Post Friends rom-com era

With Friends riding high in the ratings, Aniston began to be offered movie roles. In 1998 she starred opposite Paul Rudd in romantic comedy The Object of My Affection, a genre she would dominated after Friends ended in 2004.

She starred in The Break-Up (2006) alongside Vince Vaughn and Marley and Me (2008), solidifying her place as a bankable movie star. “I didn’t expect to be doing film after Friends,” she admitted, but she quickly found her rhythm, balancing lighter films with more dramatic turns in The Good Girl (2002) and Cake (2014).