How much is Jennifer Aniston worth?
| Net Worth: | $300 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Actress |
| Date of Birth: | February 11, 1969 |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.64 m |
About Jennifer Aniston
Rachel Green may have been the role that catapulted her to stardom, but since she has been a permanent fixture in the rom-com scene, starring in Office Space, Bruce Almighty and Marley & Me (to name a few). Jennifer Aniston was born February 11, 1969 in the Los Angeles suburb of Sherman Oaks, California. As a child, she and her family relocated to Greece for a year, before settling down in New York City. There she studied acting at the Rudolf Steiner School in New York City, and later graduated from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art & Performing Arts which counts Robert De Niro, Liza Minnelli and Al Pacino among its A-list alumni.
Jen dabbled in off-Broadway before risking it all and relocating to Los Angeles to pursue acting full time, in 1989.
While her early career was not much more than a series of unheralded roles, a string of failed TV shows and a part in the cinematic monstrosity that was Leprechaun, and Aniston was considering giving up acting altogether. A hit sitcom and a haircut were all it took to make Jennifer Aniston a household name. It didn’t take long for the nation to recognize her as “Rachel” and the world was tuning in every week to watch the never-ending saga between on-again, off-again couple Rachel and Ross unfold on their television screens.
As the story goes, producers originally wanted to cast her in the role of Monica, but that role eventually went to Courteney Cox. Instead, Aniston was cast as Rachel, a role that thrust her into stardom and fame. She appeared in living rooms nationwide for 10 years, from 1994 to 2004. In 2003, she was ranked in Forbes magazine’s “Celebrity 100 List” being listed as number 1 with $35 million dollars in earnings. During her final two years in the role, she earned $1 million per episode. She was also nominated for 5 Emmys for her role on Friends, and won for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series”.
To say that Aniston’s role as Rachel Green on Friends a “break” is the understatement of the decade. In fact, she has said that she was thinking about quitting acting altogether that same year that she was eventually cast.
The sitcom became a cultural phenomenon that it spawned ten seasons and took the six stars — Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Aniston — from relative obscurity to superstardom by 1995. While all of the actors continued their careers after the show, it was Jennifer’s career that ultimately surpassed those of her fellow ‘Friends’ as she transitioned into a bona fide pop culture icon.
