Hollywood star Jennifer Aniston who has become quite the icon over the last few years turned 54 today. Best known for playing Rachel Green in popular sitcom Friends, Jennifer has also been part of numerous blockbuster indie feature films and shows. So to celebrate Jennifer Aniston’s 54th birthday, we are going to take a look at five of her best roles beyond ‘Friends’.
Bruce Almighty: After Bruce (Jim Carrey) blames God for all the problems in his life, God answers and offers him the celestial powers for a day to see if he could have done it better. Jennifer plays Grace Connelly, a sweet kindergarten teacher and Bruce’s fiancee, who loves him unconditionally despite all his struggles in life.
We Are The Millers: In this 2013 action-comedy, Jennifer Aniston plays Rose O’Reilly, who poses as David’s Clark (Jason Sudeikis), a small-time pot dealer’s girlfriend. The film as well as Jennifer and the rest of the cast received positive reviews especially for their perfect comic timings. Till now, We Are The Millers is considered one of the best road trip comedies and every character from the film is still used as a meme material on the internet.
Office Space: Despite its box office failure when it was released in 1999, Office Space is now considered as one of the cult classics of the comedy genre. The film sees Jennifer play Joanna, a local waitress on whom film’s lead Peter has a huge crush, but is afraid to speak to her.
Horrible Bosses: In this hysterical comedy, Jennifer plays Julia, who is a sexually aggressive dentist, who enjoys torturing her assistant Dale and wants to sleep with him. Jennifer plays a character which is completely against her type. The film was a huge blockbuster and also had a sequel.
The Morning Show: Since the end of Friends in 2004, general audience and her fans were eagerly waiting for Jennifer to be back on the small screen, and she finally fulfilled their wish with ‘The Morning Show’, a comedy drama where she played a news anchor alongside Reese Witherspoon. The show has completed two seasons and has received positive reviews so far.
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