Jennifer Garner
Acting • Born 1972-04-17
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.
Filmography
117 credits
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Cheryl Ann
Pearl Harbor
Movie • 2001
Sandra
13 Going on 30
Movie • 2004
Jenna Rink
Deconstructing Harry
Movie • 1997
Woman in Elevator
The Kingdom
Movie • 2007
Janet Mayes
Juno
Movie • 2007
Vanessa Loring
The Invention of Lying
Movie • 2009
Anna McDoogles
Dude, Where's My Car?
Movie • 2000
Wanda
Mr. Magoo
Movie • 1997
Stacey Sampanahoditra
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Movie • 2009
Jenny Perotti
Daredevil
Movie • 2003
Elektra Natchios
Elektra
Movie • 2005
Elektra Natchios / Elektra
Valentine's Day
Movie • 2010
Julia Fitzpatrick
Catch and Release
Movie • 2006
Gray Wheeler
Arthur
Movie • 2011
Susan Johnson
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie • 2012
Cindy Green
Rose Hill
Movie • 1997
Mary Rose Clayborne / Victoria Elliot at 17
Butter
Movie • 2012
Laura Pickler
Dallas Buyers Club
Movie • 2013
Eve
1999
Movie • 1997
Annabel
Rennie's Landing
Movie • 2001
Kiley
Draft Day
Movie • 2014
Ali Parker
Serena
Movie • 2012
Serena
Men, Women & Children
Movie • 2014
Patricia Beltmeyer
Danny Collins
Movie • 2015
Samantha Leigh Donnelly
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie • 2008
Roxane
Harvest of Fire
Movie • 1996
Sarah Troyer
Miracles from Heaven
Movie • 2016
Christy Beam
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Movie • 2017
Sandy
Washington Square
Movie • 1997
Marian Almond
Fruitcake
Movie
Mrs. Claus
Movie
A Path Appears
Movie • 2015
Self
Wonder Park
Movie • 2019
June's Mom (voice)
Mother's Day
Movie • 2016
Lt. Dana Barton
Wakefield
Movie • 2017
Diana Wakefield
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie • 2024
Elektra
Love, Simon
Movie • 2018
Emily
Danielle Steel's Zoya
Movie • 1997
Sasha
Peppermint
Movie • 2018
Riley North
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Movie • 2014
Kelly Cooper
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Movie • 2017
Nadine
Nine Lives
Movie • 2016
Lara Brand
YES DAY
Movie • 2021
Allison Torres
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Movie • 2010
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Movie • 2020
Self
The Adam Project
Movie • 2022
Ellie Reed
Family Switch
Movie • 2023
Jess Walker
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Movie • 2003
Self
Jackpot
Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie • 2024
Self - Elektra
Zygote
Movie
Parisa
One Attempt Remaining
Movie
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self - Sydney Bristow
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie • 2008
Roxanne
The Osbournes
TV • 2002
Self
Fantasy Island
TV • 1998
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Jennifer Garner (voice)
Dinner for Five
TV • 2001
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Alias
TV • 2001
Sydney Bristow
The Pretender
TV • 1996
Billie H. Vaughn / Dupree
Today
TV • 1952
Self
Spin City
TV • 1996
Becky
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Icons
TV • 2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
America's Funniest Home Videos
TV • 1989
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Mary Rose
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Time of Your Life
TV • 1999
Romy Sullivan
Significant Others
TV • 1998
Nell
CMT Insider
TV • 2004
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
TV • 1999
Diane Agostini
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
Can't Go Home
TV • 2023
K.D Williams
Angel City
TV • 2023
Self
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Self - Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Ask the Storybots
TV • 2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Upload
TV • 2020
Officer Jennifer Garner (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Princess Buttercup / Ancient Booer
The Last Thing He Told Me
TV • 2023
Hannah Hall
Camping
TV • 2018
Kathryn
Dead Man's Walk
TV • 1996
Clara Forsythe
Llama Llama
TV • 2018
Mama Llama (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Jaime
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Felicity
TV • 1998
Hannah Bibb
Party Down
TV • 2009
Evie
Taff
TV • 1997
self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Five-Star Weekend
TV
Hollis Shaw
What the Fit
TV • 2018
Self
On Brand with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2025
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Allison