Jennifer Aniston Is Thrilled to Give Barbra Streisand SAG's Life Achievement Award: 'She Paved the Way' (Exclusive)

“She was in my house since I could remember," Aniston told PEOPLE on the red carpet for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Jennifer Aniston couldn't be happier to give Barbra Streisand her Life Achievement Award at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Speaking with PEOPLE on the red carpet at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, the actress, 55, said Streisand "was in my house since I could remember, I just heard that voice… there’s nothing like her."

“There’s no one that compares to her and she paved the way for a lot of us women, all of us, actually," Aniston added.

At the ceremony, Streisand, 81, will accept the SAG Life Achievement Award, given to actors who display the "finest ideals of the acting profession."

SAG-AFTRA first announced that Streisand would be the 59th recipient of its Life Achievement Award in a December press release, describing the EGOT honoree as "one of the greatest entertainers of all time.”

 Barbra Streisand poses backstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California
Barbra Streisand.

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“Ever since I was a young girl sitting in the Loew’s Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, I dreamed of being one of those actresses I saw on the screen," Streisand said in a statement at the time. "The movies were a portal to a world I could only imagine. Even though I was an unlikely candidate, somehow my dream came true.”

“This award is especially meaningful to me because it comes from my fellow actors, whom I so admire,” she added.

The honor, which is voted on by members of SAG-AFTRA's National Honors and Tributes Committee, went to Sally Field and Helen Mirren in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

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Aniston is among the many stars on The Morning Show nominated for outstanding ensemble performance in a drama series at the 2024 SAG Awards.

See PEOPLE’s coverage of the 2024 SAG Awards as it airs live on Netflix from Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in L.A.

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