Jennifer Aniston was born on February 11th 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California, to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Ansiton is of Greek, Scottish and Italian descent. The Anistons spent a year living in Greece, her father’s birthplace but returned to live in New York City. Her parents divorced when she was nine, and Jennifer was raised by her mother in New York City.

Jennifer trained as an actress at the New York High School of Performing Arts, also known as the “Fame” school. She graduated in 1987 and appeared in several off-Broadway productions. In 1989, she landed her first television role, as a series regular on “Molloy” in 1990. She also appeared in “The Edge” in 1992, “Ferris Bueller” in 1990, and had a recurring part on “Herman’s Head” in 1991. Aniston supplemented her acting income with jobs as a telemarketer and waitress.

Jennifer’s career was floundering somewhat by 1993, but then her breakthrough role came when she auditioned for a part in the pilot comedy “Friends like these”, later known of course as “Friends”. Jennifer was originally asked to audition for the role of “Monica Geller” but refused and instead went for the part of “Rachel Green”, a spoilt rich girl turned waitress.

It is for her role as “Rachel Green” that Jennifer Aniston is most famous. Her new haircut, “The Rachel”, in series two spawned a hairdressing frenzy not seen since Farrah Fawcett’s famous hair style in the 1970s.

Jennifer married Brad Pitt, her boyfriend of two and a half years, on July 29th 2000. They divorced on October 2nd 2005. She has been linked with actors Vince Vaughn and Gerard Butler and musician John Mayer.

Jennifer has played the leading lady in romantic comedy movies since “Friends” ended in 2005. Her most recent roles being in “The Bounty Hunter” in 2010, “Marley and me” in 2008, “The Break Up” in 2006 and “Rumor has it” in 2005. In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $14 million.

Although she is of Greek descent she does not like Greek food, nor Chinese or Indian food. Her favourite food is Mexican, and it is rumored when she and Brad Pitt were together that they would order Mexican food and margheritas three times a week.

Jennifer Aniston has a positive outlook on life, quote “If we can say, “I loved, and I received a lot of love,” then great, that’s enough.”