher) (voice)

SmartLess: On the Road

2023

The Iron Giant

1999as Annie Hughes (voice)

Quantum Leap

1989as Kiki Wilson

Out of My Mind

2024as Melody's Inner Voice (voice)

Friends: The Reunion

2021as Self

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy

2025as Self - Actor & Co-Star (archive footage)

The Morning Show

2019as Alex Levy

The Larry Sanders Show

1992as Jennifer Aniston

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

2021as Blair Warner

Unity

2015as Narrator (voice)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008as Self

30 Rock

2006as Claire Harper

Office Space

1999as Joanna

King of the Hill

1997as Pepperoni Sue / Stephanie (voice)

Conan

2010as Self

Marley & Me

2008as Jennifer Grogan

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Five

2011Director, Executive Producer

Mad TV

1995as Self

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013Executive Producer

Hercules

1998as Galatea (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self (uncredited)

Dumplin'

2018as Rosie Dickson

We're the Millers

2013as Rose O'Reilly

Storks

2016as Sarah Gardner (voice)

Just Go with It

2011as Katherine Murphy

Dirt

2007as Tina Harrod

Bruce Almighty

2003as Grace Connelly

Rock Star

2001as Emily Poule

Horrible Bosses

2011as Julia Harris

He's Just Not That Into You

2009as Beth Murphy

Cougar Town

2009as Glenn

Murder Mystery 2

2023as Audrey Spitz

Derailed

2005as Lucinda Harris

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Murder Mystery

2019as Audrey Spitz

Cake

2014as Claire Bennett

Horrible Bosses 2

2014as Julia Harris

The Switch

2010as Kassie Larson

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

The Yellow Birds

2017as Maureen Murphy

Mother's Day

2016as Sandy

Along Came Polly

2004as Polly Prince

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2017as Self (archive footage)

She's Funny That Way

2014as Jane Claremont

The Break-Up

2006as Brooke Meyers

Picture Perfect

1997as Kate

The Drew Barrymore Show

2020as Self