# Jennifer Aniston filmography
The **Jennifer Aniston filmography** is the record of screen roles performed by the American actress [Jennifer Aniston](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-aniston) (born 1969), covering television series from 1990 onward, feature films beginning in 1993, and producing and directing work behind the camera. She is best known for playing [Rachel Green](https://www.edgepedia.org/rachel-green) on the NBC sitcom *Friends* (1994-2004) and for a film career that runs from low-budget independent dramas to some of the highest-grossing comedies of their release years.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Television career | Rachel Green on *Friends* (NBC, 1994-2004); four earlier series, *Molloy*, *Ferris Bueller*, *The Edge*, and *Muddling Through*, were each canceled before a second season[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston) |
| *Friends* pay and honors | $1 million per episode for the last three seasons; Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2002) and Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy (2003)[2](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jennifer-aniston) • [4](https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jennifer-aniston/) |
| First feature | *Leprechaun* (1993), a low-budget horror film, in which she played Tory[5](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/223742) • [6](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED439044.pdf) |
| Biggest box office hit | *Bruce Almighty* (2003): $243.0 million domestic and $485.0 million worldwide[7](https://boxofficewatch.com/people/jennifer-aniston) |
| Tracked film output | 24 films from 1999 to 2023, with a lifetime worldwide gross of $2.907 billion and average opening of $19.6 million[7](https://boxofficewatch.com/people/jennifer-aniston) |
| Signature drama | *Cake* (2014), as chronic pain sufferer Claire Simmons, a critically acclaimed performance that brought a 2015 Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston) • [4](https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jennifer-aniston/) |
| Current series | Alex Levy on *The Morning Show* (Apple TV, 2019-), a SAG Award-winning role; season four released September 17, 2025, and a fifth and final season was confirmed in July 2026[2](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston) • [8](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-morning-show//) • [9](https://www.crbcnews.com/articles/jennifer-aniston) |
| Upcoming film | *Naughty* (November 5, 2027), playing Mallory[10](https://jennifer-aniston.org/career/) |
## Early television and the failures before *Friends*
Aniston's first credited television role was as a series regular on *Molloy* (Fox, 1990), followed by *[Ferris Bueller](https://www.edgepedia.org/ferris-bueller-tv-series)* (NBC, 1990-91), the comedy-variety series *The Edge* (Fox, 1992-93), and *Muddling Through* (CBS, 1994). Each series was canceled before a second season, a run of failures that left her discouraged enough to confide in Warren Littlefield, then president of entertainment for NBC, whom she met at a gas station; he personally helped her land the role of Rachel on the upcoming *Friends*.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston) • [6](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED439044.pdf) Her earliest feature appearance was in *[Leprechaun](https://www.edgepedia.org/leprechaun-film)* (1993), a low-budget horror film.[6](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED439044.pdf)
## *Friends*, 1994-2004
*Friends* (NBC, 1994-2004) made Aniston an instant star. She stayed with the show for its full ten-year run, earning $1 million per episode for the last three seasons, and won both a Golden Globe and an Emmy during her tenure, taking the 2002 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series as Rachel Green.[2](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston) • [3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jennifer-aniston) The Golden Globes database records her one win from five nominations at the 2003 ceremony for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, after a 2002 supporting-actress nomination for the same show.[4](https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jennifer-aniston/) While the series ran, she worked in film at the same time, appearing in the romantic comedy *Picture Perfect* (1997), the cult hit *Office Space* (1999), and the [Ben Stiller](https://www.edgepedia.org/ben-stiller) romcom *Along Came Polly* (2004).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston)
## Feature film career
Aniston's film work has alternated between small independent films and big-budget studio productions. Biography.com's profile pairs 1999's *Office Space* and 2002's *The Good Girl* with the [Jim Carrey](https://www.edgepedia.org/jim-carrey) vehicle *Bruce Almighty* (2003) as the two poles of her screen career.[2](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston) The American Film Institute catalog lists her principal cast credits through the mid-2010s, including Nina Borowski in *[The Object of My Affection](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-object-of-my-affection)* (1998), the voice of Annie Hughes in the animated *The Iron Giant* (1999), Justine Last in *The Good Girl* (2002), Grace Connelly in *Bruce Almighty* (2003), Brooke Meyers in *The Break-Up* (2006), Olivia in *[Friends with Money](https://www.edgepedia.org/friends-with-money)* (2006), Jenny in *Marley & Me* (2008), and Rose O'Reilly in *We're the Millers* (2013).[5](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/223742)
**Box office.** Box Office Watch tracks 24 Aniston films from 1999 to 2023, with a combined lifetime worldwide gross of $2.907 billion, an average domestic gross of $73.1 million, and an average opening weekend of $19.6 million. Its ranked table shows her top earners:[7](https://boxofficewatch.com/people/jennifer-aniston)
| Film | Year | Domestic | Worldwide | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Bruce Almighty* | 2003 | $243.0M | $485.0M | A |
