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Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, filmmaker, and businesswoman. She gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2012, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Additionally, Men's Health magazine voted Aniston the "Sexiest Woman of All Time".
Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career. She has played the female protagonist in dozens of romantic comedy films. Her greatest box office hits include Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011) and We're the Millers (2013), all of which have grossed over $200 million in the United States. One of her most critically acclaimed roles was in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for ... Show more...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, filmmaker, and businesswoman. She gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2012, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Additionally, Men's Health magazine voted Aniston the "Sexiest Woman of All Time".
Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career. She has played the female protagonist in dozens of romantic comedy films. Her greatest box office hits include Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011) and We're the Millers (2013), all of which have grossed over $200 million in the United States. One of her most critically acclaimed roles was in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. She is the co-founder of the production company Echo Films.
Early life
Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born on February 11, 1969, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow Her father is Greek and a native of Crete, while her mother was born in New York City. One of her maternal great-grandfathers was an Italian immigrant, and her mother's other ancestry is Scottish, Irish, and a small amount of Greek. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother. Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends.
As a child, Aniston lived in Greece for a year with her family. They moved to Eddystone, Pennsylvania, then to New York City. Despite her father's television career, Aniston was discouraged from watching TV, though she found ways around the prohibition. When she was six, Aniston began attending the Rudolf Steiner School, a Waldorf educational school that applied the Rudolf Steiner philosophy. During that time, Aniston's father and mother split when she was nine years old.
Meanwhile, after discovering acting at eleven while attending Rudolf Steiner, Aniston enrolled and graduated at Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, where she joined the school's drama society. Show less...
Filmography - Acting
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The Yellow Birds (2017)
As: Maureen Murphy
Two young soldiers, Bartle and Murph, navigate the terrors of the Iraq war under the command of the older, troubled Sergeant Sterling. All the while, Bartle is tortured by a promise he made to Murph's mother before their deployment.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Alexandre Moors
Stars: Jack Huston | Alden Ehrenreich | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Patric | Tye Sheridan
Office Christmas Party (2016)
As: Carol Vanstone
When his uptight CEO sister threatens to shut down his branch, the branch manager throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client and save the day, but the party gets way out of hand.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Will Speck | Josh Gordon
Stars: T.J. Miller | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Bateman | Olivia Munn | Kate McKinnon
Storks (2016)
As: Sarah Gardner (voice)
Storks deliver babies…or at least they used to. Now they deliver packages for a global internet retail giant. Junior, the company’s top delivery stork, is about to be promoted when he accidentally activates the Baby Making Machine, producing an adorable and wholly unauthorized baby girl...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Doug Sweetland | Nicholas Stoller
Stars: Andy Samberg | Kelsey Grammer | Katie Crown | Keegan-Michael Key | Jordan Peele
Mother's Day (2016)
As: Sandy
Intersecting stories with different moms collide on Mother's Day.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Garry Marshall
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Jason Sudeikis | Timothy Olyphant | Kate Hudson | Julia Roberts
Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
As: Herself
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Runtime: 87 min.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | David Schwimmer | Lisa Kudrow | Courteney Cox | Matt LeBlanc
Unity (2015)
As: Herself - Narrator (voice)
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Shaun Monson
Stars: Alison Eastwood | Aaron Paul | Amanda Seyfried | Adrian Grenier | Adam Levine
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
As: Dr. Julia Harris, D.D.S.
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Sean Anders
Stars: Kevin Spacey | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Sudeikis | Jason Bateman | Charlie Day
Cake (2014)
As: Claire Simmons
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
Stars: William H. Macy | Adriana Barraza | Anna Kendrick | Jennifer Aniston | Felicity Huffman
She's Funny That Way (2014)
As: Jane Claremont
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Stars: Owen Wilson | Rhys Ifans | Jennifer Aniston | Imogen Poots | Kathryn Hahn
Life of Crime (2013)
As: Mickey Dawson
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Daniel Schechter
Stars: Tim Robbins | John Hawkes | Jennifer Aniston | Isla Fisher | Yasiin Bey
We're the Millers (2013)
As: Rose O'Reilly
A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Rawson Thurber
Stars: Emma Roberts | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Sudeikis | Will Poulter | Ed Helms
$ellebrity (2013)
As: Herself
Fame today is more than an obsession. Fame has become what millions of us follow, believe in and seemingly what we care about most - as well as a billion dollar-a-year industry. But what does our intense fascination with celebrity say about us? And how much is too high a price to pay for our own curiosity run rampant? "$ELLEBRITY" is a candid dialogue about the tone and texture of celebrity, past, present ...
