JENNIFER ANISTON
Famous American actress Jennifer Aniston was selected as the second earning actress in the Hollywood by Forbes.com. She was earned $25 million in the past year. Angelina Jolie was the top earner and Meryl Streep and Sarah Jessica Parker were coming in the third and fourth position. Aniston was earned most of her millions from the romantic comedy “Marley and Me” and her upcoming film “The Baster.” She also earned money from the famous comedy show “Friends “and she gets a nice paycheck shilling for Glaceau’s SmartWater. Aniston was acted in many Hollywood films, and she had gained much popularity through her role as Rachel Green in the popular US comedy show “Friends”. For this role, she won an ‘Emmy Award’, a ‘Golden Globe Award’, and a ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’.
BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Aniston was born on 11th February, 1969 in Sherman Oaks in California. She is the daughter of the actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. She was grown in New York City. She was studied her school education from ‘Rudolf Steiner School’,New york and graduated from ‘Manhattan’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts’. She got the inspiration from her father and her god father Telly Savalas at an early age. In her school days, she was interested in many forms of art and proved to be a talented painter. After the graduation, she took roles in off-Broadway productions such as ‘For Dear Life’ and ‘Dancing on Checker’s Grave’. She had also done some part time jobs such as a telemarketer and bike messenger. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles, and she acted as her first television role in 1990 on the short-lived series ‘Molloy’ and in the TV movie ‘Camp Cucamonga‘. After that, she had appeared in many comedy shows such as ‘The Edge’, ‘Muddling Through’, ‘Quantum Leap’, ‘Herman’s Head’ and ‘Burke’s Law’. She was also acted in a horror film ‘Leprechaun’ in 1992. However, she had gained more popularity for her role as Rachel Green in the popular US comedy show “Friends” which telecasted on NBC from 1994 to 2004. Through that role, she became famous among television viewers and her hair style was widely copied. Aniston received a salary of one million dollars per episode and she was listed as highest paid TV actress of all time in ‘Guinness World Book of Records’. After that, she acted in Microsoft’s promotional advertisement for their new operating system, Windows 95 along with Friends co-stars Matthew Perry. In addition, she gained critical acclaim for her performances in the films like ‘Bruce Almighty’, ‘Along Came Polly’, ‘The Break-Up’, ‘The Good Girl’ and comedy dramas like ‘The Object of My Affection’, Friends with Money’ etc. Her 2008 comedy film ‘Marley & Me’ set a record for the largest Christmas Day box office ever with $14.75 million in ticket sales. In addition, its total worldwide gross was $161,608,269. Her recent comedy film ‘He is Just Not That into You’ which was released in February made $27.5 million, ranking #1 at the box office in its opening weekend. Her personal life is a big story of Hollywood Industry. She was dated with many stars including Charlie Schlatter, Daniel MacDonald , Tate Donovan and a musician Adam Duritz. In 2000, she was married to the famous actor Brad Pitt, but they separated in 2005. After that she had a relationship with actor Vince Vaughn, model Paul Sculfor and singer John Mayer. But all relationships were ended. Also she is the godmother of a child Coco Riley Arquette, the daughter of her friends actors Courteney Cox Arquette and David Arquette. She also involved in many charity activities. She is a supporter of “Friends of El Faro”, a non-profit organization that helps raise money for an orphanage ‘Casa Hogar Sion’, in Tijuana, Mexico and has appeared in many TV commercials for ‘St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’.
AWARDS
Jennifer Aniston had gained multiple awards for her both television and movie productions. She gained “Screen Actors Guild Award”, “People’s Choice Award”, “Emmy Award”, “Teen Choice Award”, “Golden Globe Award” and “Logie Awards” for her performance in the famous comedy show “Friend”. Also she gained “Actress of the Year” award in 2002 Hollywood Film Festival and in 2007, she received “GLAAD’s Vanguard Award” for her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans gender community.