Married boyfriend
of 2 1/2 years, Brad Pitt, Saturday, July 29th in Malibu. [2000]
While hosting
"Saturday Night
Live" (1975), she did a skit satirizing boyfriend Brad Pitt's stalker, aspiring actress Athena Marie Rolando. Brad Pitt was promoting Fight Club (1999) at the time. [1999]
Daughter of actors
John Aniston and Nancy Dow.
Raised
in Greece and New York City.
The late Telly Savalas was her godfather.
She and her husband
Brad Pitt purchased a 14,000 square foot house in Beverly
Hills, California.
Listed
in "People Weekly"s "Most Intriguing People" list. (December 25, 1995 issue)
Chosen
as one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People in the World. [1999]
Became
estranged from her mother, who made unflattering statements about Jennifer in a tabloid. As a result, Jennifer refused to
invite her to her wedding.
Sued "Celebrity
Skin" magazine for publishing photos taken of her while sunbathing topless in her own backyard. [7 August 2000]
When she
was 11, a painting she had done was displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Officially
changed her name to Jennifer Pitt. She will still be using her maiden name (Aniston) for TV/Movie credits. [25 October 2000]
Attended
Fiorello La Guardia School of Music, Art & Performing Arts,
New York City.
Also known
as the "Fame" School.
Aniston
and Pitt stated that Pitt was misquoted in a German magazine which published that he and Jennifer were expecting their first
child later in 2001. The magazine will be printing a retraction. [July 2001]
Named one
of E!'s "Top 20 Entertainers of 2001."
Suffered
minor injuries in an L.A. car wreck. [15 January 2002]
Offers to be
Matthew Perry's personal trainer in a bid to help him lose weight. [2002]
Was named
one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine in 2002.
Aniston and husband
Brad Pitt reached a settlement with Damiani International Jewelers. The pair claimed the
company agreed to never reproduce their wedding rings, but it manufactured and sold "Brad and Jennifer" rings in 18 karat
white or yellow gold for about $1,000 apiece. Under the settlement, Pitt will design jewelry for Damiani that Aniston will
model in ads, and Damiani will stop selling the "Brad and Jennifer" copies. [11 January 2002]
U.S. District
Judge Ronald Lew ruled Aniston's lawsuit against two magazine publishers for printing topless photos of her will proceed without
a jury because her lawyers failed to demand a jury when the lawsuit was filed in 2000 and that he would render a verdict himself.
Aniston sued Man's World Publications Inc. and Crescent Publishing Group, claiming that paparazzi scaled an eight-foot wall
to photograph her as she sunbathed in the backyard of her home in February of 1999. The pictures appeared later that year
in the magazines Celebrity Skin, High Society, Celebrity Sleuth, the Italian magazine Eva Tremila, the English newspaper Daily
Sport and the French publication Voici. [24 June 2002]
Won award:
International star of stars - The Scorpio Multimedia Cable TV Awards 2002.
Long-time friend
of actress Andrea Bendewald. They both attended Manhattan's
High School for the Performing Arts. Bendewald was maid of honor at Aniston's wedding to Brad Pitt on July 29, 2000. And Aniston was matron of honor at Bendewald's wedding to actor Mitch Rouse on August 19, 2001.
Measurements:
34C-23-35 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Her half-brother,
John T. Melick, recently worked as 2nd Assistant Director for the award winning, Thirteen (2003), starring Holly Hunter.
Photographer
Francois Navarre agreed to pay her $550,000 in damages for taking au naturel pictures of her as she sunbathed in her yard.
[20 November 2003]
Ironically,
Jennifer (who is half Greek) hates Greek food! She is also not fond of Chinese, Indian, or spicy foods.
She and Brad Pitt are campaigning in the United States
to save "EastEnders" (1985) from being axed over there.
Was a schoolmate
of Chastity Bono.
Voted as
#11 on the "Top 100 Sexiest Women 2004" in FHM [DK].
Often plays a
waitress - her characters in "Friends" (1994), Office Space (1999), The Iron Giant (1999) and Along Came Polly (2004) were all waitresses.
At one point
in 2003, was filming "Friends" (1994), Bruce Almighty (2003), and Along Came Polly (2004) simultaneously.
Shares a birthday
with singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, actor Burt Reynolds, singer Kelly Rowland, and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park.
Has a fear
of flying.
Announced on
January 7, 2005 that she and husband Brad Pitt are separating after 4 1/2 years of marriage. Filed for divorce on March 25, 2005,
citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized on October 2, 2005.
Stepdaughter
of Sherry Rooney.
Had worked
as a telemarketer and waitress before making it as an actor.
Her middle name,
Joanna, was her father John Aniston's mother's name.
Has said
that her favorite food is Mexican food, and that (when they were still together), she and Brad would get Mexican food and
margaritas three times a week.
Was known
as a class clown in high school.
Godmother of
Courteney Cox and David Arquette's daughter, Coco Riley Arquette.
She and "Friends" (1994) co-star Lisa Kudrow both auditioned to be regular cast members of "Saturday Night
Live" (1975) prior to their success on "Friends" (1994).
In 2003,
she was ranked number 1 on Forbes 2003 "Celebrity 100 List" According to the magazine, she made $35 million dollars in 2003.
Invented
"The Rachel", a famous hairstyle in the 90s, which was copied by a lot of women and drew much attention to her.
Has a younger
half-brother, Alexander Aniston [b. 1989].
2005 - appeared
in Heineken TV commercial frequently aired before UEFA Champions League (in Europe). The Turtles song "Happy Together" is also used in this commercial.
Was named
"Woman of the Year" by GQ magazine in 2005
Named #88
on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100 of 2005" list.
Behind the scenes
of "Friends" (1994), Aniston was very close friends with co-star Matthew Perry.
Named #41
in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
Met ex-husband
Brad Pitt on a blind date.
Was #1
on American publication People's annual Best Dressed List. (2006)
Best friend of
Courteney Cox.
Was originally
slated to play Mariane in A Mighty Heart (2007).
Good friend of
Andrea Buchanan. They both directed the short film, Room 10 (2006).
Named #45
in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Has four
dogs: Katchina, Enzo, Norman and Dolly.
Said that yoga
helped her to recover from her split with Brad Pitt.
Her niece
was born in 1998.
Sister-in-law
of Shannon Melick.
Her birth name
is Jennifer Aniston, not Jennifer Anastasakis. Her father John Aniston had changed the spelling of his last name to Aniston from Anastasakis before his marriage
to Nancy Dow, and the last name that appears on Jennifer's birth certificate is Aniston.
Nationally famous
Finnish songwriter Anssi Kela has written a song named Jennifer Aniston. The tragic story is about a paper mill
been moved to China and a lot of people
left unemployed. Jennifer Aniston appears in the "singers" recurring dream. The song was released in the album Rakkaus on
Murhaa 10/19/2005.
Granddaughter
of Yaya Joanna Aniston, Gordon McLean Dow and Louise Grieco Dow.
Niece of
Mary Aniston, Joan Dow, Jean Dow, Linda Dow, Martha Dow and Sally Dow.
Invited
to join to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences [2007].
One of
115 people invited to join AMPAS in 2007.
