Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston
Aniston at a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in February 2012
Born	Jennifer Joanna Aniston February 11, 1969 (age 46) Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence	Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress, producer, businesswoman[1]
Years active	1987–present
Spouse(s)	Brad Pitt (m. 2000; div. 2005) Justin Theroux (m. 2015)
Parent(s)	John Aniston Nancy Dow

Jennifer Joanna Aniston^[2] (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress, producer, and businesswoman. She is the daughter of actorJohn Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Aniston gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the popular television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The character was widely popular during the airing of the series and became recognized as one of the 100 greatest female characters in United States television.^[3][4]

Aniston has played the female protagonist in a number of comedies and romantic comedy films. Her 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), each of which have grossed over US$200 million in worldwide receipts.^[5] Her most critically acclaimed roles were in The Good Girl (2002), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, and the drama Cake (2014), for which she received nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Her other films include Along Came Polly(2004) and He's Just Not That Into You (2009). In 2008, she co-founded the production company Echo Films.

In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood^[6][7] and as of 2014, her net worth is estimated to be US$150 million.^[8] She has also been included in magazines' lists of the world's most beautiful women.^[9][10][11] In 2004, Aniston was named "The Most Beautiful Woman" by People magazine, and Men's Healthmagazine voted her the "Sexiest Woman of All Time" in 2011.^[12] Her personal life is also the subject of wide publicity. Divorced from actor Brad Pitt, to whom she was married for five years, she has been married to actorJustin Theroux since 2015.

Early life

Aniston was born February 11, 1969,^[13] in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California^[14] to actors John Aniston andNancy Dow.^[14] 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^[15] and her mother's other ancestry is English, Scottish, Irish and a small amount of Greek.^[16] Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother.^[14] Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's