A pal for all times. Ever for the reason that early ’90s, Jennifer Aniston has been a family identify. Whether or not she was starring in your favourite TV present or creating laughter within the newest rom-com, the actress all the time made a splash.
Although born in Los Angeles, Aniston moved to New York Metropolis at a younger age and her father, actor John Aniston, didn’t let her watch TV. Little did he know, it turned her ardour. She joined the drama division at Manhattan’s Fiorello H. LaGuardia Excessive College of Music & Artwork and Performing Arts and after graduating, she took on roles off-Broadway.
It wasn’t till 1994 that she landed the position of a lifetime, enjoying Rachel Inexperienced in Associates, an NBC sitcom about six mates residing in New York Metropolis and consuming espresso. It skyrocketed Aniston to fame — and even created a hair phenomenon. The Rachel — the identify of the layered minimize her character rocked within the ’90s — was one that everybody wished to have … besides Aniston.
“I really like [hairstylist] Chris [McMillan] and he’s the bane of my existence on the similar time as a result of he began that rattling Rachel, which was not my finest look,” she advised Attract journal in 2011. “How do I say this? I feel it was the ugliest haircut I’ve ever seen. What I actually need to know is, how did that factor have legs? Let’s simply say I’m not a fan of quick, layered cuts on me personally, so I don’t love revisiting that specific period.”
Regardless, she couldn’t shake her iconic position, a lot in order that it held her again from totally different roles down the road.
“I couldn’t get Rachel Inexperienced off of my again for the lifetime of me. I couldn’t escape ‘Rachel from Associates,’ and it’s on on a regular basis and also you’re like, ‘Cease enjoying that f–king present,’” she advised The Hollywood Reporter in 2020. “The Good Woman was the primary time I bought to actually shed regardless of the Rachel character was, and to have the ability to disappear into somebody who wasn’t that was such a aid to me.”
She has since starred in dozens of movies and collection via the years. Scroll via the gallery beneath to see extra highlights from her life.