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Jennifer Garner was born in Houston,
TX, in 1972. When she was very young, her family relocated to Charleston,
WV, where she grew up. Garner was the second of three daughters, and early
on developed an interest in ballet. After graduating from George
Washington High School in Charleston, Garner attended Denison University
in Granville, OH, where she became interested in drama, and eventually
received a degree in theater. After college, Garner moved to New York and
began auditioning for stage roles, landing her first part only a month
after arriving in town in 1995 as an understudy in the Broadway production
of A Month in the Country. Later that same year, Garner moved to Los
Angeles, and began working in television, making her screen debut in the
made-for-TV movie Zoya. Over the next two years, Garner landed guest roles
on several television shows, including Spin City and Law and Order, and
small parts in several motion pictures, among them Deconstructing Harry,
In Harm's Way, and Mr. Magoo.
1998 found Garner cast as the female lead on the short-lived Fox drama
Significant Others, and while the show only aired for a little over a
month, Garner fared much better with a showy recurring role on Felicity,
where she played Hannah, the former girlfriend of Noel Crane, played by
Scott Foley. Though Garner claims she had to go through five rounds of
auditions before she was given the role, she certainly made an impression
on co-star Foley; they soon began dating, and were married in the fall of
2000. Garner's work on Felicity helped win her a major supporting role on
the television series Time of Your Life, a spin-off of Party of Five
starring Jennifer Love Hewitt. The heavily promoted series was a ratings
disappointment, but Garner received enthusiastic notices, and began
winning film roles in high-profile projects such as Pearl Harbor and Dude,
Where's My Car?
In 2000, J.J. Abrams, who produced Felicity, was preparing a new series
for ABC about a female CIA agent living a triple life as a spy posing as a
college student, who is posing as a bank employee. Abrams remembered
Garner's impressive performance as Hannah, and cast her as Sydney Bristow
in Alias. The show quickly became a success, earning respectable ratings,
strong reviews, and a devoted fan following who tuned in each week to see
Garner beat up bad guys and don an impressive collection of slinky
outfits. That same year, Garner also appeared opposite her husband, Foley,
in a supporting role in the independent drama Rennie's Landing.
Riding high on the success of Alias with a Golden Globe Award in hand,
Garner continued to grow as a big-screen presence. After a memorable role
in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can, Garner displayed the
butt-kicking skills she honed on Alias, appearing as Elektra in the 2003
comic-book adaptation Daredevil. The next year, she took on her first
starring role, playing an adolescent girl who wakes up to suddenly find
herself all grown up in the romantic comedy 13 Going On 30.
While continuing to star on Alias, Garner next geared up to star in her
own Daredevil spin-off film, appropriately called Elektra. |
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Be with You (2009) (announced)
Juno (2007) (post-production) .... Vanessa Loring
The Kingdom (2007) (completed) .... Janet Mayes
Catch and Release (2006/II) .... Gray Wheeler
"Alias" .... Sydney Bristow (105 episodes, 2001-2006)
- All the Time in the World (2006) TV Episode .... Sydney Bristow
- Reprisal (2006) TV Episode .... Sydney Bristow
- No Hard Feelings (2006) TV Episode .... Sydney Bristow
- I See Dead People (2006) TV Episode .... Sydney Bristow
- 30 Seconds (2006) TV Episode .... Sydney Bristow
(100 more)
Elektra (2005) .... Elektra
The Animated Alias: Tribunal (2004) (V) (voice) .... Sydney Bristow
13 Going on 30 (2004) .... Jenna Rink
... aka Suddenly 30 (Australia)
Alias (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Agent Sydney Bristow
"Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 2003)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Jennifer Garner/Beck (2003) TV Episode .... Host
Daredevil (2003) .... Elektra Natchios
... aka Daredevil: A Daring New Vision (USA: director's cut (DVD
title))
Catch Me If You Can (2002) .... Cheryl Ann
"Felicity" .... Hannah Bibb / ... (3 episodes, 1998-2002)
- The Power of the Ex (2002) TV Episode .... Hannah Bibb
- The Fugue (1999) TV Episode .... Hanna Bibb
- Thanksgiving (1998) TV Episode .... Hannah Bibb
Rennie's Landing (2001) .... Kiley Bradshaw
... aka Stealing Time (USA: longer version)
Pearl Harbor (2001) .... Nurse Sandra
... aka Pearl Harbour (UK: promotional title)
Dude, Where's My Car? (2000) .... Wanda
"Time of Your Life" .... Romy Sullivan (21 episodes, 1999-2000)
- The Time They Were Scared of the City (2000) TV Episode .... Romy
Sullivan
- The Time Everything Changed (2000) TV Episode .... Romy Sullivan
- The Time They Got E-Rotic (2000) TV Episode .... Romy Sullivan
- The Time She Turned 21 (2000) TV Episode .... Romy Sullivan
- The Time They Decided to Date (2000) TV Episode .... Romy Sullivan
(16 more)
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) (TV) .... Diane Agostini
... aka Aftershock - Das große Beben (Germany)
... aka Erdbeben-Inferno: Wenn die Welt untergeht (Germany: rerun
title)
... aka New York - Der jüngste Tag (Germany: DVD title)
"The Pretender" .... Billie H. Vaughn / ... (1 episode, 1999)
- Pool (1999) TV Episode .... Billie H. Vaughn/Dupree
"Fantasy Island" .... Sally (1 episode, 1998)
- Dreams (1998) TV Episode .... Sally
1999 (1998) .... Annabell
... aka Girls & Boys (USA: MIFED title)
"Significant Others" .... Nell (6 episodes, 1998)
- The Plan (1998) TV Episode .... Nell
- The Next Big Thing (1998) TV Episode .... Nell
- Pilot (1998) TV Episode .... Nell
- Matters of Gravity (????) TV Episode .... Nell
- My Left Kidney (????) TV Episode .... Nell
(1 more)
Mr. Magoo (1997) .... Stacey Sampanahoditra
Washington Square (1997) .... Marian Almond
Deconstructing Harry (1997) .... Woman in Elevator/Harry's Character
Rose Hill (1997) (TV) .... Mary Rose Clayborne/Victoria Elliot at 17
The Player (1997) (TV)
In Harm's Way (1997) .... Kelly
"Spin City" .... Becky (1 episode, 1996)
- The Competition (1996) TV Episode .... Becky
"Law & Order" .... Jaime (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title)
- Aftershock (1996) TV Episode .... Jaime
"Dead Man's Walk" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Clara Forsythe
... aka Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk
"Swift Justice" .... Allison (1 episode, 1996)
- No Holds Barred (1996) TV Episode .... Allison
Harvest of Fire (1996) (TV) .... Sarah Troyer
Zoya (1995) (TV) .... Sasha
... aka Danielle Steel's 'Zoya' |
