Biography
Jennifer Garner is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas, in 1972 and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, she studied theatre at Denison University before beginning her career in New York theatre and early television roles.
She rose to prominence with her lead performance as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the series Alias (2001–2006), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Series – Drama. Garner has also appeared in films such as Pearl Harbor (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), 13 Going on 30 (2004), Juno (2007) and Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
She first played Elektra in Daredevil (2003) and reprised the role in Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
