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Jennifer Garner

Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner was born 17th April 1972 in Houston, Texas.

In New York City, Garner earned $150 a week as an understudy in the play A Month in the Country for Roundabout Theatre Company in 1995. She was then cast in her first television role, a part in the made-for-television movie Zoya, based on the Danielle Steel novel. In 1996 she appeared in an episode of Spin City as the character James' high school sweetheart. Her next acting jobs were in two short-lived television series, Significant Others and Time of Your Life, and a recurring role in the series Felicity. Garner appeared in the comedy Dude, Where's My Car?, playing Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend. In 2001, she appeared as a nurse in the big-budget epic Pearl Harbor, co-starring with Kate Beckinsale and future husband Ben Affleck.

Garner enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking and kickboxing (a hobby picked up during training for her Alias character). She is close friends with Reese Witherspoon and also close to actress Jean Louisa Kelly, who interviewed Garner for the June 2005 issue of Self magazine.

She Married Scott Foley in October 2000 and got divorced in May 2003.

She then went out with Michael Vartan.

Then got married to Ben Affleck in June 2005, she didn't change her name to Affleck.
On December 1, 2005, she gave birth to their daughter, Violet Anne Affleck, in Los Angeles, California. They are expecting there second child around now.
Jennifer eventually takes Afflecks surname.


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Jennifer Garner - news / articles


  • Affleck and Garner plan another movie collaboration - 1 October 2009
    -Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are making plans for their first movie collaboration in six years.- -The couple first met on the set of 2001 movie Pearl Harbor but didn't start dating until they were reunited for 2003 film Daredevil.- - Since they wed in 2005, their ca


  • Garner plays pranks on Gervais - 19 September 2009
    -Jennifer Garner played a series of pranks on Ricky Gervais on the set of The Invention Of Lying - after he laid down strict rules during filming.- -The upcoming movie was co-directed by Gervais and Matthew Robinson, but The Office creator Gervais placed a series of cond


  • Smith offended Garner with Affleck gags - 20 June 2009
    -Director Kevin Smith got on the wrong side of his Catch And Release co-star Jennifer Garner - after he ridiculed her husband Ben Affleck when he visited the set.- -Smith, who is a longtime pal of Affleck's after directing him in 1995 cult hit Mallrats, eagerly mocked hi

Jennifer Garner - what members say


  • Alias - Season 1
  • Alias - Season 1 review by from Sheffield, England
    Rated - 5 stars Absoloutley Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!! 3 February 2004
    ...g out BIG TIME! Alias is absoloutley brilliant with fantastic performances from Jennifer Garner and Micheal Vartan. Jennifer's character Sydney Bristto is a double agent worki...  
  • Alias - Season 2
  • Alias - Season 2 review by SAI81 from Tonbridge, Kent
    Rated - 4 stars Alias: Season 2 30 May 2007
    ...hanger, often midway through a mission. The action sequences are fantastic with Jennifer Garner and the rest of the cast evidently doing a lot of their own work and such lumin...  
  • 13 Going On 30
  • 13 Going On 30 review by from Totteridge, London
    Rated - 4 stars 13 Going On Alias 6 December 2004
    ...Jennifer Garner, undeniably a hard-ass in 'Alias', shows an impossibly cute side in this likeable comedy. Yes, it's a knock off of 'Big', and yes, there are plot holes slig...  

Jennifer Garner - filmography


  • Juno on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ellen Page,  Michael Cera,  Jennifer Garner
    Director: Jason Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The word 'quirky' has become the quick and easy way to describe films such as Little Miss Sunshine and Lars and the Real Girl that straddle the lines between indie and studio films and comedy and drama. While Juno fits into that same category, this distinctive dramedy is in a class all its own. ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 78,347 members
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  • 13 Going On 30 on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jennifer Garner,  Mark Ruffalo,  Judy Greer
    Director: Gary Winick
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After Jenna Rink's 13th birthday party where her friend Lucy plays a cruel prank on her, she promptly makes a wish that she could skip adolescence and be 30. With the help of some wish dust given to her by her unpopular best friend Matty, her wish comes true. She wakes up to find that her 13-year-..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 36,377 members
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  • Catch Me If You Can on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Leonardo DiCaprio,  Christopher Walken
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Frank W. Abagnale's autobiography CATCH ME IF YOU CAN follows the cat-and-mouse chase of Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) and FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) as Abagnale travels the world passing forged checks and assuming false identities. Covering the time period ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 50,899 members
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  • Pearl Harbor on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Kate Beckinsale,  Jon Voight
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Michael Bay (ARMAGEDDON, THE ROCK) uses a tragic romantic triangle to set the stage for the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in this epic tale of love, loss, and patriotism. When Evelyn (Kate Beckinsale), a beautiful Navy nurse, meets dashing ace Army fighter pilot Rafe (Ben ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 8,989 members
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  • Mr Magoo on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Leslie Nielsen,  Kelly Lynch,  Ernie Hudson
    Director: Stanley Tong
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Comically myopic hero Mr. Magoo stumbles onto the big screen in this live-action cartoon. After Magoo (Leslie Nielsen, star of AIRPLANE! and the NAKED GUN television series and movies) inadvertently makes off with a priceless gem exhibited at the premiere of a posh museum, he and his bulldog ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 704 members
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Jennifer Garner facts

5 most recent films

Valentine's Day - 3.5 stars
Invention of Lying, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past - 3.5 stars
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Invention of Lying - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Alias - Season 5 - 4.0 stars
Alias - Season 2 - 4.0 stars
Alias - Season 4 - 4.0 stars
Alias - Season 3 - 4.0 stars
Juno - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stealing Time - 1.5 stars
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Valentine's Day - 3.5 stars
Invention of Lying, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Elektra - BLU-RAY Version - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Jason Bateman - 7 times - show films
Michael Vartan - 5 times - show films
Victor Garber - 4 times - show films
Ben Affleck - 4 times - show films
Ron Rifkin - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Peter Berg - 3 times - show films
Ricky Gervais - 3 times - show films
Matthew Robinson - 3 times - show films
Michael Bay - 2 times - show films
J.J Abrams - 2 times - show films


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