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Filmography
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The Baster (2010)
- Kassie
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The Bounty Hunter (2010)
- Nicole Hurly
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
- Beth
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Love Happens (2009)
- Eloise/ Eloise Chandler
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Management (2009)
- Sue
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Marley & Me (2008)
- Jenny Grogan
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Friends With Money (2006)
- Olivia
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The Break-Up (2006)
- Brooke Meyers
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Derailed (2005)
- Lucinda Harris
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Rumor Has It... (2005)
- Sarah Huttinger
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Along Came Polly (2004)
- Polly Prince
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Bruce Almighty (2003)
- Grace Connelly
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The Good Girl (2002)
- Justine Last
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Rock Star (2001)
- Emily Poule
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Office Space (1999)
- Joanna
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The Iron Giant (1999)
- Voice of of Annie Hughes
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Dream For an Insomniac (1998)
- Allison
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The Object of My Affection (1998)
- Nina Borowski
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Picture Perfect (1997)
- Kate
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til There Was You (1997)
- Debbie
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She s The One (1996)
- Renee
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Leprechaun (1993)
- Tory
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Camp Cucamonga (1990)
Biography
Jennifer Aniston makes a good case for proving that acting talent can be
absorbed by osmosis. From her father John
Aniston's stardom on Days
of Our Lives to her godfather Telly
Savalas, the actress was surrounded by plenty of inspiration from an
early age. As Aniston
attended the Rudolph Steiner School as a child, she was interested in
many forms of art and proved to be a talented painter, eventually having
one of her pieces displayed at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Acting also appealed to her, and became her primary focus after
graduating from New York's prestigious High School for the Performing
Arts in 1987. She took roles in off-Broadway productions such as For
Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave before she began honing her
skills in television acting with appearances on shows like Quantum
Leap and Herman's Head. Before long, Aniston's
film and television resumé had grown into a laundry list of one-time
appearances, short-lived series, and B-level movies. By 1994, the
handful of bit parts and failed shows on Aniston's
resumé had established her as a working actress but created little
foreshadowing about her future as a star. Her upcoming audition for the
role of Monica Gellar in a pilot for a sitcom at that point titled
"Friends Like These," however, would prove to be quite auspicious. The
role in question would eventually be filled by Courteney
Cox Arquette, as Aniston
changed her mind and opted to try out for Rachel Green, a young
suburbanite living on her own for the first time and working as a
coffee-shop waitress in New York City. The rest, as they say, is history
-- "Friends Like These" would become Friends,
the hugest sitcom in years, quickly making Aniston
America's sweetheart. Friends'
obsessive following churned up a particular interest in Aniston's
signature hairstyle. The shag cut known as "The Rachel" could be seen
on heads all over the country. Even as the fad fell out of popularity in
the salons, Aniston's
star continued to rise. Still adored on one of the most popular
television shows in history, she moved to the big screen in romantic
comedies like She's the One
(1996), Picture
Perfect, 'Til There
Was You (1997), and The
Object of My Affection (1998).
In the late '90s, she also began dating actor Brad Pitt.
Talk of Pitt's
recently ended engagement to actress Gwyneth
Paltrow quickly dissipated as "Gwen
and Brad"
turned to "Jen and Brad."
The two young stars became the ultimate Hollywood power couple and
celebrated with a star-studded wedding in July of 2000. The new
millennium found Aniston
at the top of her game. Raking in a million dollars an episode for her
role on the still popular Friends
and married to one of the hottest men in Hollywood, she seemed to have
it all. Secure in her A-List position, she took the opportunity to work
on low-profile films and cult hits, such as 1999's Office Space,
and 2000's Rock
Star. Aniston's
talent for dramatic roles was finally given a proper outlet when she
played the lead in 2002's The Good Girl,
which found critics surprised and impressed with her range. She made no
attempt to shy away from comedy, however, starring alongside Jim Carrey
in Bruce
Almighty, and Ben
Stiller in 2004's Along Came
Polly. In 2004, as Friends
began what would be its final season, Aniston's
immediate future was filled with tremendous turmoil and change. Only a
week into 2005, she and husband Brad Pitt
legally separated, surrounded by rumors that Pitt had
sparked a serious romantic connection with his Mr. and
Mrs. Smith co-star Angelina
Jolie. The media leapt onto the story, desperate to sate the
public's curiosity about how such a seemingly perfect union could come
to an end. Rumors swilled about the circumstances of their break-up,
citing everything from disagreements over children to taste in interior
decorating. Aniston's
steady poise and willowy figure created a division in the public
perception between herself and the more curvaceous and risqué Jolie.
Media frenzy buzzed around the breakup long after she and Pitt
officially filed for divorce in March. Vendors even started selling
T-shirts reading "Team Aniston"
and "Team Jolie,"
though most of the public seemed to side with the slighted Aniston.
The actress plowed ahead, however, marking 2005 by starring with Clive Owen
in the gritty thriller Derailed and
with Shirley
MacLaine and Kevin
Costner in the comedy Rumor Has
It.... 2006 brought the ensemble film Friends
With Money, as well as another movie that would help put her divorce
in the past...in more ways then one. While Pitt made
headlines by becoming legal guardian of Jolie's
adopted children and father to a baby Jolie
gave birth to in Namibia, Aniston
starred alongside comedy and character actor extraordinaire Vince
Vaughn in The Break-Up.
The comedy cast the two as an ex-couple going to war over which of them
should keep their beloved condo, but the real life connection between
the actors was quite the opposite. Though reluctant to speak about their
relationship publicly, Aniston
and Vaughn
appeared quite clearly to have become a couple, bolstering the success
of The
Break-Up and pleasing fans who were relieved to see her happy. ~
Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
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