Jennifer Garner
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Jennifer Garner
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| Name | Jennifer Garner |
| Gender | Female |
| Aliases | Jennifer Affleck, Jennifer Anne Garner, Jennifer Anne Affleck, Jennifer |
| Description | Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe- and SAG Award-winning American actress. She is best known for her role as CIA agent Sydney Bristow on TV's Alias. Garner was born in Texas, the daughter of Patricia Ann (ne English), an English teacher from Oklahoma, and Billy Jack Garner, a chemical engineer who worked for Union Carbide from Texas. She is the middle child between two sisters, Melissa Garner Wylie (born 1969, resides in Boston, Massachusetts) and Susannah Kay Garner Carpenter (born January 24, 1975 in West Virginia, resides in Charleston, West Virginia). At three years old, Garner began taking ballet lessons which she continued throughout her youth. Although she admitted that she loved dancing, she never had ambitions to become a classical ballerina. When she was four years old, her father's job with Union Carbide relocated her family to Princeton, West Virginia, then to Charleston, West Virginia, where Garner resided until her college years. Garner and her sisters had a very strict home life as children. They were expected to attend church every Sunday, were not allowed to go to movies or wear make-up, and had to wait until they reached the age of 16 before they were allowed to have their ears pierced. Although Susannah broke the rules and had her ears pierced before she was 16, and Melissa had hers pierced at 16, Jennifer did not have her ears pierced until the age of 27. In 1990, Garner graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, where she played the saxophone. She then enroled at Denison University to study chemistry. Upon realizing that she enjoyed stage acting more than science, Garner changed her major to drama. While at Denison, Garner was initiated into the sorority Pi Beta Phi. Garner graduated from Denison in 1994 and continued her drama education at the National Theater Institute where she was trained by fight choreographer David Chandler, and told she was a natural in stage combat. Keen for... |
| Birth |
Apr 17 1972
Houston |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Occupations | Actor, Television producer, Film Producer, Spokesperson, Businessperson, Voice Actor, Television Director |
| Marriage | Spouse: Scott FoleyOct 19 2000 |
| Marriage |
Spouse: Ben AffleckJune 29 2005
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| Residence |
Charleston |
| Residence |
West Virginia |
| Residence |
Princeton |
| Residence |
Ohio |
| Residence |
New York City |
| Education |
Bachelor of ArtsBefore 1994
Denison University |
| Education |
George Washington High School |
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