Jennifer Aniston: Snapshot
- Name
- Jennifer Aniston
- Birth Date
- February 11, 1969
- Birth Place
- Sherman Oaks, Calif.
In 2000, she married heartthrob Brad Pitt, but filed for divorce four and a half years later. When reports emerged of Pitt's romance with Mr. & Mrs. Smith costar Angelina Jolie, Aniston earned admiration from fans for her poise and resilience. But, she quickly rebounded with The Break-Up costar Vince Vaughn. Although the pair has since split up, Friends costar Courteney Cox Arquette still says of her real-life best friend, "It's impossible not to like this girl."
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Jennifer Aniston: Five Fun Facts
- Jennifer Aniston doesn't have a sweet tooth. "That always drove Matthew Perry crazy," she told PEOPLE. "I could have one M&M." However, the svelte star indulges in occasional mayo-on-white-bread sandwiches.
- Before she had the most famous hair in showbiz, Jennifer Aniston's tresses sported split ends. To fight the damage, ex-boyfriend Charlie Schlatter revealed to PEOPLE, "She kept a tiny scissors in the glove compartment of her car."
- Jennifer Aniston messed up the bouquet toss at her wedding to Brad Pitt: On the first attempt, her flowers bounced off a hanging lamp and back into her hands.
- In high school, Jennifer Aniston rocked "a mini Mohawk, just above my ears, and lots of liquid eyeliner," she told PEOPLE.
- On the set of Friends, Jennifer Aniston kept it healthy. "Every single day," Courteney Cox Arquette told PEOPLE of Aniston's lunch selection, "she eats a salad and orders it the exact same way" – for eight years.
Jennifer Aniston: Biography 
- 1993
Not So Lucky Break
After skipping college to wait tables and pursue acting in New York, Aniston appears in the horror flick Leprechaun. But there it's no pot of gold: The film pulls in just $8.5 million. However, her luck changes the following year when she reads for a new sitcom called Friends. She lands the part of Rachel Green just three hours after her audition.
- 1995
Hair-Do
Aniston's layered haircut dubbed "The Rachel," after her Friends character, launches a national trend. "It's bizarre," 26-year-old Aniston tells PEOPLE in December. "I keep thinking, 'Wait – it's just me!' "
- 2000
Jen & Brad: "I Do"
In a top-secret Malibu ceremony, Aniston and Pitt wed. Aniston promises to always make her husband's "favorite banana milkshake" in front of their 200 guests. The wedding costs an estimated $1 million which includes 50,000 flowers, four bands, Dom Perignon and fireworks. The newlyweds go on to purchase a $13.5 million five-bedroom Beverly Hills estate complete with wine cellar and screening room. They spend millions renovating it, despite different design tastes. (Aniston later admits that she never cared for Pitt's modern design style.)
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