Pages 36-71

As I continue reading the biography on Jennifer Aniston, I am learning more and more about her that I never knew. Here are some of the new things I have learned.

- she started rebelling to get attention from her father
- her parents were often called to the school's office to discuss her strange behaviour in class
- she was quite popular in school
- she went to the Steiner School in New York
- she auditioned to get accepted to the Fame School (also called PA - Performing Arts School)
- she got accepted into PA and studied acting for half of each day
- her father still tried to convince her not to turn to acting as a career choice
- money was tight for Jennifer and her mother once her father left
- once when Jennifer and her boyfriend were kissing their braces got intertwined so her mother had to take them to an emergency orthodontist to separate them
- became friends with Andrea Bendewald at PA
- realized her natural talent for comedic acting
- she graduated in the summer if 1987

Pages 1-35

When I started to read about Jennifer Aniston I thought I would pretty much know everything everything about her because I have been curious about her life for quite a while. Within the first 35 pages of the book I quickly realized that there is so much that I didn't know about her. Here are the things I found out:

- she has a half brother
- she calls her grandmother "yaya"
- her father had an affair with his co-star on "Love of Life"
- her parents got divorced when she was young
- she lived in the Upper West Side of Manhattan
- was not a shy child and was talented at charades
- she is part Greek
- her mother used to be an aspiring actress but stopped to raise a family
- her father didn't want her to become an actress
- the same thing that happened to her parents marriage eventually happened to her marriage to Brad Pitt
- when she was young she didn't understand how she could have a "half" brother

Who I think she is?

I've been watching Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green on "Friends" for years. I think she seems like a fascinating person who probably has had a pretty interesting life in order to get to where she is today. I am very curious to know what she did in order to become so successful.

Here's what I know about her before reading the book.

- she is an actress
- her big break was as Rachel Green on "Friends"
- was married to Brad Pitt for about 5 years
- was born in California but grew up in New York
- briefly lived in Greece
- her father was a soap actor
- best friends with co-star Courtney Cox-Arquette
- she is 38 years old