Jennifer Garner Biography:

Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas, to a chemical engineer father and an English professor mother. She was the second of three daughters, all of whom were young when the family moved to Charleston, West Virginia.

The Garner family was a conventional one, wearing makeup and earrings were prohibited, yielding a great difference between the appearances of the young Jennifer and the older one that television audiences have come to love.

As a child, Jennifer was an wannabe ballerina, practicing for up to six hours a day. Over the course of her young teens, this obsession for performance translated into an curiosity in acting and, after graduating from George Washington High School in Charleston, Jennifer enrolled in a theater program at Denison University in Granville, Ohio.

Jennifer's love for acting grew during her undergraduate years, and she stayed away from the traditional college party lifestyle of drinking and drugs in favor of honing her craft. After her 1994 graduation from Denison, Jennifer decided to give up her earlier plans to expand her theater studies at Yale University, opting instead to move to New York City. Her idea was to try her hand at some auditions to see how far her training and skill would carry her.

Whether good schooling, natural talent, tremendously photogenic looks, or a more likely combination of all three, it did not take Jennifer long to find stage and theater work. Within two months of her arrival in New York City, Jennifer was hired as an understudy role in the Broadway production of "A Month in the Country". Now fully aware of her skills as an actress, Jennifer relocated to Los Angeles to search for television and film work. Again, success did not evade her, and she quickly made her screen introduction in the made for television movie "Zoya" starring Melissa Gilbert and Bruce Boxleitner.

Over the next two years leading up to 1998, Jennifer found steady screen, film and television work. While the roles she landed were often small ones, their setting among popular situation comedies and successful movies raised Jennifer's profile in Hollywood. 

Guest spots on the programs Spin City and Law & Order, and appearances in movies such as "Deconstructing Harry" starring Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Demi Moore, Robin Williams, Tobey Maguire and Paul Giamatti (1997) and "In Harm's Way" (1997) all contributed significantly to Jennifer's acting resume. In 1998, she was hired and cast in a leading role on the FOX drama series, "Significant Others".

Jennifer Garner Appears On Felicity

Due to poor ratings, "Significant Others" was pulled off the air after only two months. Jennifer auditioned for a role in the trendy WB series "Felicity" and, after five additional auditions, was given the job. Her role, that of Noel Crane's meddling ex-girlfriend Hannah, was first cast as a one time guest appearance, but "Felicity" producer J.J. Abrams was suitably impressed with her performance to call Jennifer back for several additional appearances. This gave Garner the opportunity to work with the like of Tyra Banks, Keri Russell and Scott Foley.

"Felicity" brought Jennifer Garner more work; it was on the set of the show that her relationship began with actor Scott Foley (who portrayed her fictional ex-boyfriend, Noel), which led to the couple's marriage in the fall of 2000. Nevertheless, like many Hollywood marriages, it didn't last forever: the couple divorced in March 2004.

Jennifer got a second chance at a leading role in 1999, when she was cast in the Jennifer Love Hewitt series, "Time of Your Life". Although Jennifer's individual performance was critically acclaimed, the "Party of Five" spin-off shared the same fate as "Significant Others" and was canceled after 21 episodes on the air. Despite its collapse, Jennifer's appearances on the show had contributed to her ever-heightening sexy celebrity status, and she went on to portray roles in such large scale projects such as "Pearl Harbor" (2001) as Nurse Sandra while working alongside super Hollywood talents Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Josh Hartnett. Next was the sophomoric comedy "Dude, Where's My Car?" as Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend.

Jennifer Garner Stars in "Alias"

In 2000, Jennifer was approached by "Felicity" producer J.J. Abrams with an opportunity to try out for his new project, an action series he was developing for ABC. Her curiosity was aroused by his description of the show,  called "Alias", so she enrolled in martial arts lessons in preparation for her audition. Jennifer's determination paid off, and two months later she was hired and cast in the leading role of Sydney Bristow, a CIA agent who juggles multiple identities as well as a host of sexy outfits. 

In a welcome change from her previous experiences, "Alias" has enjoyed decent ratings and a solid reception. The television series has spawned a loyal fan base and, in February of 2002, Jennifer was awarded the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama.

In the meantime, Jennifer has continued to expand her acting skills. In 2002, she took a small role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the Steven Spielberg feature, "Catch Me If You Can" gaining top-notch experience working with not only Leo, but Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen and James Brolin. The following year, she appeared next to Ben Affleck, Colin Farrell and Michael Clarke Duncan in a film variation of the comic book "Daredevil". Once again, she found love and romance on the production set and has been dating Jennifer Lopez's ex-boyfriend ever since.

In 2004, Jennifer appeared in the romantic comedy "13 Going On 30", where thirteen year old girl plays a game on her 13th birthday and wakes up the next day as a 30 year old woman. Then in 2005, she took on the lead role in "Elektra", the follow-up to "Daredevil" where Elektra the warrior survives a near death experience, becomes an assassin, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins. 

While never wanting to slow down, Jennifer was kept busy with the release of "Catch and Release" (2005) as the lead role about a woman struggling to accept the death of her fiancé, and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life. And finally, "Charlotte's Web" in 2006 lending her voice talents to this animated flick featuring the famous voices of Julia Roberts, Steve Buscemi, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Dakota Fanning. This movie was a revision of the classic tale where Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen..

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