Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born on February 11, 1969 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA) and is an Emmy-winning American actress best known for playing Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends.

Personal life

Her Greek-American father, John Aniston, an actor best known for his role on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, made his best friend Telly Savalas (TV's "Kojak"), her godfather and also changed the family name from their original Greek surname "Anastassakis" to the more American sounding Aniston, which he discovered while traveling through Alabama. After spending a year living in Greece, the family returned to the States, settling in New York where her father John Aniston (Yannis) won a part on the U.S. soap opera Love of Life and later Search for Tomorrow. In 1985, the family moved to Los Angeles when John Aniston started on Days of Our Lives. She is currently estranged from her mother Nancy.

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Greek-American - John Aniston - Soap opera - Days of Our Lives - Telly Savalas - Kojak - Alabama - New York - Love of Life - Search for Tomorrow - 1985 - Los Angeles - Estranged

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Aniston previously dated Adam Duritz and Tate Donovan in low-profile relationships. Her pairing with actor Brad Pitt was very high-profile in the media. She married Pitt on July 29, 2000, in a Malibu wedding. They separated on January 7, 2005, and Aniston officially filed for divorce on March 25, 2005 citing irreconcilable differences. In a September 2005 interview with Vanity Fair Aniston revealed that Brad Pitt became "emotionally unavailable" when he began filming Mr. & Mrs. Smith and that she was very hurt when pictures later surfaced of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie cavorting together on a beach in South Africa. However, she also asserted that she did not think he cheated on her when they were married. She was enranged when she saw the photo shoot of Pitt and Jolie looking like a family, and was even more upset when she found out the photo shoot was her ex husbands idea

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Adam Duritz - Tate Donovan - Brad Pitt - July 29 - 2000 - Malibu - January 7 - 2005 - March 25 - September 2005 - Vanity Fair - Mr. & Mrs. Smith - Angelina Jolie

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On August 25, 2005, David Hesterbey was arrested for trespassing after allegedly entering Aniston's Malibu home.

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August 25 - Trespassing

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