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Jennifer Aniston had been exposed to acting at a early age due to her father, John Aniston who stared in Days of Our Lives. Her parents divorced when she was 9 and she discovered acting at age 11 at the Waldorf school. She spent lots of time attending drama club and discovering her passion for theater! The crisis of this stage is learning a new skill that you are able to excel in (industry) or not developing skills and receiving criticism and feeling (inferior) to peers. -
At this time Aniston was 15 years old navigating the difficulties of adolescence while pursuing her passion for acting. She enrolled in Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music Art, where she joined the drama club and performed in a couple of plays. Upon graduating in 1987, she was determined to start her acting career. The crisis of this stage is defining values and goals to have a clear sense of who you are as an individual or being uncertain on one's place and purpose in the world. -
Her life took a turn as the hit show Friends boosted her into stardom, taking her from a struggling actress to a household name. It provided her with lifelong friends and a sense of belonging. She began forming intimate and high-profile relationships, such as Brad Pitt, in the public eye and was learning how to navigate and maintain privacy. The crisis of this stage is between letting yourself become emotionally close with another (intimacy) or being closed off and not committing to others.