Yes, Jennifer Aniston would like to thank the academy. But it won’t be this year. At long last, many critics saw Aniston fulfill potential first revealed in 2002’s art-house hit “The Good Girl” in an even darker, more daring role in the drama “Cake,” in which she plays a drug-addicted woman in chronic physical and emotional pain. That performance earned the “Friends” star Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice nominations, and this weekend, Aniston’s performance also is up for a Screen Actors Guild award. But the motion picture academy passed her by when it announced its nominations last week.On the day after failing to receive the Oscar nomination, the 45-year-old Aniston was promoting “Cake,” which opens Friday, while sitting just inches away from a poster touting her “Oscar-worthy performance.” The actress said, with a grin, “Well, there’s ‘Oscar-worthy. The truth is, this movie hasn’t even come out yet,” she continued. “I feel so lucky that any of that has even happened on a movie that we started shooting not even a year ago. We started April 3rd of last year. I couldn’t ask for more than that. “
