Jennifer Garner
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Biography
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. She made her screen debut in the television adaptation of Danielle Steel's romance novel Zoya in 1995. She had guest television appearances and supporting film roles, as well as a featured role on the teen drama television series Time of Your Life (1999–2000) and a supporting role in the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001).
Garner gained recognition for her leading performance as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC spy-action thriller television series Alias (2001–2006). For her work on the series, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, in addition to four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She received additional praise for her performance in the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30 (2004), and went on to portray Elektra in the superhero films Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005). She continued to achieve commercial success with performances in the comedy-drama Juno (2007), and the romantic comedies Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) and Valentine's Day (2010).
Garner had starring film roles in the fantasy-comedy The Invention of Lying (2009), the fantasy drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), and the biographic drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She went on to star in the family comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), the drama Miracles from Heaven (2016), the romantic comedy-drama Love, Simon (2018), the HBO comedy series Camping (2018), the action thriller Peppermint (2018) and action-comedy The Adam Project (2022). Garner has also produced and starred in the comedy Butter (2011) and the family adventure Yes Day (2021).
Garner works as an activist for early childhood education and is a board member of Save the Children USA. She is the co-founder and chief brand officer of the organic baby food company Once Upon a Farm. She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among children of celebrities.
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Oscars
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Daily Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Graham Norton Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Late Night with Seth Meyers
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Today
The Simpsons
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Pretender
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Upload
Kids' Choice Awards
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Ask the Storybots
The Jay Leno Show
Fantasy Island
Schitt's Creek
America's Funniest Home Videos
Mother's Day
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Catch Me If You Can
Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil
Can't Go Home
Pearl Harbor
Valentine's Day
Deadpool & Wolverine
Party Down
Wonder Park
Mr. Magoo
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
The Adam Project
Law & Order
Danny Collins
Juno
Dude, Where's My Car?
Llama Llama
The Kingdom
The Invention of Lying
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Daredevil
Angel City
Men, Women & Children
Love, Simon
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Dallas Buyers Club
13 Going on 30
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Yes Day 2
Elektra
Alias
Miracles from Heaven
Camping
Family Switch
The Last Thing He Told Me
Yes Day
Catch and Release
Production Credits
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