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Kevin Mazur
Stars: Jennifer Lopez | Jennifer Aniston | Rosanna Arquette | Marc Anthony | Sheryl Crow
Wanderlust (2012)
As: Linda
Rattled by sudden unemployment, a Manhattan couple surveys alternative living options, ultimately deciding to experiment with living on a rural commune where free love rules.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: David Wain
Stars: Justin Theroux | Malin Åkerman | Jennifer Aniston | Lauren Ambrose | Paul Rudd
Horrible Bosses (2011)
As: Dr. Julia Harris
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Seth Gordon
Stars: Colin Farrell | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Sudeikis | Jason Bateman | Charlie Day
Just Go With It (2011)
As: Katherine Murphy
A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Dennis Dugan
Stars: Nicole Kidman | Jennifer Aniston | Adam Sandler | Nick Swardson | Brooklyn Decker
The Switch (2010)
As: Kassie Larson
An unmarried 40-year-old woman turns to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant. Seven years later, she reunites with her best friend, who has been living with a secret: he replaced her preferred sperm sample with his own.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Josh Gordon | Will Speck
Stars: Todd Louiso | Jeff Goldblum | Juliette Lewis | Jennifer Aniston | Jason Bateman
The Bounty Hunter (2010)
As: Nicole Hurley
Milo Boyd is a bounty hunter whose latest gig is rather satisfying, as he finds out that the bail-skipper he must chase down is his own ex-wife, Nicole -- but she has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight. Complicating matters, Nicole's wannabe-boyfriend, Stewart, joins the chase.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Andy Tennant
Stars: Siobhan Fallon Hogan | Gio Perez | Joel Garland | Gerard Butler | Jennifer Aniston
Love Happens (2009)
As: Eloise Chandler
Dr. Burke Ryan is a successful self-help author and motivational speaker with a secret. While he helps thousands of people cope with tragedy and personal loss, he secretly is unable to overcome the death of his late wife. It's not until Burke meets a fiercely independent florist named Eloise that he is forced to face his past and overcome his demons.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Brandon Camp
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Judy Greer | Jennifer Aniston | Martin Sheen | Deirdre Blades
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
As: Beth Murphy
Remember that really cute guy who said he'd call – and didn't? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he's in the hospital. Maybe he's awed by your beauty, brains or success. Or maybe... he's just not that into you.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Ken Kwapis
Stars: Kevin Connolly | Jennifer Aniston | Ben Affleck | Jennifer Connelly | Drew Barrymore
Marley & Me (2008)
As: Jennifer Grogan
A newly married couple who, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: David Frankel
Stars: Owen Wilson | Jennifer Aniston | Eric Dane | Alan Arkin | Kathleen Turner
Management (2008)
As: Sue Claussen
A traveling art saleswoman tries to shake off a flaky motel manager who falls for her and won't leave her alone.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Stephen Belber
Stars: Margo Martindale | Jennifer Aniston | Woody Harrelson | Steve Zahn | Fred Ward
Friends With Money (2006)
As: Olivia
After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Nicole Holofcener
Stars: Catherine Keener | Jason Isaacs | Jennifer Aniston | Joan Cusack | Timm Sharp
The Break-Up (2006)
As: Brooke Meyers
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Jason Bateman | Ann-Margret | Vince Vaughn | Joey Lauren Adams
Rumor Has It... (2005)
As: Sarah Huttinger
Sarah Huttinger's return home with her fiance convinces her that the sedate, proper, country-club lifestyle of her family isn't for her – and that maybe the Huttinger family isn't even hers – as she uncovers secrets that suggest the Huttingers are neither sedate nor proper.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Richard Jenkins | Mark Ruffalo | Jennifer Aniston | Kevin Costner | Shirley MacLaine
Derailed (2005)
As: Lucinda Harris
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Mikael Håfström
Stars: Vincent Cassel | Jennifer Aniston | Clive Owen | Melissa George | Addison Timlin
Along Came Polly (2004)
As: Polly Prince
Reuben Feffer is a guy who's spent his entire life playing it safe. Polly Prince is irresistible as a free-spirit who lives for the thrill of the moment. When these two comically mismatched souls collide, Reuben's world is turned upside down, as he makes an uproarious attempt to change his life from middle-of-the-road to totally-out-there.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: John Hamburg
Stars: Ben Stiller | Jennifer Aniston | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Alec Baldwin | Debra Messing
Bruce Almighty (2003)
As: Grace Connelly
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y. Despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Grace, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God -- and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Philip Baker Hall | Jennifer Aniston | Jim Carrey | Catherine Bell
The Good Girl (2002)
As: Justine Last
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Miguel Arteta
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | Jennifer Aniston | John C. Reilly | Zooey Deschanel | Deborah Rush
Rock Star (2001)
As: Emily Poule
Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of the lead singer, Bobby Beers and the starting of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist. Loosely inspired ...
