Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17 1972 in Houston Texas. She is the second of three daughters born to Patricia Ann and William John Garner. Her mum was an English teacher and her dad a chemical engineer at Union Carbide. While only four years old the family moved to Princeton in West Virginia for her dad’s work. They moved on to Charleston in West Virginia and this is where the family stayed until Jennifer’s college years. It is Jennifer’s older sister Melissa that she has credited with being her source of inspiration. Her younger sister Susannah is a carpenter. The girls were brought up in a conservative family environment and attended church every Sunday. The family rules were no makeup, not wearing a bikini and the girls had to wait until they were sixteen to get their ears pierced. This was a family with good old fashioned values.

Jennifer attended the George Washington High School in Charleston. She appeared in her first show while attending the school in grade six. Ballet lessons began at the age of three and dance was to continue throughout her childhood. Jennifer majored in Drama while attending the Denison University. She participated in a number of works while in University and was initiated into the sorority Pi Beta Phi in 1994.

Jennifer is an American Actress and has gained recognition for her work on the television series Sydney Bristow and Alias. Jennifer was with Alias for five seasons from 2001 to 2006. During the time she was working on Alias, Jennifer was in movies such as Catch Me If You Can and Pearl Harbor. Jennifer has had supporting and lead roles in Daredevil in 2003, 13 Going on 30 in 2004 and Juno in 2007. Jennifer is married to actor and director Ben Affleck and they have two daughters together. On Jennifer’s 33rd birthday and while pregnant with Ben’s child, Ben proposed with a diamond ring from Harry Winston. The couple married on June 29th 2005. It was a private ceremony that was officiated by a family friend.