Jennifer Aniston had just about $80 with her while she was struggling to get an acting assignment before clinching the role of Rachel Green in Friends.
The 51-year-old actress became a household name after Friends emerged as an iconic sitcom. Jen had a meager $80 with her before she bagged the role of Rachel Green in the famous TV series. The actress had no idea that the paltry sum could transform her life forever.
She got unprecedented popularity after acting in the character of Rachel Green, a role she will soon reappear in around 26 years after she first portrayed it. Viewers can expect her to reprise Rachel’s character in the upcoming special Friends reunion program.
Aniston often remembers how she did not get much success while struggling to get roles in Hollywood and had almost given up at one point. She could not even get work in ads let alone a role in the television.
Jen had confessed that she worked at one of the ice cream parlors and was even a waitress for more than two years. She had been auditioning for roles in between and was unsuccessful in getting a break.
It is unbelievable that today she has an estimated fortune of $300 million. She started earning a whopping £17,400 for acting in each episode of Friends. It was an unbelievable amount compared to the insignificant amount of money she had with her initially.
When the show ended, Aniston and all the other lead actors were getting as much as $1million for each episode. Although the show ended over 16 years ago, all the lead actors including Jen still get about $20 million every year because of the syndication rights.
After Netflix took over the series’ rights in 2015, the amount has allegedly gone up to an eye-watering $30 million per year. The streaming giant, reportedly, paid $100 million so that the show could be streamed for one more year. Each lead actor also, reportedly, earned 2 percent of those earnings – i.e. $2 million.
Forbes has ranked Jennifer Aniston as one of the wealthiest female entertainers of America in 2017 with other celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Madonna. She was also ranked by Forbes as the 3rd highest-paid actress in Hollywood two years ago. Jen took about $20 million in 2018 from acting alone.
Aniston took home a whopping $75 million from her movie ventures alone between the years 1997 and 2011. In 2008, the actress along with her close friend Kristin Hahn started their own production company called Echo Films.
Jennifer Aniston’s production house has produced many independent movies including The Switch and Cake, Mirror.co.uk reports.