She is the daughter of Greek-born actor John Aniston and American actress Nancy Dow.
Aniston gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), a role which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
bosses have confirmed that Nicola Stapleton is reprising her role as Mandy Salter after 17 years away from Albert Square.


Reflecting on her comeback, Stapleton told fans have seen Mandy embark on a relationship with Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) following her return to Walford.
Asked whether she finds the pairing strange due to the age difference, Stapleton replied: "Adam Woodyatt is 43, and Mandy's a couple of years younger than I am, so she's mid-30s, so not really.
In 2008, she co-founded the production company Echo Films.
In 2012, Aniston received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
But it's nice to have everyone thinking that because it gives us juicy storylines to play with.""I think if we'd immediately put on screen this massive love affair, I don't think anybody would've believed that," she continued.
"But I think people can fall in love or fondness can grow over time. I mean, I'm not the sort of girl that goes for guys who are strikingly beautiful.
I’ve got it all with him really – he’s the best mix of fun and serious, light and dark, and naughty and good.
It started as Ginger, but there’s a Frank Sinatra song called Gingi.
Nicola Kathleen Stapleton (born 9 August 1974 in Elephant and Castle, London) is an English actress.
A graduate of the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Stapleton began her career at an early age, appearing in films such as Hansel and Grettel and on television in the children's show Simon and the Witch in 1987.
But if I really regretted it that much I could go and do it now, so I sort of feel that life is too short for regrets – you’re too busy doing the next thing. It’s not like it’s my first child or anything – but still I was standing up at the side, clapping and crying. Some are rubbish, but I still watch them, chasing the high of When Harry Met Sally... make sure there was a public library on every high street. It’s starting to go a bit wrong now and I need a new car, but I’m not very materialistic. giving birth to both of my daughters in private hospitals. It’s the best city on Earth, perhaps with the exception of New York.