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Nick Name: Jen
Birth Name: Jenifer Linn Aniston
Occupation: actress, artist
Date of Birth: 11 Feburary 1969
Place of Birth: Sherman Oaks, California, USA
Height: 5' 6"
Relations: Father: John Aniston (actor); godfather:
Telly Savalas (actor); husband: Brad Pitt (actor)
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Green Blue?
Sign: Aquarius
Education: High School for the Performing Arts
Trivia:
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 John Aniston and 'Nancy Aniston' .
Original family name Anastassakis; changed when her family moved
to the US from Greece.
Raised in Greece and New York City.
The late Telly Savalas is 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'd 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 Melick, recently worked as 2nd Assistant
Director for the award winning, Thirteen (2003), starring Holly
Hunter.
20 November 2003 - Photographer Francois Navarre agreed to pay
her $550,000 in damages for taking au naturel pictures of her
as she sunbathed in her yard.
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.
Other Works
Print ad (with Matthew Perry) for Microsoft (1997)
TV Commercial for Lynx deoderant (1997)
TV commercial for L'Oreal Elvive shampoo (1997)
NBC-TV Stay-in-School promo: The More You Know, where her reason
is "Smarter is sexier than stupid anyday."
Print advertising for Milk (with Lisa Kudrow) (1995)
Starred (with Matthew Perry) as host of the Windows '95 video
help guide
Music video for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: "Walls"
(1996)
TV commercial for L'Oreal Elnett hairspray (1998)
Music video for The Rembrandts: "I'll Be There For You"
Appeared in Melissa Etheridge's "I want to be in love"
music video (2001)
Print advertisement for Damiani jewelry (2002)
TV commercial for Heineken (2003)