KEY POINTS

  • TikTok user Lisa Tranel went viral after lip-synching to a quote from Jennifer Aniston's "Friends" character Rachel Green
  • Social media users noticed her strong resemblance to the actress
  • Tranel is a single mom of three who is active on TikTok and Instagram

A Jennifer Aniston lookalike made headlines after recreating a scene from the hit sitcom "Friends."

TikTok user Lisa Tranel shared a now-viral video Wednesday in which she lip-synced to an iconic quote from Aniston's "Friends" character Rachel Green.

"I want to quit," Rachel said in a 1997 episode when talking to pal Monica Geller (Courteney Cox). "But then I think I should stick it out. Then, I think why would such a person stay in such a demeaning job just because it's remotely related to the field they are interested in."

The TikTok video has since gone viral, and other users couldn't help but notice her strong resemblance to the actress.

"I literally thought this was Jennifer Aniston until 10 seconds in," one person commented on the video, which has received over 500,000 likes on TikTok. Another user wrote, "Blown away Jen twin."

"I thought you were Jennifer Aniston," a third user commented. "Stahhhp! You look JUST like her!!!!!!!!!!!!" a fourth netizen said.

So who is Aniston’s viral doppelgänger?

1. She is a general manager

Tranel is active on social media. According to her Facebook account, she is a general manager at a company called Stretch Zone Southlake, which offers practitioner-assisted stretching.

2. She’s from Oklahoma

Tranel is currently living in Dallas, Texas. However, she came from Altus, Oklahoma.

3. She’s a fit mom

Aniston's lookalike is also active on Instagram. She has shared pictures of herself working out as well as documented her body transformation before and after giving birth.

"Holy transformation Tuesday Batman!!!! This just motivated the heck out of me!! The human body is amazing and al that stands in the way of you and your goal... is YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!" she wrote in one post.

4. She’s a single mom

Tranel is a proud mom of three. She constantly shares pictures of herself with her children.

In one photo of her posing alongside them, she wrote, "There are never enough I Love You’s." She added the hashtags for "mom stuff," "mom life rocks" and "mom of boys," among others.

In another post, she spoke about being a single parent.

"My kids are my world!" she wrote. "Any other single parents out there? It’s not easy. Especially navigating dating as a single parent. "

5. She prioritizes her children

Tranel has previously spoken about the struggles of dating as a single mom. In 2019, she shared that she broke up with an ex-boyfriend to prioritize her children.

"I recently was in a relationship, he constantly made comments about how people think he is crazy for dating me since I have 3 kids..." she wrote on Instagram.

She continued, "He acted like he was a saint for loving me 'even though' I had kids. Let me tell you something.... my kids are a privilege to know and to love. You wanna see momma bear come out??? Because he sure did my kids will always come first. Always."

US actress Jennifer Aniston said she had feelings for her co-star David Schwimmer early on in the making of "Friends"
US actress Jennifer Aniston said she had feelings for her co-star David Schwimmer early on in the making of "Friends" AFP / Robyn Beck