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Her famous Nineties haircut from Friends that launched a million imitators...
Jennifer Aniston is a Greek-American actress famous for playing Rachel Green in Friends. She has been romantically linked with several actors- most famously Brad Pitt who she married. Currently single, she has starred in several romantic comedies since the end of Friends in 2004.
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- Absolute Cleavage: Some of her dresses.
- Betty and Veronica: Was the Veronica to Julie's Betty in Friends. In Real Life she was the Betty to Angelina Jolie's Veronica for Brad Pitt.
- Dumb Blonde: In Along Came Polly.
- Dyeing for Your Art: Had to fight to dye her hair to a real dark brunette for Horrible Bosses as producers feared she wouldn't be instantly recognizable in the promotional spots.
- Here Comes the Science!: Provides the page quote.
- Hollywood Hype Machine: The book Desperate Networks (about how TV worked during the mid-90s through the 2000s) goes into some detail about how she was a "network darling", and the studio was actively looking to give her a break-out role. The Hype Machine got behind her big-time, showcasing her constantly in all forms of media. She is actually given far more mainstream press than her non-A-list movie career would warrant, except for the fact that she's wildly famous regardless of her films' success, and she sells magazines very well.
- Old Shame: Don't mention Leprechaun, and while we're at it, she despised the "Rachel cut."
- Manic Pixie Dream Girl: As Polly from Along Came Polly. The character she played when she guest starred on 30 Rock was something of a Deconstruction, with the usual quirky antics played in a way which made her come off as a psycho Stalker with a Crush.
- Ms. Fanservice: Uniquely she only became this after she turned forty, playing more sexual roles in films like Horrible Bosses and We're the Millers. While she had some more sexual scenes in his earlier career, they were few and far between before 2010.
- And of course, her nipples tend to famously push up against whatever outfit she's wearing.
- Playing Against Type: Worked in The Good Girl as a down-on-her-luck woman in a failing marriage. Trying to go femme fatale in Derailed didn't fare so well. Now going the raunchy comedic route as one of the titular Horrible Bosses in the film of the same name.
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Dale: [sees pics of him unconscious posed in sexual positions with Julia] YOU RAPED ME! |
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- Zig-zagged in We're the Millers. Her character, Rose, originally starts out as quite different from her usual roles but it's quickly revealed to be a Jerkass Facade and Rose ends the movie more in line with Jennifer's usual roles.
- Plucky Girl: Her Rachel Green character.
- Product Placement: The famous Rachel-do hairstyle from Friends.
- Romance on the Set: With Vince Vaughn in The Break Up. Guess how both turn out.
- In one of those "Once You've Seen It, You're Unable To Not Notice It" situations[1], she has a habit of dating (or simply rumored to be dating) a male in whatever movie she's making at the time.
- Spoiled Sweet: As guess who, Rachel Green.
- Stage Names: Kinda. Her father (John Aniston of Days of Our Lives)'s last name at birth was Anastassakis, but changed it to Aniston later in life to make it easer for viewers to pronounce.
- Typecasting: Her usual role tends to be a woman over forty finding love in a Chick Flick.
- Will They or Won't They?: As Rachel in the Ross-Rachel love pairing. Notably lasted for ten seasons before finally hooking up in the Grand Finale.
She has appeared in:[]
- Leprechaun (Don't remind her)
- Picture Perfect
- Friends
- Marley and Me: Alongside Owen Wilson.
- Along Came Polly
- Derailed
- He's Just Not That Into You
- The Iron Giant (voice)
- The Break Up: Alongside Vince Vaughn. A rom-com with a difference-its Bittersweet Ending.
- The Good Girl: Another critically successful performance.
- Bruce Almighty
- The Object of My Affection
- Office Space
- Rumor Has It
- The Bounty Hunter
- Rockstar
- South Park (voice)
- The Switch
- Just Go with It
- Horrible Bosses
- ↑ Which might belong as a trope itself come to think of it...