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  • NAME: Jennifer Anne Garner
  • OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
  • BIRTH DATE: April 17, 1972 (Age: 40)
  • EDUCATION: Denison University
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Houston, Texas
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Jennifer Garner is an American actress who gained fame for her role as Sydney in the dramatic series Alias. She is married to actor and director Ben Affleck.

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Jennifer Garner is an American actress who gained fame for her role as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the dramatic series Alias, a TV thriller that lasted five seasons. She went on to gain minor roles in several hit films, including Pearl Harbor and Catch Me if You Can. In 2007,

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she played a woman looking to adopt a child in the cult flick Juno. She is married to actor and director Ben Affleck.

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Actress. Born Jennifer Anne Garner on April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas. The daughter of a chemical engineer and a retired English professor, Garner was raised in Charleston, West Virginia, with her two sisters. She attended Denison University in Ohio, where she graduated with a degree in theater in 1996. After performing on stage in New York City, she moved to Los Angeles to work in television, landing bit parts on several shows, including Spin City and Law and Order.

In 2000, Garner earned notice for her recurring role on the hit show Felicity, and the show's producer subsequently cast her as the lead in a new ABC drama, Alias. It was her starring turn as CIA agent Sydney Bristow that made Garner into an overnight success, earning her a loyal following of viewers and critical praise. In turn, she was cast in such feature films as the Steven Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can co-starring Leonard DiCaprio; Daredevil co-staring Ben Affleck; and 13 Going On 30 with actor Mark Ruffalo. In January 2005, she starred in the Daredevil spin-off, Elektra.

Garner married Felicity co-star Scott Foley in October 2000; they divorced in March 2004. She began dating actor Ben Affleck that year and married him in a private ceremony nine months later in the Caribbean on June 29, 2005. Their daughter, Violet, was born the following November.

In 2007, Garner starred in the action film The Kingdom, which addressed U.S. conflicts with the oil industry in Saudi Arabia. That same year, she co-starred with Ellen Page, Michael Cera and Jason Bateman in the indie comedy, Juno. The film won more than 45 awards, including an Oscar for Best Screenplay and a Grammy for the motion-picture soundtrack. Garner's role as an adoptive mother also earned her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

In January of 2009, Garner gave birth to her second child with Affleck, a daughter named Seraphina. Her upcoming projects include the television remake of the play Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as the romantic comedy The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

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