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My Take
Jennifer Garner strikes me as the most durable kind of Hollywood success: talent reinforced by decency. Alias proved she could carry punishing action television week after week, 13 Going on 30 revealed a comic warmth nobody saw coming, and her pivot toward producing and directing shows real ambition behind the friendly image. What I respect most is the trajectory — theater studies at Denison, understudy work in New York, then years of grinding before fame. Nothing was handed to her. In an industry that rewards noise, she built a career on reliability and likability, and I think that quiet professionalism will age better than flashier stardom.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jennifer Garner
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェニファー・ガーナー
- Reading
- じぇにふぁー・がーなー
- Born
- April 17, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film producer / film director / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- George Washington High School
- University
- Denison University
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 2022 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Alias | — | |
| Notable work | Daredevil | — | |
| Notable work | 13 Going on 30 | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.