Who can forget the iconic face of Jennifer Aniston as she played Rachel Green on the hit television sitcom "Friends"? It seems that acting has been in her blood from an early age, being the daughter of parents John Aniston and Nancy Dow, both accomplished actors in their own right.
But before she was earning $1 million an episode as everyone's favorite coffee house companion alongside Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, Aniston was nearly destined to become a footnote in Hollywood history. Depressed over a string of unsuccessful television shows, she was encouraged to continue acting by the head of NBC entertainment during an encounter at a Los Angeles gas station. A few months later, she was cast in her iconic role for "Friends" and the rest is, as they say, history! Her story of failure to succeed as an actress should inspire anybody to never give up on their dreams!