Background
Rachel was born on May 5. Rachel grew up on Long Island with her parents, Leonard and Sandra, and her two sisters, Jill and Amy. Her father is a doctor and her family is shown to be incredibly wealthy; Rachel states that they owned a boat, she had her own pony and that her parents kept staff, such as a maid and a nanny. Rachel was the most popular girl in her high school and was a head cheerleader, as well as class president and prom queen. Despite her popularity (and apparent attitude problem), her best friend was Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), who was overweight and unpopular at the time. Rachel was close to Monica's family when she was in high school, so she already knew Monica's older brother Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), who harbors a long-unrequited love for her, and Ross' best friend from college, Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry).
Rachel first appears in the pilot episode when she comes into Central Perk in a soaking wet wedding dress. Rachel had crawled out of a bathroom window before the ceremony as she had realized that she couldn't marry her fiancee, Barry Farber (Mitchell Whitfield), as she doesn't really love him. With nowhere to go, she stays at Monica's apartment. She also meets Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) and Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc).
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