Jennifer Aniston He has been one of the biggest stars in Hollywood for almost three decades thanks to Friendswhich can be seen in Spain through HBO Max and it is one of the most important series in the history of television. The sitcom catapulted all of its protagonists to fame, and the person in charge of playing Rachel Green He also saw how his life changed completely.
The truth is that acting ran in Jennifer Aniston’s family, since her father John Aniston He was a well-known actor, especially for appearing in the long-running soap opera The days of our lives, while her mother Nancy Dow was a model who also did various jobs as an actress. But what few people know is that the his father’s real surname It wasn’t Aniston, but a much more curious one.
Jennifer Aniston’s original last name is Anastassakis
In it penultimate episode of the seventh season From the sitcom, ‘The One with Chandler and Monica’s Wedding’, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) can’t make it to the ceremony on time because he has to stay filming a scene. Rachel, in a desperate attempt to find another priest, He runs into a Greek Orthodox priest who came from officiating another wedding: that of the couple. Anastassakis and Papasifakis, as you can see on the posters.
The first of the names is a clear tribute to father by Jennifer Aniston, since John Aniston was actually born in Greece and his real name is Giannis Anastasakis. The actor is originally from the island of Crete, but he emigrated with his family to the United States when he was barely two years old, and they all changed their names to a more American version.
In fact, there is a scene from said episode of Friends in which Jennifer Aniston pronounce the original surname of his paternal family. Although almost no spectators noticed the detail, the reality is that it was a nice detail with the Greek origins of the actress. John Aniston died in 2022 at the age of 89, although months before his death he received an honorary Emmy Award for his entire career.
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