On September 22, 1969, Jennifer Joanna Aniston was born in Sherman Oaks, California, the daughter of actors John Aniston and Nancy Dow. After her parents separated when she was nine, she moved to New York with her mother, attending the Rudolf Steiner School, where creativity helped her find a love for acting despite dyslexia and deep self-doubt. At eighteen, Jennifer waited tables, delivered bikes, and worked as a telemarketer while facing constant rejection. In 1989, she moved to Los Angeles wi