How Jennifer Aniston Is Connected to Every Golden Globe Nominee in 6 Degrees or Less
Move over Kevin Bacon! When it comes to working with everyone in Hollywood, Jennifer Aniston may be the actor to beat.
While Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon -- an idea that came from the actor himself when, in 1994, he told Premiere magazine that he’s worked with everybody -- has become the ultimate trivia game, it may be time to re-think who’s actually at the nexus.
Thanks in large part to Friends -- the former NBC sitcom now streaming on Netflix -- Aniston worked with a number of stars well before they were famous. And in the years since the series ended, Aniston has shared the screen with a few but key number of A-listers. But it wasn’t until she earned a 2015 Golden Globe nomination for her role in Cake that we realized she’s practically worked with everyone in Hollywood.
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Ahead of this year’s Golden Globes, we played Six Degrees of Jennifer Aniston to connect the 45-year-old actress with all the other acting nominees.
Check out our connections and see if you can bring the actress closer to each nominee.
KEY:
Nominee: Number of Degrees from Aniston >> Co-star (Shared project with previous name) >> Repeat until Aniston is reached
FILM:
Steve Carell: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Benedict Cumberbatch: 2 Degrees >> Chris Pine (Star Trek Into Darkness) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses 2)
Jake Gyllenhaal: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl)
David Oyelowo: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Eddie Redmayne: 2 Degrees >> Scarlet Johansson (The Other Boleyn Girl) >> Jennifer Aniston (He's Just Not That Into You)
Jennifer Aniston: 0 Degrees
Felicity Jones: 3 Degrees >> Lena Dunham (Girls) >> Anna Kendrick (Happy Christmas) >> Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Julianne Moore: 2 Degrees >> Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
Rosamund Pike: 2 Degrees >> Ben Affleck (He’s Just Not That Into You) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Reese Witherspoon: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ralph Fiennes: 3 Degrees >> Kristin Scott Thomas (The Invisible Woman) >> Clive Owen (Gosford Park) >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Michael Keaton: 2 Degrees >> Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) >> Jennifer Aniston (30 Rock)
Bill Murray: 2 Degrees >> Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Joaquin Phoenix: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (Inherent Vice) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Christoph Waltz: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Inglorious Basterds) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Amy Adams: 2 Degrees >> Will Ferrell (Talledega Nights) >> Jennifer Aniston (SNL)
Emily Blunt: 2 Degrees >> Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Helen Mirren: 2 Degrees >> Bruce Willis (Red) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Julianne Moore: 2 Degrees >> Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
Quvenzhané Wallis: 2 Degrees >> Jamie Foxx (Annie) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
Robert Duvall: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ethan Hawke: 2 Degrees >> Michael Vartan (Alias) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Edward Norton: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Fightclub) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Mark Ruffalo: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
J.K. Simmons: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Patricia Arquette: 2 Degrees >> Dermot Mulroney (Goodbye Lover) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Jessica Chastain: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Keira Knightley: 2 Degrees >> Clive Owen (King Arthur) >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Emma Stone: 2 Degrees >> Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Meryl Streep: 2 Degrees >> Chris Pine (Into the Woods) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses 2)
WATCH: 'Friends' Turns 20! Go Behind the Scenes with the Cast in 1994
TV:
Clive Owen: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Liev Schreiber: 2 Degrees >> Courteney Cox (Scream) >> Jennifer Aniston (Cougar Town)
Kevin Spacey: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
James Spader: 2 Degrees >> Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Age of Ultron) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Hast It)
Dominic West: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rock Star)
Claire Danes: 2 Degrees >> Dermot Mulroney (The Family Stone) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Viola Davis: 2 Degrees >> Julia Roberts (Eat Pray Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Julianna Margulies: 2 Degrees >> Matthew Perry (The Good Wife) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ruth Wilson: 2 Degrees >> Dominic West (Rock Star) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rock Star)
Robin Wright: 2 Degrees >> Sean Penn (She’s So Lovely) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Louis C.K.: 2 Degrees >> Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Don Cheadle: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Ocean’s 11) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ricky Gervais: 2 Degrees >> Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum) >> Jennifer Aniston (Along Came Polly)
William H. Macy: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Jeffrey Tambor: 2 Degrees >> Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Lena Dunham: 2 Degrees >> Anna Kendrick (Happy Christmas) >> Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Edie Falco: 2 Degrees >> Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) >> Jennifer Aniston (30 Rock)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 2 Degrees >> Lisa Kudrow (Web Therapy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Gina Rodriguez: 3 Degrees >> Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings) >> Courteney Cox (Scrubs) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Taylor Schilling: 3 Degrees >> Lorraine Toussaint (OITNB) >> Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Martin Freeman: 2 Degrees >> Zooey Deschanel (The Good Girl) >> Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl)
Woody Harrelson: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
Matthew Mcconaughey: 2 Degrees >> Woody Harrelson (True Detective) >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
Mark Ruffalo: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
Billy Bob Thornton: 2 Degrees >> Ben Affleck (Armageddon) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Maggie Gyllenhaal: 2 Degrees >> Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko) >> Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl)
