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Biography
Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California. She spent a year living in Greece with her family as a child and then her family relocated to New York City where her parents, John Aniston and Nancy Dow, divorced when she was 9. Jennifer was raised by her mother. Her father got the part, as Victor Kiriakis, on the daytime soap 'Days Of Our Lives'. Jennifer had her first taste of acting at age 11 when she joined the 'Rudolf Steiner' School's drama club. At the 'Rudolf Steiner' School she also developed her passion for art. She began her professional training as a drama student at New York's High School of the Performing Arts.
In 1987, after graduation, she appeared in such Off-broadway productions as 'For Dear Life' and 'Dancing on Checker's Grave'. In 1989, she landed her first television role, as a series regular on 'Molloy'. She also appeared in 'The Edge', 'Ferris Bueller' and had a recurring part on 'Herman's Head'. Then, in 1994, a pilot called 'Friends Like These' came along. Originally asked to audition for the role of Monica, Aniston refused and auditioned for the role of Rachel Green, the suburban princess turned coffee peddler. The success of the series 'Friends' made Jennifer famous and sought-after as she turned her fame into movie roles during the series hiatus.
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