Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February  11, 1969) is an American actress. She became famous in the 1990s for her  role as Rachel Green in the US sitcom Friends, a role for which she won  an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She  has starred in many Hollywood films. While most of her film roles have  been in comedies such as Bruce Almighty, Office Space, Rumor Has It, and  the romantic comedies Along Came Polly and The Break-Up, she has also  appeared in films from other genres such as the horror-comedy  Leprechaun, the crime thriller Derailed and the musical drama Rock Star.
Aniston  moved to Hollywood and was cast in her first television role in 1990,  starring as a regular on the short-lived series Molloy and in the TV  movie Camp Cucamonga. She also co-starred in Ferris Bueller, a  television adaptation of the 1986 hit movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.  The series, however, was quickly canceled. Aniston then appeared in two  more failed television comedy shows, The Edge and Muddling Through, and  guest-starred on Quantum Leap, Herman's Head, and Burke's Law. After the  string of canceled shows, along with her appearance in the critically  derided 1992 horror film, Leprechaun, Aniston considered giving up  acting. Aniston's plans changed, however, after auditioning for Friends,  a sitcom that was set to debut on NBC's 19941995 fall line-up. The  producers of the show originally wanted Aniston to audition for the role  of Monica Geller, but Courteney Cox was considered to be better suited  to the role. Thus, Aniston was cast as Rachel Green. She played the  character of Rachel from 1994 until the show ended in 2004.
Forbes  listed Aniston as the 10th richest woman in the entertainment industry  for the year 2007. She is behind such powerhouses as Oprah Winfrey, J.  K. Rowling, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion and Jennifer Lopez and is  ahead of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and the Olsen twins.  Aniston's net worth is approximately $110 million. Aniston was also  included in the annual Star Salary Top 10 of trade magazine The  Hollywood Reporter for 2006. According to Forbes in October 2007,  Aniston was the top-selling celebrity face of the entertainment  industry. In 2008, Aniston landed the seventeenth spot on Forbes  Celebrity 100 list based on "earnings and fame." Forbes listed Aniston's  earnings as $27 million.