Jennifer
Aniston (her original family name
was Anastassakis), was born on February 11, 1969, in Sherman Oaks,
California. Daughter
to actors
Nancy and John Aniston, and the goddaughter of Telly Savalas, Jennifer
was exposed to acting at an early age. Of Greek descent, she spent
a year of her childhood living in Greece. Her family eventually
returned to the U.S., settling in New York when her father landed
the role of the villainous Victor Kiriakis on the NBC soap opera
Days of Our Lives. After her parents divorced in 1980, Aniston
lived primarily with her mother. Two years later, she enrolled
at the Rudolf Steiner
School,
where she was a member of the drama club. She went on to attend New
York City’s renowned High School of Performing Arts, where she
was educated in theater and fine arts. Although she was an artist of
considerable talent (one of her paintings was chosen to be exhibited
at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art), Aniston opted for
a professional acting career.
After her graduation in 1987, Jennifer
Aniston appeared in a number of TV commercials and off-Broadway productions,
including
For Dear Life
at New York’s Public Theater, and Dancing on Checker’s
Grave. During this time, the struggling actress often supplemented
her income by waitressing. In an attempt to find more lucrative work,
she moved to Los Angeles, where she was featured in her first television
role on the short-lived sitcom Molloy (1990). During the early 1990s,
Aniston landed a succession of supporting roles in failed television
sitcoms, including Ferris Bueller (1990), Herman’s Head (1991),
The Edge (1992), and Muddling Through (1994). She also managed to
make her feature acting debut in the poorly received horror film
Leprechaun (1993).
Still determined, the actress auditioned
for yet another TV pilot called Friends (1994), which focused on
a group of 20-something New
Yorkers. Impressed with her delivery, the producers cast Aniston
in the role of suburban princess turned waitress Rachel Green. The
series met with both critical and commercial acclaim when it premiered,
making household names of Aniston and her costars — Matthew
Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Courteney
Cox Arquette, David Schwimmer, and
Lisa Kudrow.
The success of the show was followed by a
wealth of media attention. Aniston’s popularity was confirmed when she was listed among
People magazine’s “Most Intriguing People” of 1995
and 1996. Furthermore, the layered hairstyle that she adopted in
the early years of the show became such an overwhelming trend with
American women that Rolling Stone named her “America's First
Hairdo.”
Jennifer Aniston has since tried to translate her
TV stardom into success on the big screen. She has appeared in
several lighthearted films,
including the well-received romantic comedy She’s the One (1996)
with Edward Burns and Cameron
Diaz, and Picture Perfect (1997) which
brought Aniston her first leading role as well as a $2 million paycheck.
In 1998’s screen adaptation of Stephen McCauley's novel The
Object of My Affection, she delivered a commendable performance as
a pregnant social worker who falls for her gay friend.
In 1999, Aniston provided the voice of Annie
Hughes in the animated fantasy feature The Iron Giant. She is set
to join a stellar cast,
including Susan Sarandon, Sally Field and Angelica Huston, in 2000’s
Time of Our Lives. In September 2001, she starred as the girlfriend-manager
of heavy metal singer Mark Wahlberg in Rock Star. A year later, she
earned critical film acclaim for The Good Girl, where she starred
as a dispirited store clerk searching for a more meaningful life.
Friends remains one of the most popular sitcoms on television. In
2000, after a widely publicized battle with NBC, Aniston and her
fellow cast members negotiated a salary of $750,000 per episode.
The show won its first Emmy for its 8th season in 2002. That same
year, Aniston received a Best Actress Emmy for her role as Rachel.
In addition to her professional strides, she has remained in the
headlines for her high-profile personal relationships. In 1995, she
dated Counting Crows band member Adam Duritz, before starting a three-year
relationship with actor Tate Donovan, which ended in 1998. Later
that year, she began a serious romance with actor Brad Pitt. Aniston
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Lauren
Conrad Actress Laguna Beach MTV The Hills
Lauren Conrad is an American
Television personality and fashion designer. She is best
known for being featured in the MTV reality series Laguna
Beach: The Real Orange County and for her spin-off show,
The Hills, which follows her personal and professional
life as she pursues a career in the fashion industry. Lauren
Conrad Biography and Pictures |
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Audrina
Patridge Model and Television Actress
Audrina Patridge is an American
reality television participant, best known as one of the
cast members, along with Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and
Whitney Port, on the MTV reality show The Hills. Audrina
Patridge Bio and Photos |
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Kim Kardashian
In addition to her burgeoning “film” career,
Kim Kardashian is also a part-owner of Dash, a Calabasas, California-based
clothing store which she operates with her sisters Kourtney and
Khloe. Kim
Kardashian Pictures and Biography |
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Christina
Applegate Television Actress
Christina Applegate quit school
at age 17 to pursue acting. From 1987 to 1997, she played
Kelly Bundy on Married with Children. From 1998 to 2000.
In 2002 she co-starred with Cameron Diaz, on the comic
movie The Sweetest Thing.
Christina Applegate Pictures |
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Hayden
Panettiere TV Actress NBC Heroes
Hayden Panettiere got started in
the business by doing commercials when she was just 11
months old. Then at only 4 1/2 she was cast on the soap
opera One Life To Live, where she remained until 1997.
Since then, she has gone on to appear in many feature films
and TV movies.
Hayden Panettiere Bio and Photo Gallery |
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Autumn
Reeser Actress and Model
Autumn Reeser lives in Hollywood,
California with her boyfriend Jesse Warren. She enjoys
cooking, scrapbooking, dancing, painting, and playing with
her dog, a Papillon named Gatsby after the book The Great
Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. . Autumn
Reeser Biography and Pictures |
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Holly Valance Actress
Model and Musician
In 1999, then 17-year-old Holly
Valance got her first big break. Her agent heard about
a casting call going out for a role on the long-running
Australian soap opera, Neighbours. Holly
Valance Bio and Photos |
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Shenae Grimes Actress
90210
Shenae Grimes graced the
cover of the November 2008 issue of Saturday Night Magazine,
who called her the "new Brenda" on 90210.
Shenae
Grimes Photo Gallery and Bio |
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Taylor
Momsen Actress Gossip Girl
Taylor Momsen portrays the
character Jenny Humphrey on the The CW television series
Gossip Girl. Momsen was born in St. Louis, Missouri to
Collette and Michael Momsen and lives in Potomac, Maryland.
Her younger sister Sloane Momsen is also an actress. Taylor
Momsen Biography and Pictures |
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Blake Lively Television
Actress Gossip Girl
Blake Lively started out in film
with a bit role in Sandman in 1998. In 2005, Lively played
Bridget in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, for which
she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for "Choice
Movie Breakout - Female".
Blake Lively Bio and Photos |
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Vanessa
Minnillo Television Actress and Model
vanessa Minnillo is an American
television personality. A former Miss Teen USA, she is
mostly known for hosting Total Request Live on MTV from
2003-2007 as well her past reporting as a New York-based
correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. Vanessa
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