Jennifer Garner
Biography
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.
Jennifer Garner Filmography
Catch and Release (2005)
Charlotte's Web (2006)
Elektra (2005) .... Elektra
The Animated Alias: Tribunal (2004) (V) (voice) .... Sydney Bristow
a.k.a. Julia Thorne
13 Going On 30 (2004) .... Jenna Rink
... aka Suddenly 30 (Australia)
Alias (2004) (VG) (voice) .... Agent Sydney Bristow
Daredevil (2003) .... Elektra Natchios
... aka Daredevil 1.5 (USA: DVD title (director's cut))
Catch Me If You Can (2002) .... Cheryl Ann
"Alias" (2001) TV Series .... Sydney Bristow
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
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) (TV) .... Diane Agostini
... aka Aftershock - Das große Beben (Germany)
... aka Erdbeben-Inferno: Wenn die Welt untergeht (Germany: new
syndication title)
"Time of Your Life" (1999) TV Series .... Romy Sullivan
1999 (1998) .... Annabell
... aka Girls & Boys (USA: MIFED title)
"Significant Others" (1998) TV Series .... Nell Glennon
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
In Harm's Way (1997) .... Kelly
The Player (1997) (TV)
"Dead Man's Walk" (1996) (mini) TV Series .... Clara Forsythe
... aka Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk
Harvest of Fire (1996) (TV) .... Sarah Troyer
Zoya (1995) (TV) .... Sasha
... aka Danielle Steel's 'Zoya' |
