Editing Jennifer Aniston (section)

===1988–1993: Beginnings===
[[File:Jennifer Aniston in For Dear Life (1989).jpg|thumb|Aniston with [[Laila Robins]] and [[Stephen Mailer]] in ''For Dear Life'' in 1989]]

Aniston first worked in [[off-Broadway]] productions such as ''For Dear Life'' and ''Dancing on Checker's Grave'',<ref name="People-Bio"/> and supported herself with part-time jobs including work as a [[telemarketer]], waitress and bike messenger.<ref name="People-Bio"/> In 1988, she had an uncredited minor role in the critically panned sci-fi adventure film ''[[Mac and Me]]''. The next year, she appeared on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' as a [[spokesmodel]] for [[Nutrisystem]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jen-aniston-age-20-flirted-with-howard-stern-in-lost-1989-clip-201061 |title=Jen Aniston, Age 20, Flirted with Howard Stern in Lost 1989 Clip |date=January 6, 2010 |work=Us Weekly |access-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630052833/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/jen-aniston-age-20-flirted-with-howard-stern-in-lost-1989-clip-201061/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and moved back to Los&nbsp;Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/jennifer_aniston_biog/4 |title=Biography of Jennifer Aniston |access-date=August 8, 2008 |website=Tiscali |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005062044/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/jennifer_aniston_biog/4 |archive-date=October 5, 2008 }}</ref>

Her first regular television role was in the TV series ''[[Molloy (TV series)|Molloy]]'' in 1990, and she appeared in the [[Ferris Bueller (TV series)|television adaptation]] of the 1986 film ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]''; both series were quickly canceled. She starred as a teenage summer camp counselor in the made-for-television film ''[[Camp Cucamonga]]'' (1990), and as a spoiled teenager followed by a vengeful [[leprechaun]] in the horror film ''[[Leprechaun (film)|Leprechaun]]'' (1993).<ref>{{cite news| url= https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE6DB163AF93AA35752C0A965958260| title= Leprechaun Review| last= Canby| first= Vincent| authorlink=Vincent Canby |date= January 9, 1993| work= [[The New York Times]]| access-date= August 8, 2008| archive-date= November 1, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131101054853/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0CE6DB163AF93AA35752C0A965958260| url-status= live}}</ref> A 2014 retrospective from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' identified ''Leprechaun'' as her worst role,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/698621_jennifer-aniston-leprechaun-1993|title=24 Stars' Worst Movies|last=Nashawaty|first=Chris|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 26, 2014|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=November 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113033901/http://www.ew.com/gallery/24-stars-worst-movies/698621_jennifer-aniston-leprechaun-1993|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Aniston herself has expressed embarrassment over it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/jennifer-aniston-tells-of-mortifying-moment-fiance-justin-theroux-stumbled-across-her-first-film-leprechaun-30763437.html|title=Jennifer Aniston tells of 'mortifying moment' fiance Justin Theroux stumbled across her first film 'Leprechaun'|last=Kelleher|first=Lynne|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=November 21, 2014|access-date=June 3, 2016|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001030929/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/jennifer-aniston-tells-of-mortifying-moment-fiance-justin-theroux-stumbled-across-her-first-film-leprechaun-30763437.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aniston also appeared in the two failed television comedy series ''[[The Edge (TV series)|The Edge]]'' and ''[[Muddling Through]]'',<ref name="buchanan20130807">{{cite web | url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/4-shows-jennifer-aniston-was-on-before-friends.html | title=The Four TV Shows Jennifer Aniston Was on Before Friends | work=Vulture | date=August 7, 2013 | access-date=August 7, 2013 | last=Buchanan | first=Kyle | archive-date=November 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104083154/http://www.vulture.com/2013/08/4-shows-jennifer-aniston-was-on-before-friends.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and guest-starred in ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Herman's Head]]'' and ''[[Burke's Law (1994 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Aniston Biography/Filmography|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/08/06/jennifer-aniston-biographyfilmography/|website=Fox News|access-date=November 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227173629/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/08/06/jennifer-aniston-biographyfilmography/|archive-date=December 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jennifer Aniston |url=http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/call-me-crazy-a-five-film/cast/jennifer-aniston |website=mylifetime.com |access-date=November 15, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125100758/http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/call-me-crazy-a-five-film/cast/jennifer-aniston |archive-date=November 25, 2014 }}</ref>