Jessica Lange: 3 Degrees >> Sarah Paulson (AHS) >> Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Frances McDormand: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Frances O'Connor: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (The Importance of Being Earnest) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Allison Tolman: 3 Degrees >> Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) >> Ben Affleck (Armageddon) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Matt Bomer: 2 Degrees >> Julia Roberts (The Normal Heart) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Alan Cumming: 2 Degrees >> Matthew Perry (The Good Wife) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Colin Hanks: 3 Degrees >> Emma Stone (The House Bunny) >> Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Bill Murray: 2 Degrees >> Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Jon Voight: 2 Degrees >> Ben Stiller (Zoolander) >> Jennifer Aniston (Along Came Polly)
Uzo Aduba: 3 Degrees >> Lorraine Toussaint (OITNB) >> Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Kathy Bates: 3 Degrees >> Sarah Paulson (AHS) >> Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Joanne Froggatt: 2 Degrees >> Shirley MacLaine (Downton Abbey) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Hast It)
Allison Janney: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (The Object of My Affection)
Michelle Monaghan: 2 Degrees >> Woody Harrelson (True Detective) >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
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Michael Keaton: 2 Degrees >> Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) >> Jennifer Aniston (30 Rock)
Bill Murray: 2 Degrees >> Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Joaquin Phoenix: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (Inherent Vice) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Christoph Waltz: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Inglorious Basterds) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Amy Adams: 2 Degrees >> Will Ferrell (Talledega Nights) >> Jennifer Aniston (SNL)
Emily Blunt: 2 Degrees >> Steve Carell (Dan in Real Life) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Helen Mirren: 2 Degrees >> Bruce Willis (Red) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Julianne Moore: 2 Degrees >> Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are Alright) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
Quvenzhané Wallis: 2 Degrees >> Jamie Foxx (Annie) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
Robert Duvall: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (Four Christmases) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ethan Hawke: 2 Degrees >> Michael Vartan (Alias) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Edward Norton: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Fightclub) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Mark Ruffalo: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
J.K. Simmons: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Patricia Arquette: 2 Degrees >> Dermot Mulroney (Goodbye Lover) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Jessica Chastain: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Keira Knightley: 2 Degrees >> Clive Owen (King Arthur) >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Emma Stone: 2 Degrees >> Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Meryl Streep: 2 Degrees >> Chris Pine (Into the Woods) >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses 2)
WATCH: 'Friends' Turns 20! Go Behind the Scenes with the Cast in 1994
TV:
Clive Owen: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
Liev Schreiber: 2 Degrees >> Courteney Cox (Scream) >> Jennifer Aniston (Cougar Town)
Kevin Spacey: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Horrible Bosses)
James Spader: 2 Degrees >> Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Age of Ultron) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Hast It)
Dominic West: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rock Star)
Claire Danes: 2 Degrees >> Dermot Mulroney (The Family Stone) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Viola Davis: 2 Degrees >> Julia Roberts (Eat Pray Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Julianna Margulies: 2 Degrees >> Matthew Perry (The Good Wife) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ruth Wilson: 2 Degrees >> Dominic West (Rock Star) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rock Star)
Robin Wright: 2 Degrees >> Sean Penn (She’s So Lovely) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Louis C.K.: 2 Degrees >> Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Don Cheadle: 2 Degrees >> Brad Pitt (Ocean’s 11) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Ricky Gervais: 2 Degrees >> Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum) >> Jennifer Aniston (Along Came Polly)
William H. Macy: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Jeffrey Tambor: 2 Degrees >> Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Lena Dunham: 2 Degrees >> Anna Kendrick (Happy Christmas) >> Jennifer Aniston (Cake)
Edie Falco: 2 Degrees >> Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) >> Jennifer Aniston (30 Rock)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 2 Degrees >> Lisa Kudrow (Web Therapy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Gina Rodriguez: 3 Degrees >> Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings) >> Courteney Cox (Scrubs) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Taylor Schilling: 3 Degrees >> Lorraine Toussaint (OITNB) >> Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Martin Freeman: 2 Degrees >> Zooey Deschanel (The Good Girl) >> Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl)
Woody Harrelson: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
Matthew Mcconaughey: 2 Degrees >> Woody Harrelson (True Detective) >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
Mark Ruffalo: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Has It)
Billy Bob Thornton: 2 Degrees >> Ben Affleck (Armageddon) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Maggie Gyllenhaal: 2 Degrees >> Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko) >> Jennifer Aniston (The Good Girl)
Jessica Lange: 3 Degrees >> Sarah Paulson (AHS) >> Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Frances McDormand: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Frances O'Connor: 2 Degrees >> Reese Witherspoon (The Importance of Being Earnest) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Allison Tolman: 3 Degrees >> Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) >> Ben Affleck (Armageddon) >> Jennifer Aniston (He’s Just Not That Into You)
Matt Bomer: 2 Degrees >> Julia Roberts (The Normal Heart) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Alan Cumming: 2 Degrees >> Matthew Perry (The Good Wife) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Colin Hanks: 3 Degrees >> Emma Stone (The House Bunny) >> Steve Carell (Crazy Stupid Love) >> Jennifer Aniston (Bruce Almighty)
Bill Murray: 2 Degrees >> Frances McDormand (Olive Kitteridge) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends with Money)
Jon Voight: 2 Degrees >> Ben Stiller (Zoolander) >> Jennifer Aniston (Along Came Polly)
Uzo Aduba: 3 Degrees >> Lorraine Toussaint (OITNB) >> Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Kathy Bates: 3 Degrees >> Sarah Paulson (AHS) >> Brad Pitt (12 Years a Slave) >> Jennifer Aniston (Friends)
Joanne Froggatt: 2 Degrees >> Shirley MacLaine (Downton Abbey) >> Jennifer Aniston (Rumor Hast It)
Allison Janney: 1 Degree >> Jennifer Aniston (The Object of My Affection)
Michelle Monaghan: 2 Degrees >> Woody Harrelson (True Detective) >> Jennifer Aniston (Management)
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