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Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner 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. She had a starring role on the Fox teen drama series Time of Your Life (1999–2000) and supporting roles in the films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Catch Me If You Ca…
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Born 17 April 1972 · Q172044
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it’s the most important film I’ve ever been a part of. I’m so grateful that (Greg Berlanti) asked me. I’m so grateful that I got to play the role and be that mom. I hear from people ... ‘You know, Love, Simon, helped me. I saw it with my parents. It really helped us have a conversation...
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2026· 7 entries
Yahoo: Jennifer Garner’s ‘Instincts Are as Sharp as Ever’ After ‘Five Star Weekend’ Success
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AOL: Jennifer Garner Wore This Sleek, Flattering Denim Style With Her Go-To Sneakers for Date Night
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Forbes: Why Jennifer Garner Is Doubling Down On Her Organic Kids’ Food Brand
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Public attention spiked: 22,760 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 7,307, with 0 article edits.
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Garner said: "it’s the most important film I’ve ever been a part of
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“it’s the most important film I’ve ever been a part of. I’m so grateful that (Greg Berlanti) asked me. I’m so grateful that I got to play the role and be that mom. I hear from people ... ‘You know, Love, Simon, helped me. I saw it with my parents. It really helped us have a conversation...”
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2023· 1 entry
Appeared as a series regular in the revival of the Starz sitcom Party Down
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2022· 2 entries
Awarded Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year (2022).
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Garner starred in the science fiction action film The Adam Project, which reunited her with her 13 Going on 30 co-star Mark Ruffalo
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Christa B. Allen, the actor who played the 13-year-old version of the character Jenna in the Jennifer Garner film, “13 Going on 30,” is almost 30 herself.” True.
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2020· 1 entry
Garner starred in the Quibi comedy miniseries Home Movie: The Princess Bride, a "fan made" recreation of the 1987 film of the same name produced in social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 2 entries
Garner reflected on "a solid decade where there were five or six cars minimum, and easily up to 15 or 20 on the weekends, outside of my house at all times"
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Once Upon a Farm became the first refrigerated baby food available to WIC-eligible families
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2018· 3 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Actress Jennifer Garner said, "I'm joining Trump train."” False.
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Had a leading role in the HBO comedy series Camping, which was based on the British television series of the same name
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Co-starred in Love, Simon, an adaptation of the young-adult novel Simon vs
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2017· 2 entries
Advocating for early childhood education, and a sit-down with Ivanka Trump was discussed but "fell apart" due to scheduling conflicts
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Starred in The Tribes of Palos Verdes, and in friend Judy Greer's directorial debut A Happening of Monumental Proportions
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2016· 3 entries
Garner starred in the critically panned comedy Nine Lives, playing the second wife of a workaholic father who has his mind trapped inside of his daughter's new cat
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Garner sang "Doin' It (All for My Baby)" in the Garry Marshall comedy-drama Mother's Day, and in 2021, she interpreted the Four Tops's 1964 chart selection "Baby I Need Your Loving" in the family comedy Yes Day
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Garner appeared in the Christian drama Miracles from Heaven, playing the mother of a young girl who had a near-death experience and was later cured of an incurable disease
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2015· 2 entries
And her family began attending weekly Methodist church services in Los Angeles
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Appeared in A Path Appears, a PBS documentary that focuses on rural poverty among children in West Virginia
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2014· 5 entries
Garner spoke in support of the "No Kids" policy, which was adopted by many media organizations and forbids publication of photos of celebrities' children
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Garner starred in the sports drama Draft Day, as the fictional salary cap analyst of the Cleveland Browns
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Was that of an overprotective mother in the dramedy Men, Women & Children, directed by Jason Reitman and co-starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Judy Greer, Dean Norris, and Adam Sandler
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Garner donated $25,000 to the campaign of Democratic politician Wendy Davis
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Her then-husband Affleck argued in favor of a United Kingdom-style system, where "you have to blur out the face[s]" of minor children in published photographs
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2013· 2 entries
Garner became the first celebrity spokesperson of the Italian fashion brand Max Mara
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Garner took her eldest daughter Violet to a Save the Children gala in New York: "My husband and I have never taken our kids to a public event before, but I brought my daughter Violet, because
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2012· 2 entries
In the drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which followed a magical pre-adolescent boy whose personality and naïveté have profound effects on the people in his town
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Appeared in the YouTube short Serena, and became a spokesperson for food company Luvo
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2011· 2 entries
Garner partnered with Frigidaire as part of her work with Save the Children
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Had a supporting role as a villainous deranged bride in the comedy Arthur, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name, directed by Jason Winer and co-starring Russell Brand and Helen Mirren
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2009· 1 entry
Garner became an artist ambassador for Save the Children USA, promoting national literacy, nutrition, and early education efforts
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2008· 1 entry
Hosted two fund-raisers for Barack Obama during the 2008 Democratic Primary
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2007· 4 entries
Garner said she was "not a particularly outwardly political person"
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Garner became a spokesperson of skin care brand Neutrogena
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“not a particularly outwardly political person”
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Appeared in a global warming awareness video produced by the Center for American Progress Action Fund
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2006· 2 entries
On which album she sang a solo version of "My Heart Is So Full Of You", from Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella; the original version had been a duet
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Spoke at a rally in support of Democratic congressional candidate Jerry McNerney in Pleasanton, California
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2005· 1 entry
In between seasons of Alias, it was not released until early 2007 and failed to recoup its production budget
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2003· 1 entry
Voiced herself in an episode of The Simpsons
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2002· 1 entry
Garner filmed a 30-second television advertisement for her childhood friend Corey Palumbo, who was running as a Democratic candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates
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2001· 2 entries
Garner was cast as the star of the ABC action thriller series Alias
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Appeared briefly opposite her husband Scott Foley in the drama Stealing Time and had a small role as a nurse in the war epic Pearl Harbor
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1999· 2 entries
Garner was cast as a series regular in another Fox drama series, Time of Your Life, but it was canceled midway through the first season
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Appeared in the miniseries Aftershock: Earthquake in New York and in two episodes of the action drama series The Pretender
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1998· 1 entry
Garner appeared in an episode of Fantasy Island and was cast as a series regular in the Fox drama Significant Others, but Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly thought there was "no center" to the character as played by Gar
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1997· 1 entry
Garner gained her first leading role in the television film Rose Hill and made her first feature film appearance in the period drama Washington Square
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1996· 1 entry
Played an Amish woman in the television movie Harvest of Fire and a shopkeeper in the Western miniseries Dead Man's Walk
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1994· 1 entry
Graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater performance
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1992· 1 entry
The Barn Theatre in Augusta, Michigan, in 1993, and the Georgia Shakespeare Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1994
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1990· 1 entry
Garner enrolled at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where she changed her major from chemistry to theater and was a member of the sorority Pi Beta Phi
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1972· 2 entries
Born 1972-04-17.
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In Houston, Texas and moved to Charleston, West Virginia at age three
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