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Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress. Her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Aniston has consistently ranked among the world's highest-paid actresses, as of 2023.
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Born 11 February 1969 · Q32522
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “This video shows Jennifer Aniston giving away Apple's MacBooks for only $10.” False.
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2023· 1 entry
Said Adam Sandler's family sent her flowers every year on Mother's Day
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2021· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Jennifer Aniston with no makeup confirmed some sort of rumors.” False.
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Went viral, Aniston stated on social media that:
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Aniston launched the LolaVie haircare company
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2019· 4 entries
Producing and starring alongside Reese Witherspoon in the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show
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Causing the app to "break" (for hours the "follow" button became inoperable due to an overload of web traffic to her account) with the first picture of the planned Friends cast reunion for HBO Max (whose release was dela
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2019).
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Returned to television, producing and starring in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award
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2018· 2 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Jennifer Aniston is starting "a company named 'Celebrities for Trump.'"” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Jennifer Aniston said, "Me and all the Trump supporter celebrities decide to make a company named ‘celebrities for Trump’"” Pants on Fire.
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2017· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Jennifer Aniston and other actors are starting a "Celebrities For Trump" advocacy group.” False.
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Reported net worth: $200M (as of 2017).
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To help victims of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
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2016· 3 entries
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For her ongoing philanthropic work for St
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Voiced a workaholic and overprotective mother in the animated film Storks, alongside Andy Samberg and Kelsey Grammer, which was released to mostly positive reviews; it grossed over $183
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2015· 6 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Jennifer Aniston once reconnected a homeless 15-year-old single mother with her parents.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Actress Jennifer Aniston wrote that gay rights activists should be ashamed for comparing themselves to those who fought at Iwo Jima.” False.
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Aniston starred as a reluctant therapist in the screwball comedy She's Funny That Way, which received mixed reviews and found a limited release in theaters, but her performance was once again noticed
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In 2015, Aniston said, "Nobody did anything wrong...
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Aniston said, "Nobody did anything wrong
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“Nobody did anything wrong... It was just like, sometimes things [happen].”
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded People Magazine Awards for Cake (2014).
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Spoke of her Transcendental Meditation practice
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Launched her second perfume, named J, followed by Near Dusk (2015), Beachscape (2016), Luxe and Chapter One (both in 2017), Chapter Two (2018), Silver and Solstice Bloom (both in 2020)
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2013· 2 entries
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress for Wanderlust (2013).
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Was named the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) ambassador for the Saks Fifth Avenue Key to the Cure campaign, which raises funds for the EIF Women's Cancer Research Fund
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2012· 5 entries
And held a wedding ceremony on August 5, 2015, at their estate
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Awarded MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for Horrible Bosses (2012).
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Awarded Gracie Awards for Five (2012).
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Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (2012).
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Aniston co-founded hair care brand Living Proof and also became its spokeswoman
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2011· 6 entries
Awarded Spike Guys' Choice Awards (2011).
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Awarded Teen Choice Awards for Just Go with It (2011).
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Won Golden Schmoes Awards for Horrible Bosses (2011).
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Released a YouTube video for SmartWater, Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral, which tripled online interest in the product within 24 hours of its release
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Starred opposite Adam Sandler as an office manager posing as the wife of a plastic surgeon in the romantic comedy Just Go with It, and played a sexually aggressive dentist in Horrible Bosses
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By The Daily Telegraph, identified her (alongside Gisele Bündchen and Penélope Cruz) as having one of the most sought-after body shapes
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2010· 1 entry
Aniston was also a guest star on the season two premiere of ABC's sitcom Cougar Town, playing a psychiatrist
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2009· 5 entries
Awarded Crystal Award (2009).
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Awarded Women in Film Honors (2009).
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“I'm not saying I'm 40. I'm 30-10. I don't feel 40. I don't know what it means. I just know that all of a sudden it's something that's in print next to my name. AND NOW SHE'S 40. It almost feels like some sort of badge of honor in a weird way.”
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“But you know, it isn't designed. Love just shows up and you go, "Oh, wow, this is going to be a hayride and a half.”
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“I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life. It's what my shrink was saying to me all those years: You need to get mad! I think rage is so ugly. I just think there's a way to be mad and discuss it.”
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2008· 1 entry
And producer Kristin Hahn formed Echo Films
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2007· 4 entries
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist for The Break-Up (2007).
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Awarded GLAAD Vanguard Award (2007).
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Aniston received GLAAD's Vanguard Award for her contributions to increased visibility and understanding of the LGBT community
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Aniston guest-starred in an episode of Dirt—playing the rival of Courteney Cox's character—and in an episode of 30 Rock, playing a woman who stalks Jack Donaghy
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2006· 5 entries
Awarded People's Choice Awards (2006).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Comedy for The Break-Up (2006).
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Aniston said she had been devastated by the death of her longtime therapist, whom she credited for helping make her separation from Pitt easier
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In 2006, Aniston said she had been devastated by the death of her longtime therapist, whom she credited for helping make her separation from Pitt easier.
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Aniston directed the short film Room 10, set in a hospital emergency room and starring Robin Wright and Kris Kristofferson, as part of Glamour's Reel Moments film series
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2005· 3 entries
Announced their separation, and finalized their divorce on October 2
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Aniston appeared as an alluring woman having an affair with an advertising executive in the thriller Derailed, and as an obituary and wedding announcement writer in the romantic comedy Rumor Has It
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Became the first GQ (Gentlemen's Quarterly) Woman of the Year
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2004· 4 entries
Awarded Logie Award for Most Popular Actress (2004).
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Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist (2004).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy (2004).
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When Aniston took a 15-year hiatus from television save for occasional guest roles
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2003· 5 entries
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Country Artist (2003).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie - Drama for The Good Girl (2003).
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Awarded Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for The Good Girl (2003).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2003).
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As Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy
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2002· 4 entries
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist (2002).
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Awarded Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy (2002).
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Awarded Hollywood Film Awards for The Good Girl (2002).
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Artist (2001).
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1999· 1 entry
Aniston had the first voice acting role of her career as a single mother in Brad Bird's animated science fiction film The Iron Giant
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1998· 2 entries
Appeared as a woman who falls for a gay man (played by Paul Rudd) in the romantic comedy The Object of My Affection, and the next year she starred as a restaurant waitress in the cult film Office Space
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And their relationship was highly publicized
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (1996).
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When she performed in the ensemble cast of romantic comedy She's the One
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1990· 1 entry
And she appeared in the television adaptation of the 1986 film Ferris Bueller's Day Off; both series were quickly canceled
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1988· 1 entry
Had an uncredited minor role in the critically panned sci-fi adventure film Mac and Me
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1987· 1 entry
Studied at LaGuardia Community College (1987).
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1969· 2 entries
Born 1969-02-11.
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In the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles to Greek-born actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow
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