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Six years ago—on October 15, 2019, to be exact—Instagram crashed. Was it a glitch? A cyberattack? Turns out, it was neither. The seismic quake hit at 6:03 A.M. PT when Jennifer Aniston joined the app, announcing her arrival by posting a selfie with her Friends castmates. She set a Guinness World Record for becoming the fastest account to reach 1 million followers. (Five hours and 16 minutes.) “And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM,” she captioned the photo, referencing the popular sitcom that made her a household name.

Few people on earth are capable of having such an impact. But that’s Aniston—someone who has won hearts by wearing hers on her sleeve. After charming us as Rachel Green, the quintessential “girl next door,” for a decade, she went on to lead big-screen comedies, from cult favorites (Office Space, The Good Girl) to box-office smashes (Bruce Almighty, The Break-Up), earning a coveted spot as one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actresses. She defied expectations with standout performances in indie films like Cake and Dumplin’, then, in 2019, made a triumphant return to television in Apple TV’s The Morning Show, reuniting with Reese Witherspoon, who played Rachel’s sister in two very memorable Friends episodes.

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