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Jennifer Garner(I)

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Jennifer Garner
Goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women's soccer team, Angel City Football Club. Follows the origin story through the 2022 inaugural season of the female-founded and led team.
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Jennifer Garner, who catapulted into stardom with her lead role on the television series Alias (2001), has come a long way from her birthplace of Houston, Texas. Raised in Charleston, West Virginia by her mother Patricia Ann (née English), a retired English teacher, and her father, Billy Jack Garner, a former chemical engineer, she is the second of their three daughters. She spent nine years of her adolescence studying ballet, and characterizes her years in dance as consisting of determination rather than talent, being driven mostly by a love of the stage.

Jennifer took this determination with her when she enrolled at Denison University as a chemistry major; later she changed her major when she discovered that her passion for the stage was stronger than her love of science. New York attracted the young actress after college, and she worked as a hostess while pursuing a career in film and television. Her most recent move has been to Los Angeles, a decision that led to a role on the television series Felicity (1998), where she met her future husband Scott Foley. The couple divorced in 2004.

Jennifer starred in the television series Alias (2001) as Agent Sydney Bristow, who works for the Central Intelligence Agency. For her work, Garner has received four consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She has also received four Golden Globe nominations and won once, as well as received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, and won once. She has appeared in numerous other television production as well as such films as Elektra (2005), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Daredevil (2003), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Aside from filming Alias (2001), Jennifer enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking, and--inspired by her character on the series--kickboxing. She married actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck in 2005, now her ex-husband, with whom she has three children.
BornApril 17, 1972
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BornApril 17, 1972
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  • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
    • 12 wins & 61 nominations total

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Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice in The Never Dry (2023)
Jennifer Garner in Keep Austin Weird (2023)
Jennifer Garner in The Day After (2023)
Jennifer Garner in Protect Her (2023)
Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Jennifer Garner and Angourie Rice in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Garner, Thandiwe Newton, and Kelly Clarkson

Known for

Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
Alias
7.6
TV Series
  • Sydney Bristow
  • Anna Espinosa
Jennifer Garner in 13 Going on 30 (2004)
13 Going on 30
6.3
  • Jenna Rink
  • 2004
Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jennifer Garner, and Colin Farrell in Daredevil (2003)
Daredevil
5.3
  • Elektra Natchios
  • 2003
Michael Cera and Elliot Page in Juno (2007)
Juno
7.5
  • Vanessa Loring
  • 2007

Credits

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Actress

  • Significant Others
    • Nell
    • Released
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1998
  • Can't Go Home
    • K.D Williams
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Family Leave
    • Jess Walker
    • Pre-production
  • Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90
    • Completed
  • Jackpot
    • (rumored)
    • Pre-production
  • Fantasy Camp
    • Pre-production
  • Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
    The Last Thing He Told Me
    • Hannah Hall
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Party Down (2009)
    Party Down
    • Evie Adler
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Upload (2020)
    Upload
    • Officer Jennifer Garner (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Jennifer Garner, Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, and Walker Scobell in The Adam Project (2022)
    The Adam Project
    • Ellie Reed
    • 2022
  • Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, and Everly Carganilla in Yes Day (2021)
    Yes Day
    • Allison Torres
    • 2021
  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
    Home Movie: The Princess Bride
    • Princess Buttercup
    • Ancient Booer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Llama Llama (2018)
    Llama Llama
    • Mama Llama (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • Mila Kunis, Norbert Leo Butz, Ken Hudson Campbell, Ken Jeong, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver, and Brianna Denski in Wonder Park (2019)
    Wonder Park
    • Mom (voice)
    • 2019
  • Juliette Lewis, Ione Skye, Jennifer Garner, David Tennant, Janicza Bravo, Arturo Del Puerto, Chris Sullivan, and Bridget Everett in Camping (2018)
    Camping
    • Kathryn McSorley-Jodell
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Jennifer Garner in Peppermint (2018)
    Peppermint
    • Riley North
    • 2018
  • Nick Robinson in Love, Simon (2018)
    Love, Simon
    • Emily
    • 2018
  • The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
    The Tribes of Palos Verdes
    • Sandy
    • 2017
  • A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)
    A Happening of Monumental Proportions
    • Nadine
    • 2017
  • Jennifer Garner and Bryan Cranston in Wakefield (2016)
    Wakefield
    • Diana Wakefield
    • 2016
  • Kevin Spacey, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Garner, Mark Consuelos, Cheryl Hines, Robbie Amell, and Malina Pauli Weissman in Nine Lives (2016)
    Nine Lives
    • Lara Brand
    • 2016

Producer

  • Family Leave
    • producer
    • Pre-production
  • Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
    The Last Thing He Told Me
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez, Jenna Ortega, Julian Lerner, and Everly Carganilla in Yes Day (2021)
    Yes Day
    • producer (produced by, p.g.a.)
    • 2021
  • The Tribes of Palos Verdes (2017)
    The Tribes of Palos Verdes
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Garner, Ty Burrell, Hugh Jackman, Rob Corddry, Olivia Wilde, and Ashley Greene in Butter (2011)
    Butter
    • producer
    • 2011
  • Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
    Alias
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2006

Director

  • Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)
    Alias
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2005
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Jennifer Garner is Eager to See Angourie Rice in New 'Mean Girls' Movie
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The Invention of Lying: "Any Messages?"
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The Invention of Lying: "Any Messages?"
Alias: The Fifth Season & Final Season
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Alias: Season One
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Personal details

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    • Jennifer Affleck
  • Height
    • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
  • Born
    • April 17, 1972
    • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Spouses
      Ben AffleckJune 29, 2005 - November 7, 2018 (divorced, 3 children)
  • Children
      Samuel Garner Affleck
  • Parents
      Patricia Ann (English) Garner
  • Relatives
      Melissa Garner(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Print ad for The Gap clothing stores.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 11 Interviews
    • 32 Articles
    • 10 Pictorials
    • 37 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Early in the filming of Daredevil (2003), while doing a stunt, she became tangled in the wires that were helping her do a flip; she nearly crashed into a wall from which she had to flip.. Ben Affleck, rushed up in his Daredevil costume and grabbed her and pulled her away before she could hit it. She later commented, "It was like he was Superman.".
  • Quotes
    [on Alias (2001) co-star Carl Lumbly] We looked him up on IMDb, and we just cracked up - his resumé goes on and on. He was even on Cagney & Lacey (1981).
  • Trademarks
      Distinctive child-like voice.
  • Nickname
    • Jen
  • Salaries
      Juno
      (2007)
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