You can say that the arts were in Jennifer's blood right from the start. She was born into a family of actors - father, John Aniston, and godfather, Telly Savalas. She not only has talent is the preforming arts,
but also in painting and sculpting. Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11th, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California. Short after returning to New York, from Greece for a year, her parents divorced. She was mostly
raised by her mother, because of her father's acting career.
Her first taste of acting came at the age of 11, when she joined RudolfSteinerSchool's drama club. She began to take her acting career a lot more seriously and she began her professional training as a drama
student at New York's High School of the Performing Arts, graduating in 1987. After her graduation she appeared in Off-Broadway productions as "For Dear Life" and "Dancing on Checker's Grave". Later, in 1989,
she landed her first television role on "Molloy" as a series regular.
In 1994 she finally got the break she was waiting for. She was to audition for the part of Monica in a pilot called "Friends Like These" (Later shortened to Friends). Jennifer refused, and auditioned
for the part of Rachel, a spoiled rich girl who is forced to lead the not-so-fancy life of a waitress. The series was a hit! Everyone loved Friends and also fell in love with Jennifer's haircut!
Jennifer was listed among People Magazine's "Most Intriguing People" of 1995 and 1996, was named one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World in 1999, and topped the 2003 Forbes List. She was
recently named GQ Magazine’s Woman of the Year. In 2000, after a widely publicized battle with NBC, Jennifer and her fellow cast members negotiated a salary of $750,000 per episode. By the end the cast were
paid near 1 million dollars per episode. Friends, has now gone television history as one of the most popular sitcoms ever to air.
Jennifer married William Bradley Pitt on July, 29th 2000 in Malibu. On October 25th, 2000, Jennifer officially changed her last name to Pitt. However, the end of the seven year relationship, was announced on
January 7th, 2005 by Brad’s publicist. Jennifer later on filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences with Pitt. Their marriage officially ended on October 2, 2005. Jennifer is currently busy promoting
her many films.
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