Name: Jennifer Garner
Birth Name: Jennifer Garner
Birthdate: Apr. 17, 1972
Birthplace: Houston, TX
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR JENNIFER GARNER
Texas-born, West Virginia-raised Garner got her first acting gig in 1998 with a guest stint on the TV show
Felicity, where she met her first husband, Scott Foley. The two got married in 2000 and divorced in 2004.
Felicity director J.J. Abrams remembered Garner when he was casting for his grad-student-by-day, CIA-double-agent-by-night drama
Alias
(2001). Garner landed the part and has been among the Hollywood elite
ever since, earning a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for her lead
acting nearly every year during the show's six-year run. Film roles
came soon thereafter in
Pearl Harbor,
13 Going on 30,
Daredevil and its sequel (and her first action-hero starring vehicle)
Elektra. Garner met future husband Ben Affleck on the set of
Pearl Harbor,
but their romance didn't spark until the much-publicized breakup of
Affleck and former flame Jennifer Lopez. Garner and Affleck wed in 2005
and have a daughter together.
5 Things:
1. She was enrolled at Yale to study drama but left for an acting job in New York City instead.
2. She is a trained ballerina.
3. Move over, Bill Clinton. Garner plays sax, too.
4. Maxim named Garner the Sexiest Woman of 2001.
5. She idolizes Martha Stewart and even named her dog after the domestic diva.
Quote:
On shooting the final episodes of
Alias: "It feels like a graduation. Graduation is hard. Imagine your life without these people."
—
Entertainment Weekly Online, Nov. 30, 2005
Family:
Husbands: Ben Affleck, actor; married 2005; Scott Foley, actor; married 2000, divorced 2004
Daughter: Violet Anne Affleck; born Dec. 1, 2005
Awards:
2002: Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Drama), Alias
FILMS
The Kingdom - (2007) - Actor
Juno - (2007) - Actor
Catch and Release - (2006) - Actor
Charlotte's Web - (2006) - Voice
Elektra - (2005) - Actor
13 Going on 30 - (2004) - Actor
Daredevil - (2003) - Actor
Daredevil/Transporter - (2003) - Actor
Alias: Season 1 - Vol. 3 - Episodes 16 - 22 - (2003) - Actor
Alias: Season 1 - Vol. 1 Episodes 1 - 7 - (2003) - Actor
Alias: Season 2 - Vol. 2 Episodes 9 - 16 - (2003) - Actor
Alias: Season 2 - Vol. 3. Episodes 17 - 22 - (2003) - Actor
Stealing Time - (2003) - Actor
Alias: Season 1 - Vol. 2 - Episodes 8 - 15 - (2003) - Actor
Catch Me if You Can - (2002) - Actor
Pearl Harbor - (2001) - Actor
Alias - The Complete First Season - (2001) - Actor
Alias - The Complete Second Season - (2001) - Actor
Alias - The Complete Third Season - (2001) - Actor
Dude, Where's My Car? - (2000) - Actor
After Shock - (1999) - Actor
1999 - (1998) - Actor
Significant Others: The Series - (1998) - Actor
Washington Square - (1997) - Actor
Mr. Magoo - (1997) - Actor
Rose Hill - (1996) - Actor
