Background and career
Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) 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.
The daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow, Aniston began acting professionally at an early age with an uncredited role in the 1988 film Mac and Me. Her first major film role came in the 1993 horror comedy Leprechaun. She rose to international fame for playing Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004, for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
Aniston starred in the successful comedy films Office Space (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Just Go with It (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), We're the Millers (2013), Dumplin' (2018), and Murder Mystery (2019), which cumulatively grossed over $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office. She also starred in the independent films The Good Girl (2002), Friends with Money (2006), and Cake (2014). In 2019, she returned to television, producing and starring in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston is the co-founder of the production company Echo Films. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and has been included in many magazine lists of the world's most beautiful women.
Aniston was born on February 11, 1969, in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles to Greek-born actor John Aniston and actress Nancy Dow. Her mother's ancestry includes English, Irish, Italian, Greek, and Scottish. Her father's ancestry is from the Greek island of Crete. Aniston has two half-brothers. Her godfather was actor Telly Savalas, one of her father's best friends.
How Jennifer Aniston makes money
Aniston is the co-founder of the production company Echo Films. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Aniston (along with her female co-stars) became the highest-paid television actress of all time with her $1 million-per-episode paycheck during the final season of Friends.
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (2026-10-28), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
