Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston married actor Brad Pitt on July 29, 2000 after two years of courtship. However, the marriage broke down within five years. The couple announced their separation on January 7, 2005 and finalized their divorce on October 2, 2005. They did not have any offspring.

The divorce reunited her with her mother, with whom she was estranged because of certain remarks made by her in a television show.

From May 2011, Jennifer began see Justin Theroux. The couple became engaged on August 10, 2012 and married after three years on August 5, 2015.

Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles. Both her parents were well-known actors. Her father, John Aniston was best known for his role as Victor Kiriakis on ‘Days of Our Lives’, a popular soap opera on NBC TV network. Her Mother, Nancy Dow also made name for herself by her performances in a number of films and TV shows.

Jennifer spent the first part of her childhood in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, where the family shared a three bedroom house with her grandmother. There she started her education in an elementary school. Later the family shifted to New York City.

She was admitted to Waldorf School when she was six years old. Three years later her parents were separated. The divorce came through in 1980. She has a half brother named Alexander Aniston from her father’s second marriage.

Jennifer first started acting at the age of eleven while she was studying in Waldorf School. Later, she enrolled at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and graduated from there.

In 1988, Jennifer Aniston started her acting career by working in Off Broadway shows like ‘For Dear Life’ and ‘Dancing on Checker's Grave’. However, she could not make much money out of her acting career. Instead, to support herself, she had to take up different part time jobs, such as that of telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger.

In 1989, Jennifer appeared on ‘The Howard Stern Show’, the American radio show hosted by Howard Stern. She also worked as a spokesmodel for Nutrisystem, the company that deals in weight management.

In the same year she moved to Los Angeles, where her father used to stay. In 1990, she was cast in her first television serial named ‘Molloy’. It was aired from July 25, 1990 until August 29, 1990 on Fox. Next she acted in another short elevision serial called ‘Ferris Buller’; it was first aired on August 23, 1990 on NBC; but could not last the season.

Undeterred, she kept on acting in different television serials such as ‘The Edge’, ‘Muddling Through’; but none of them could last long. In fact, her casting in the ‘Muddling Through’ might have deprived her from being selected as the main cast in ‘Friends’.

In 1993, Jennifer Aniston made her film debut in ‘Leprechaun’. It was a horror film that received mostly negative reviews. Although it later became a cult film, it could not do much to improve Jennifer’s standing.

’Friends’, the popular American sitcom, was the first major work to come her way. It not only helped her gain worldwide recognition, but she also received US$1 million-per-episode during the last two seasons of the show.

’Good Girl’, the comedy drama released in 2002, is the next major landmark in her career. Until then, she was typecast in the role of Rachel Green of ‘Friends. ‘Good Girl’ helped her to break that image. She was also highly appreciated for performances in the film and got positive review.

’We’re the Millers’ (2013) is another major film of Jennifer Aniston. The film, with a budget of $37 million, grossed $270 million worldwide. Her 2006 film, ‘The break Up’ too grossed US$204 million worldwide.

‘Marley & Me’, released on December 25 2008, set a record for the largest ever Christmas Day ticket sales. On that very day, the film grossed over US$14.75 million and earned a total of US$51.7 million over the four-day weekend. The total worldwide gross was US$242.7 million.