Jennifer Garner
Known for Acting · 117 credits
- Born
- 1972-04-17 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Jennifer Anne Garner
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (62)
Law & Order
1990
as Jaime
The Simpsons
1989
as Jennifer Garner (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Host
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self / Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Spin City
1996
as Becky
Felicity
1998
as Hannah Bibb
The Pretender
1996
as Billie H. Vaughn / Dupree
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Taff
1997
as self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Upload
2020
as Officer Jennifer Garner (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self - Guest
Party Down
2009
as Evie
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
as Self
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023
as Hannah Hall
Today
1952
as Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Princess Buttercup / Ancient Booer
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
as Self - Presenter
Rachael Ray
2006
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Alias
2001
as Sydney Bristow
The Osbournes
2002
as Self
Ask the Storybots
2016
Fantasy Island
1998
Icons
2002
Swift Justice
1996
as Allison
Llama Llama
2018
as Mama Llama (voice)
Time of Your Life
1999
as Romy Sullivan
Camping
2018
as Kathryn
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mary Rose
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
as Self - Guest
What the Fit
2018
as Self
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
as Diane Agostini
Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Clara Forsythe
Significant Others
1998
as Nell
The Five Star Weekend
2026
as Hollis Shaw
CMT Insider
2004
as Self
Can't Go Home
2023
as K.D Williams
Dinner for Five
2001
Movies (55)
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Elektra
Catch Me If You Can
2002
as Cheryl Ann
Pearl Harbor
2001
as Sandra
Daredevil
2003
as Elektra Natchios
The Adam Project
2022
as Ellie Reed
13 Going on 30
2004
as Jenna Rink
Juno
2007
as Vanessa Loring
Elektra
2005
as Elektra Natchios / Elektra
Love, Simon
2018
as Emily
Miracles from Heaven
2016
as Christy Beam
Mother's Day
2016
as Lt. Dana Barton
The Kingdom
2007
as Janet Mayes
Peppermint
2018
as Riley North
Family Switch
2023
as Jess Walker
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
as Eve
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
as Wanda
Men, Women & Children
2014
as Patricia Beltmeyer
The Invention of Lying
2009
as Anna McDoogles
Valentine's Day
2010
as Julia Fitzpatrick
YES DAY
2021
as Allison Torres
Wonder Park
2019
as June's Mom (voice)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Cindy Green
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
as Kelly Cooper
Nine Lives
2016
as Lara Brand
Mr. Magoo
1997
as Stacey Sampanahoditra
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
as Jenny Perotti
Draft Day
2014
as Ali Parker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Self - Elektra
Arthur
2011
as Susan Johnson
Catch and Release
2006
as Gray Wheeler
Butter
2012
as Laura Pickler
Danny Collins
2015
as Samantha Leigh Donnelly
Deconstructing Harry
1997
as Woman in Elevator
Wakefield
2017
as Diana Wakefield
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
as Self
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
as Nadine
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
2017
as Sandy
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
as Self - Sydney Bristow
Washington Square
1997
as Marian Almond
Rose Hill
1997
as Mary Rose Clayborne / Victoria Elliot at 17
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
as Sasha
Serena
2012
as Serena
1999
1997
as Annabel
Rennie's Landing
2001
as Kiley
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010
as Self
A Path Appears
2015
as Self
Harvest of Fire
1996
as Sarah Troyer
Jackpot
Mrs. Claus
One Attempt Remaining
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
as Roxane
Fruitcake
Zygote
as Parisa
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
as Roxanne
About Jennifer Garner
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… With 117 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Jennifer Garner has appeared in 55 films and 62 TV shows.
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- Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) — as Elektra
- Catch Me If You Can (2002) — as Cheryl Ann
- Pearl Harbor (2001) — as Sandra
- Daredevil (2003) — as Elektra Natchios
- The Adam Project (2022) — as Ellie Reed
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