American actress Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972. Garner studied drama at Denison University before beginning her acting career as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City.
She was born in Houston, Texas, and reared in Charleston, West Virginia. In 1995, she made her acting debut in the television version of Danielle Steel’s romantic comedy Zoya.
She has had prominent parts in the teen drama television series Time of Your Life (1999–2000), a supporting role in the war drama Pearl Harbor, and guest appearances on television and supporting roles in movies (2001).
In the ABC spy-action thriller series Alias, Garner won praise for her outstanding portrayal of CIA officer Sydney Bristow (2001–2006). In recognition of her efforts on the show, she received four straight nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. After garnering more recognition for her work in the romance comedy 13 Going on 30 (2004), she went on to play Elektra in the superhero movies Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005).
Who is Jennifer Garner’s husband Ben Affleck?
In August 2004, Garner and Ben Affleck started dating after becoming acquaintances on the sets of Daredevil (2003) and Pearl Harbor (2001). (2003).
On June 29, 2005, they were wed in a small ceremony in Turks & Caicos. The sole attendees were the ceremony’s officiant, Victor Garber, and his later spouse, Rainer Andreesen. Together, Garner and Affleck are parents to three children: Samuel Garner Affleck, born in 2012, and two daughters, Violet Anne Affleck and Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck, both born in 2005 and 2009. The pair filed joint petitions in April 2017 asking for joint physical and legal custody of their children after announcing their decision to split in June 2015. In October 2018, the divorce was finally formalized.
