Jennifer Garner on the State of Children, Poverty and Economics in the United States (2012)
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17,
1972) is an
American actress and film producer. Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as
CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series
Alias, which aired on
ABC for five seasons from
2001 to
2006. For her work on the series, Garner won a
Golden Globe and a
Screen Actors Guild Award.
While working on Alias, she gained minor roles in hit movies such as
Pearl Harbor (2001), with her husband
Ben Affleck, and
Catch Me if You Can (
2002). Since then, Garner has appeared in supporting as well as lead roles on the big screen in projects including
Daredevil (
2003),
13 Going on 30 (2004),
Elektra (
2005), a spin-off of Daredevil, and
Juno (
2007). Garner is married to actor and director Ben Affleck, with whom she has three children.
Garner performed the
Frank Loesser song "
My Heart Is So Full of You" on the 2006 charity
album Unexpected Dreams --
Songs From the
Stars. She appeared in the films
Catch and Release (2006) and
The Kingdom (2007) alongside
Jamie Foxx,
Jason Bateman and
Ashraf Barhom. She then appeared in the
Jason Reitman-directed comedy/drama feature Juno, which became a sleeper box office hit, grossing over $230 million from a production budget of $7.5 million.[33] After that film's premiere at the
Toronto Film Festival,
Entertainment Weekly declared
Garner's work the best female supporting performance of the festival, saying, "The star of Alias and The Kingdom does no butt-kicking in this sweet comedy.
Instead, as a young wife desperately hoping to adopt, she's funny, a bit tough, and unbelievably touching."[34]
Garner made her
Broadway debut on
November 1, 2007, playing
Roxanne in
Cyrano de Bergerac alongside
Kevin Kline at the
Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway.[35] The show was originally set to run until
December 23, 2007, but it was extended through January 6, 2008 due to the Broadway stagehand strike in late 2007.[36]
In
2010, Garner appeared in the ensemble romantic comedy
Valentine's Day, directed by
Garry Marshall, which also starred
Ashton Kutcher,
Jessica Alba,
Jessica Biel,
Anne Hathaway,
Julia Roberts, and former Alias co-star
Bradley Cooper, among others.[37] She portrayed
Patrick Dempsey's girlfriend.[38] The film was a commercial success, grossing over $215 million worldwide.[39] In
2011, she starred in the 2011 remake of
Arthur. In that same year, Garner was invited to join the
Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[40] In
2012, Garner appeared in the films The
Odd Life of Timothy Green and
Butter.
She will next star in the
2013 film
Dallas Buyers Club, reuniting with
Matthew McConaughey. On April 24, 2013 Garner started filming
Summit and
OddLot Entertainment's dramedy
Draft Day in
New York and
Cleveland, Ohio, which also stars
Kevin Costner. The film is directed and produced by
Ivan Reitman.[41] In
April 2013, Garner joined
Steve Carell in the
Disney adaption of the popular children's book
Alexander and the
Terrible,
Horrible,
No Good, Very
Bad Day.[42] Filming is set to be from August through
October 2013 in
Los Angeles.[43] In May 2013, Garner joined the cast of the movie
Imagine alongside
Al Pacino,
Annette Bening,
Bobby Cannavale and
Michael Caine. Filming is set to begin in late June or early July in Los Angeles.[44]
On
October 19,
2000, Garner married actor
Scott Foley, whom she had met on the set of
Felicity in
1998. After separating from
Foley in
March 2003, Garner filed for divorce in May 2003, citing irreconcilable differences, and the two were officially divorced on
March 30, 2004.[45][46]
Following her separation, Garner dated Alias co-star
Michael Vartan from
August 2003 to
March 2004.[47][48]
Sometime in early to mid-2004, Garner started dating Daredevil co-star Ben Affleck and the two made their first public appearance as a couple by attending the
Boston Red Sox's opening
World Series games in
October 2004.[49] Since her relationship with Affleck, first as girlfriend and then as wife, Garner has been a tabloid staple
.[50] "Ben taught me that you cannot read that stuff, that it's poison," she said in 2009.[51] On Garner's 33rd birthday, Affleck proposed to her with a
4.5 carats (900 mg) diamond ring from
Harry Winston.[52] Affleck married Garner, who was four months pregnant at the time, on June 29, 2005 in a private ceremony in the
Caribbean, officiated by family friend and Garner's Alias co-star,
Victor Garber,[53] at the
Parrot Cay resort on the
Turks and Caicos Islands.[54] The couple have three children: daughters
Violet Anne Affleck (born
December 1, 2005)[55] and Seraphina
Rose Elizabeth Affleck (born January 6, 2009),[56][57] and son
Samuel Garner Affleck (born
February 27, 2012).
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