Acting
Jennifer 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.
Movies with Jennifer Garner
Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
Catch Me If You Can
2002
Pearl Harbor
2001
13 Going on 30
2004
The Adam Project
2022
Daredevil
2003
Love, Simon
2018
Juno
2007
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000
Deconstructing Harry
1997
The Kingdom
2007
Danny Collins
2015
Dallas Buyers Club
2013
Wonder Park
2019
Valentine's Day
2010
Mother's Day
2016
Miracles from Heaven
2016
Family Switch
2023
Elektra
2005
Peppermint
2018
The Invention of Lying
2009
Nine Lives
2016
YES DAY
2021
Catch and Release
2006
Men, Women & Children
2014
Wakefield
2017
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2009
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2014
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
2017
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Draft Day
2014
Arthur
2011
Mr. Magoo
1997
Washington Square
1997
Butter
2012
Serena
2012
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
Jackpot
One Attempt Remaining
Zygote
Harvest of Fire
1996
A Path Appears
2015
Danielle Steel's Zoya
1997
Rose Hill
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020
Rennie's Landing
2001
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
2017
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
Cyrano de Bergerac
2008
1999
1997
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbor
2001
Mrs. Claus
Fruitcake
Fantasy Camp
TV Shows with Jennifer Garner
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Daily Show
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Conan
2010
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Hot Ones
2015
Wetten, dass..?
1981
Leute heute
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Spin City
1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
The Pretender
1996
Felicity
1998
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Upload
2020
Today
1952
The Oscars
1953
The Last Thing He Told Me
2023
America's Funniest Home Videos
1989
Party Down
2009
Taff
1997
The Jay Leno Show
2009
Kids' Choice Awards
1987
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
Icons
2002
Ask the Storybots
2016
Swift Justice
1996
The Osbournes
2002
Rachael Ray
2006
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Alias
2001
Llama Llama
2018
Camping
2018
Fantasy Island
1998
The Five Star Weekend
2026
What the Fit
2018
Time of Your Life
1999
Angel City
2023
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
CMT Insider
2004
Dead Man's Walk
1996
Significant Others
1998
Can't Go Home
2023
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
On Brand with Jimmy Fallon
2025
Dinner for Five
2001
A Path Appears
2015