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The movies Jennifer Aniston has filmed in Atlanta

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By Jennifer Brett
Aug 24, 2017

Jennifer Aniston plays Rosie Dickson, a beauty queen turned pageant director in "Dumplin,'" filming in Atlanta. The plot, per imdb: "girl with the nickname 'Dumplin'' enters a beauty pageant in order to win over the boy she likes and stick it to the other girls at school."

Anne Fletcher directs the movie, based on the novel by Julie Murphy.

Jen's no stranger to our booming screen scene.

Here's  a look at other movies she's made here.

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