| BIOGRAPHY
Though she would spend most of her youth in New York, Jennifer
Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, CA, into a prominent acting
family. Well connected from the beginning -- her father is veteran
Days of Our Lives star John Aniston; her godfather is none other
than Telly Savalas -- Aniston did not discover her own penchant
for acting until attending the Rudolf Steiner School drama club
at age 11, where Steiner himself encouraged her to pursue a career
in theater and film.
Jennifer proved to be a talented painter during her stay at the
Rudolf Steiner School (one of her pieces was displayed at the
New York Metropolitan Museum of Art), but acting became her primary
focus after graduating from New York's prestigious High School
for the Performing Arts in 1987, and she held roles in off-Broadway
productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave.
Though Friends launched Aniston's career as a sitcom actress,
her television debut was in 1989, when she starred in the '90s
short-lived series Molloy. Before long, Aniston's television resumé
had grown to include appearances in The Edge, a role in the ultimately
unsuccessful attempt at adapting Ferris Bueller's Day Off into
sitcom format, and a part in an episode of Quantum Leap. In 1991,
she landed a recurring role on Herman's Head, while 1993 led her
to a small part on The Ben Stiller Show.
By 1994, it looked like Aniston was destined for a life of obscure
parts in doomed television sitcoms. Despite being asked to audition
for the role of Monica Gellar in a pilot for a sitcom at that
point titled "Friends Like These" (a role that would
eventually be filled by Courteney Cox Arquette), Aniston insisted
on trying out for the part of Rachel Green, a spoiled suburbanite-turned-spunky
coffee-house waitress. The rest, as they say, is history -- "Friends
Like These" would become the mega-hit Friends.
Friends quickly inspired an obsessive following, as did Aniston's
signature hairstyle. Just as "The Rachel" fell out of
popularity in the salons, Jennifer Aniston began scoring roles
in a series of romantic comedies -- namely, She's the One (1996),
Picture Perfect (1997), 'Til There Was You (1997), and The Object
of My Affection(1998) -- and met fellow actor Brad Pitt. "Gwen
and Brad" quickly turned to "Jen and Brad," and
the two young stars took their places among Hollywood's elite
power couples after their marriage in 2000.
Needless to say, Jenifer had gained an astounding amount of
notoriety since her fledgling film debut in 1993's Leprechaun,
and starred in director Stephen Herek's Rock Star in 2000 after
a relatively well-received supporting role in 1999's Office Space.
Though Rock Star was far from a massive success, Aniston's talent
for dramatic roles was finally given a proper outlet, and she
went on to land the lead part in 2002's The Good Girl. In 2003,
Aniston starred alongside Jim Carrey in the romantic comedy Bruce
Almighty, and Friends began what was rumored to be its final season.
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FILMOGRAPHY
• Along Came Polly (2004)
• Dodgeball/ Office Space - 2 Disc Set (2004)
• Bruce Almighty (2003)
• Thirteen/Good Girl, The (2003)
• The Good Girl (2002)
• Good Girl/Kissing Jessica Stein (2002)
• Rock Star (2001)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• Office Space (1999)
• Dream For An Insomniac (1998)
• The Object Of My Affection (1998)
• 'Til There Was You (1997)
• Dream For An Insomniac (1997)
• Picture Perfect (1997)
• She's the One (1996)
• Leprechaun (1992)
• Camp Cucamonga (1990)
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