Famous American actress, Jennifer Aniston was born on the 11th of February 1969 into the family of John Aniston and Nancy Dow in Los Angeles. When Jennifer was six, she began attending a Waldorf school and when she was 9, her parents divorced and went their separate ways.
Aniston has two half-brothers: John Melick, her older maternal half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother.
According to the movie producer cum businesswoman, despite the fact that her parents were both movie makers, she was not allowed to watch TV but she always found a way around it.
Having discovered acting at age 11 at the Waldorf school, Aniston enrolled in Manhattan’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she joined the school’s drama society.
In 1987, after graduation, she appeared in such Off-Broadway productions as “For Dear Life” and “Dancing on Checker’s Grave”. In 1990, she landed her first television role, as a series regular on Molloy (1990). She also appeared in The Edge (1992), Ferris Bueller (1990), and had a recurring part on Herman’s Head (1991).
In 1994, a pilot called “Friends Like These” came along. Originally asked to audition for the role of “Monica”, Aniston refused and auditioned for the role of “Rachel Green”, the suburban princess turned coffee peddler. With the success of the series Friends (1994), Jennifer has become famous and sought-after as she turns her fame into movie roles during the series hiatus.
In the year 2000, Aniston married actor Brad Pitt and after 5 years, the celebrity couple dissolved their marriage. Iin 2005 following media speculation that Pitt had an affair with co-star Angelina Jolie.
In August 2012, Aniston announced her engagement to American actor and director Justin Theroux, known for his roles in several comedy films, including 2005’s Strangers with Candy, 2011’s Your Highness and 2012’s Wanderlust, which also starred Aniston. In August 2015, they married in a secret, private ceremony at their home in Bel Air.
In February 2018, the A-list couple announced in a joint statement that they had separated late the previous year. Initially intending to keep the matter private, they decided to “convey the truth directly” to address the media speculation. “We are two best friends who have decided to part ways as a couple, but look forward to continuing our cherished friendship,” they said.
Since she became prominent in the movie industry during the, 1990s, Aniston has become one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actresses. Her net worth is estimated to be US$200 million. She is the recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Aniston is also the co-founder of the production company Echo Films, established in 2008.