| Biography 
Born in Sherman Oaks, California, 'Jennifer Aniston'  (qv)  spent  a
  year  of  her childhood living in Greece with her family. Her family
  then relocated to New York City where her parents divorced when  she
  was  9.  Jennifer  was  raised by her mother and her father landed a
  role, as Victor Kiriakis, on the daytime soap _"Days of  Our  Lives"
  (1965)_  (qv). Jennifer had her first taste of acting at age 11 when
  she joined the Rudolf Steiner School's drama club. It  was  also  at
  the  Rudolf  Steiner  School that she developed her passion for art.
  She began her professional  training  as  a  drama  student  at  New
  York's   High   School  of  the  Performing  Arts.  In  1987,  after
  graduation, she appeared in such Off-Broadway  productions  as  "For
  Dear  Life" and "Dancing on Checker's Grave". In 1989 she landed her
  first television role, as a  series  regular  on  _"Molloy"  (1990)_
  (qv).  She  would also appear in _"Edge, The" (1992)_ (qv), _"Ferris
  Bueller" (1990)_ (qv), and  have  a  recurring  part  on  _"Herman's
  Head"  (1991)_  (qv). By 1993, she was floundering. Then, in 1994, a
  pilot called "Friends Like These" came along.  Originally  asked  to
  audition  for the role of Monica, Aniston refused and auditioned for
  the role of  Rachel  Green,  the  suburban  princess  turned  coffee
  peddler.  With  the  success  of the series _"Friends" (1994)_ (qv),
  Jennifer has become famous and sought-after as she  turns  her  fame
  into movie roles during the series hiatus.
 Biography courtesy of the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).
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