Jennifer Joanne Aniston is an American-born actress, perhaps best-known for playing Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, and her much-publicized marriage to Brad Pitt.
Attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts during 1987, Jennifer Aniston was a member of the drama club. Her desire to become an actress grew as she worked in off-Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker’s Grave. She appeard as a “Nutri-System” girl on the Howard Stern Radio Show in the late 80s/early 90s. Jennifer then starred in two more failed sitcoms, The Edge and Muddling Through and guest-starring on shows such as Quantum Leap, Herman’s Head, and Burke’s Law. After this string of flops, especially her appearance in the critically-derided horror movie Leprechaun, Aniston seriously considered giving up acting, until a script for a new sitcom on NBC’s 1994-1995 fall line-up came her way.
In 1994, the producers of the new NBC show called Friends originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role of Monica Geller, but she persuaded them that the role of Rachel Green was more suited to her character.
In January 2005 her marriage to actor Brad Pitt came to an end, and she was thrust in the spotlight when Pitt started dating actress Angelina Jolie. Months later, Aniston began dating actor Vince Vaughn, though the two have kept quiet about their relationship.
