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Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner

Acting

April 17, 1972 (54 years old)
Houston, Texas, USA
Female
61 Movies
67 TV Shows

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.

Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club

Dallas Buyers Club

2013 7.9

as Eve

Age 41 (now 54)
13 Going on 30
13 Going on 30

13 Going on 30

2004 6.8

as Jenna Rink

Age 31 (now 54)
Love, Simon
Love, Simon

Love, Simon

2018 8.0

as Emily

Age 45 (now 54)
Peppermint
Peppermint

Peppermint

2018 6.7

as Riley North

Age 46 (now 54)
Juno
Juno

Juno

2007 7.1

as Vanessa Loring

Age 35 (now 54)
Miracles from Heaven
Miracles from Heaven

Miracles from Heaven

2016 7.5

as Christy Beam

Age 43 (now 54)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012 7.0

as Cindy Green

Age 40 (now 54)
Daredevil
Daredevil

Daredevil

2003 5.3

as Elektra Natchios

Age 30 (now 54)
YES DAY
YES DAY

YES DAY

2021 6.7

as Allison Torres

Age 48 (now 54)
Elektra
Elektra

Elektra

2005 5.1

as Elektra Natchios / Elektra

Age 32 (now 54)
The Kingdom
The Kingdom

The Kingdom

2007 6.7

as Janet Mayes

Age 35 (now 54)
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying

The Invention of Lying

2009 6.2

as Anna McDoogles

Age 37 (now 54)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009 6.0

as Jenny Perotti

Age 37 (now 54)
The Adam Project
The Adam Project

The Adam Project

2022 7.0

as Ellie Reed

Age 49 (now 54)
Alias
Alias

Alias

2001 6.8

as Sydney Bristow

Age 29 (now 54)
105 eps
Family Switch
Family Switch

Family Switch

2023 6.4

as Jess Walker

Age 51 (now 54)