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Jennifer AnistonJennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles to actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. Her father is Greek and a native of Crete. Her mother was born in New York City and has Scottish, Italian, Irish and a small amount of Greek ancestry. Aniston has two half-brothers, John Melick, her maternal older half-brother, and Alex Aniston, her younger paternal half-brother. Aniston's godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends. As a child, Aniston lived in Greece for one year with her family. They later relocated to New York City. Aniston attended the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, and graduated from Manhattan's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She worked in Off Broadway productions such as For Dear Life and Dancing on Checker's Grave, and supported herself with several part-time jobs, which included working as a telemarketer, waitress, and bike messenger. In 1989, Aniston moved to Los Angeles, California.

Film Credits
1993 Leprechaun
1996 She's the One
1996 Dream for an Insomniac
1997 'Til There Was You Debbie
1997 Picture Perfect
1998 The Thin Pink Line
1998 Waiting for Woody
1998 The Object of My Affection
1999 Office Space
1999 The Iron Giant
2001 Rock Star
2002 The Good Girl
2003 Bruce Almighty
2003 Abby Singer
2004 Along Came Polly
2005 Derailed Lucinda Harris
2005 Rumor Has It...
2006 Friends with Money Olivia
2006 The Break-Up
2008 Marley & Me
2009 He's Just Not That into You
2009 Management
2009 Love Happens
2009 Journey to Sundance
2010 The Bounty Hunter
2010 The Switch
2011 Just Go with It
2011 Horrible Bosses
2012 Wanderlust

Telesvision Credits
1990 Molloy
1990 Camp Cucamonga
1991 Ferris Bueller
1992
1993 The Edge
1994 Muddling Through
1994-2004 Friends
2004 Growing Up Grizzly 2