Jennifer Garner
Born: Apr. 17, 1972
Houston, Texas, USA
Born on April 17th, 1972 in Houston, Texas, Jennifer Garner was raised in Charleston, West Virginia.
Jennifer studied dance in her teens and though she enrolled at Denison University as a chemistry major, her love for acting eventually had her switching her major to drama.
Jennifer headed off to New York to pursue her dreams. She managed to start landing film and TV gigs in the mid-1990s, including appearances on Law & Order and Spin City. She appeared in the NBC miniseries Danielle Steele’s ‘Zoya’ in 1995 and then took the lead in a CBS movie, Harvest of Fire. Other credits around that time include Rose Hill and the ABC miniseries Larry McMurtry’s Dead Man’s Walk.
Jennifer’s big screen debut was in Washington Square in 1997, a year that also saw her land parts in the films Deconstructing Harry and Mr. Magoo.
Jennifer then starred in quickly cancelled series Significant Others, which was produced by the team behind Party of Five. After that experience, Jennifer had a recurring role on Felicity, where she met actor Scott Foley. The creators of PO5 called again and this time Garner worked opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in the ill-fated PO5 spin-off The Time of Your Life.
In 2000, Jennifer worked with Ashton Kutcher in Dude, Where’s My Car? That same year she married Scott Foley.
Though 2001 had Jennifer appearing in the critically-savaged Pearl Harbor, the year also started the actress’ starring role as Agent Sydney Bristow on TV’s Alias, a role that has, um, garnered her several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and a Globe win in 2002.
With boffo TV success and a huge fan base, Jennifer got called back to the big screen, appearing with Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Ben Affleck in 2003’s Daredevil.
Garner’s marriage to Scott Foley ended in 2003. The following year, she had a big screen comedy, 13 Going on 30 rest squarely on her shoulders. Her character from Daredevil was then spun off in 2005’s Elektra.
Jennifer married Ben Affleck on June 29th, 2005 and welcomed a daughter, Violet Anne Affleck, on December 1st, 2005. Her TV show, Alias, wrapped up the following year.
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