Jennifer Anne Affleck[Garner Changes Her Name to Affleck at Hollywood.com] (née
Garner; born April 17, 1972), known professionally as
Jennifer Garner, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as
CIA agent
Sydney Bristow on the
ABC thriller drama series
Alias. She is also known for her roles in the films
Juno,
Dude, Where's My Car?,
13 Going on 30,
Catch Me if You Can,
Daredevil,
Elektra,
Catch and Release, and
The Kingdom.
Childhood
Garner was born in
Houston,
Texas, the daughter of Patricia Ann (
née English), an English teacher from Oklahoma, and William John Garner, a chemical engineer who worked for
Union Carbide in Texas. She is the middle child between two sisters, Melissa Lynn Garner Wylie (born February 5, 1969, resides in
Boston,
Massachusetts) and Susannah Kay Garner Carpenter (born January 24, 1975 in Texas,
[Texas Births, 1926-1995] resides in
Charleston,
West Virginia). Her family is
Methodist.
[Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner's Daughter Baptized] 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.
[Murray, R, Interview with Jennifer Garner. About.com. April 12, 2004. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.] 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.
[Allmovie, Jennifer Garner. The New York Times. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.]