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Mark Wahlberg | Dominic West | Jason Bonham | Jeff Pilson
The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (2000)
As: Herself
Documentary of the making of the animated family film, The Iron Giant.
Runtime: 30 min.
Directed by: Kevin Gill
Stars: Vin Diesel | Jennifer Aniston | Eli Marienthal | Brad Bird | Beau Weaver
The Iron Giant (1999)
As: Annie Hughes (voice)
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Brad Bird
Stars: Vin Diesel | Christopher McDonald | Jennifer Aniston | Harry Connick Jr. | Eli Marienthal
Office Space (1999)
As: Joanna
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Mike Judge
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Diedrich Bader | Ajay Naidu | Ron Livingston | David Herman
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
As: Clove
In this mockumentary, a film team in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey Ledbetter, the quirky, potentially gay, prisoner convicted of murdering his high school show choir teacher. As filming of the documentary progresses, evidence increases that Chauncey might be guilty after all. Will the team prove Chauncey's innocence ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Michael Irpino | Joe Dietl
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Illeana Douglas | Joe Dietl | Carrie Aizley | Bruce Daniels
The Object of My Affection (1998)
As: Nina Borowski
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Hytner
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Allison Janney | Alan Alda | Hayden Panettiere | Paul Rudd
Til There Was You (1997)
As: Debbie
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Scott Winant
Stars: Jeanne Tripplehorn | Sarah Jessica Parker | Karen Allen | Dylan McDermott | Kale Browne
Picture Perfect (1997)
As: Kate Mosley
A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Glenn Gordon Caron
Stars: Jay Mohr | Kevin Bacon | Jennifer Aniston | Illeana Douglas | Olympia Dukakis
She's the One (1996)
As: Renee Donati Fitzpatrick
Mickey, a free-spirited New York cabbie, and Francis, a materialistic Wall Street stockbroker, are extremely competitive and confused about women as a result of their father's influence. Though they disagree about everything, they have one thing in common: Mickey's ex-fiance Heather is Francis's secret love. Though both brothers have beautiful wives, Heather triggers their longtime sibling rivalry
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Edward Burns
Stars: Edward Burns | Cameron Diaz | Jennifer Aniston | John Mahoney | Michael McGlone
Dream for an Insomniac (1996)
As: Allison
A girl with insomnia who works in a coffee house has impossibly high standards for her love and fears she will never meet a worthy man. Then in walks a new employee and they click - until she discovers he has a girlfriend. Undaunted, she moves to L.A. with a friend sure that he will dump the girlfriend and follow her. She puts all her faith in fate and hopes for the best.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Tiffanie DeBartolo
Stars: Michael Landes | Seymour Cassel | Jennifer Aniston | Ione Skye | Mackenzie Astin
Leprechaun (1993)
As: Tory Reding
A horrific Leprechaun goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical destructive powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to survive the wrath of the Leprechaun, Tori and her friends scramble to find the only weapon known to kill this Irish monster...a four-leaf clover.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Mark Jones
Stars: Jennifer Aniston | Warwick Davis | Mark Holton | Ken Olandt | Robert Hy Gorman
Camp Cucamonga (1990)
As: Ava Schector
Standard camp shenanigans and romance amongst the counselors and the campers at a lake front summer camp.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Roger Duchowny
Stars: Chad Allen | Jennifer Aniston | John Ratzenberger | Danica McKellar | Candace Cameron Bure
Murder Mystery ()
A New York cop and his wife go on a European vacation to reinvigorate the spark in their marriage, but end up getting framed and on the run for the death of an elderly billionaire.
Directed by: Kyle Newacheck
Stars: Dany Boon | Gemma Arterton | Luke Evans | Jennifer Aniston | Adam Sandler