| *We're the Millers* | 2013 | $150.0M | $268.0M | A- |
| *Marley & Me* | 2008 | $143.0M | $256.0M | A |
| *The Break-Up* | 2006 | $119.0M | $206.0M | C+ |
| *Horrible Bosses* | 2011 | $118.0M | $210.0M | B+ |
The largest legs multiple in the table belongs to *We're the Millers*, at 5.69x its opening, against a career average of 3.54x.[7](https://boxofficewatch.com/people/jennifer-aniston)
**Critical standing.** On Rotten Tomatoes, her highest-rated credit is the animated *Out of My Mind* (2024), in which she voiced Melody's inner voice, at 100 percent, and her lowest is *'Til There Was You* (1997), in which she played Debbie, at 5 percent. Her top-rated live-action films include *Office Space* (82 percent critics, 93 percent audience), *The Good Girl* (82 percent), *Dumplin'* (86 percent), and *Friends with Money* (72 percent).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston)
## The dramatic turn: *Cake*
In 2014, Aniston played Claire Simmons, a woman suffering chronic pain who becomes fixated on the suicide of a member of her support group, in the indie drama *[Cake](https://www.edgepedia.org/cake-2014-film)*. Rotten Tomatoes describes the performance as critically acclaimed; the Los Angeles Times noted the deglamorized, makeup-free portrayal that drew attention from the film's [Toronto International Film Festival](https://www.edgepedia.org/toronto-international-film-festival) premiere.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston) • [11](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-cake-jennifer-aniston-movie-review-20141231-story.html) The role brought her a 2015 Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama, one of her five Golden Globe nominations.[4](https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jennifer-aniston/) Aniston has said drama was her primary interest when she became an actor and that she was initially offended when it was suggested she try comedy.[12](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-friends-icon-jennifer-aniston-initially-offended-after-being-told-to-do-comedy)
## *The Morning Show* and recent work
After the pageant-themed drama *Dumplin'* (2018), Aniston joined [Steve Carell](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-carell) and [Gugu Mbatha-Raw](https://www.edgepedia.org/gugu-mbatha-raw) in *The Morning Show* (Apple TV, 2019), playing morning-news anchor Alex Levy.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston) She won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2020 for the role.[2](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston) Her awards profile also includes Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2020 and 2024, the latter while she was also nominated as an executive producer for Outstanding Drama Series.[3](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jennifer-aniston)
Season four of *The Morning Show*, with an ensemble including [Billy Crudup](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-crudup), Marion Cotillard, Jon Hamm, and [Jeremy Irons](https://www.edgepedia.org/jeremy-irons), was released on September 17, 2025, set in spring 2024 after the UBA-NBN merger.[8](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-morning-show//) In July 2026 the series was renewed for a fifth and final season.[9](https://www.crbcnews.com/articles/jennifer-aniston)
Her IMDb credit breakdown lists 72 acting credits, 14 producing credits, 3 directing credits, and 10 soundtrack credits.[13](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000098/?showAllCredits=true)
## Upcoming projects
*Naughty*, a Universal film in which Aniston plays Mallory, a mother trying to regain custody of her son, is dated for November 5, 2027.[10](https://jennifer-aniston.org/career/) • [13](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000098/?showAllCredits=true) In July 2026 she exited the Apple TV adaptation of [Jennette McCurdy](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennette-mccurdy)'s memoir *I'm Glad My Mom Died*, in which she had been set to play McCurdy's mother, citing scheduling conflicts.[14](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jennifer-aniston-bails-on-controversial-im-glad-my-mom-died-role/)
## References
1. [Jennifer Aniston Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jennifer_aniston)
2. [Jennifer Aniston: Age, Movies & TV Shows, Biography.com](https://www.biography.com/actors/jennifer-aniston)
3. [Jennifer Aniston | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/jennifer-aniston)
4. [Jennifer Aniston, Golden Globes awards database](https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/jennifer-aniston/)
5. [Jennifer Aniston, AFI Catalog of Feature Films](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/223742)
6. [JENNIFER ANISTON (career profile), ERIC full text](https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED439044.pdf)
7. [Jennifer Aniston Box Office: Every Movie Ranked, Box Office Watch](https://boxofficewatch.com/people/jennifer-aniston)
8. [The Morning Show, Apple TV Press](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/the-morning-show//)
9. [Where Is Jennifer Aniston Now? The Morning Show Is Headed Into Its Final Season, CRBC News](https://www.crbcnews.com/articles/jennifer-aniston)
10. [Jennifer Aniston Online: Career](https://jennifer-aniston.org/career/)
11. [Review: Jennifer Aniston has never looked worse or been better in 'Cake', Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-cake-jennifer-aniston-movie-review-20141231-story.html)
12. [Why Friends Icon Jennifer Aniston Was Initially 'Offended' After Being Told She Should Do Comedy, CinemaBlend](https://www.cinemablend.com/television/why-friends-icon-jennifer-aniston-initially-offended-after-being-told-to-do-comedy)
13. [Jennifer Aniston full credits, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000098/?showAllCredits=true)
14. [Jennifer Aniston Exits Apple TV Adaptation of Jennette McCurdy Memoir, The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jennifer-aniston-bails-on-controversial-im-glad-my-mom-died-role/)
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