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Jennifer Aniston to Star in Adaptation of Jennette McCurdy's Memoir
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 1 – The 10-episode dramedy will explore Jennette McCurdy's traumatic childhood and healing journey, with the memoir spending over 80 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.
- Apple TV+ announced on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, that Jennifer Aniston will star and executive produce a 10-episode series adapting Jennette McCurdy's memoir Glad My Mom Died.
- The series is based on McCurdy's bestselling 2022 memoir, which details her experiences of enduring emotional, mental, and physical abuse from her mother during her childhood while working as a young actress.
- The dramedy explores the complicated, dependent dynamic of a teenage actress starring in a well-known children’s show and her self-absorbed mother, a role played by Aniston.
- McCurdy described feeling shifting emotions including anger and compassion while witnessing her mother's seizure in an ambulance and called therapy vital to her recovery.
- The project marks Aniston's second TV role since Friends ended in 2004 and reflects McCurdy's complex story involving her mother’s death from cancer in 2013.
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In a new excerpt from her book I'm Glad My Mom Died, iCarly alum Jennette McCurdy shares the moment she told her mom she wanted to quit acting — long before she found fame
The story of Jennette McCurdy, which the former child actress wrote in her autobiography, is now being adapted into a TV series based on one of the best-selling books of recent years, with Jennifer Aniston playing McCurdy's "authoritative and domineering" mother.
Jennette McCurdy's 'I'm Glad My Mom Died' Is Being Turned Into A Miniseries
I’m Glad My Mom Died writer Jennette McCurdy at an event with Spotify 2023 on October 03, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Spotify) Jennette McCurdy’s bombshell bestseller is coming to the small screen. The actress’s memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” has been greenlit for a 10-episode miniseries, which will air on Apple TV+, with the titular mother role already cast. McCurdy will take on the roles of showrunner, write…
The American actress will star in the adaptation of the autobiographical book, which will reach Apple TV+ screens
Jennifer Aniston Set to Star in Apple TV+ Series Based on Jennette McCurdy's Memoir
Kevork Djansezian-USA TODAY Jennifer Aniston is set to star in another Apple TV+ series after the streaming platform greenlit I’m Glad My Mom Died, a dramedy inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s bestselling memoir. Learn more about Aniston’s involvement in the project and what the limited series will be about below. Related: Jennifer Aniston, 56, Reveals Her ‘Bucket List’ Weeks After Being Targeted By Deranged Stalker Aniston’s Other Projects With App…
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