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Trivia
Birth name: Jennifer Anne Garner
Date of birth: 17 April 1972
Place of birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Nickname: Jen
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Spouse: Ben Affleck (29 June 2005 - present) 1 child,
Scott Foley (19 October 2000 - 30 March 2004) (divorced).
Met ex-husband Scott Foley on the set of "Felicity" (1998).
Graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, WV.
Was going to go to Yale to study drama but got an acting job in New York
City instead.
Graduated from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, with a Theatre
degree in 1994.
Named one of People Magazine's 'Breakthrough Stars of 2001'.
Used to be a hostess at Isabella's restaurant in New York when she was
trying to launch her acting career.
Named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People [People Magazine - May 2002]
Named the #1 sexiest woman of 2001 by MAXIM men's magazine.
Is a trained ballerina who initially left dance for theater acting.
Played saxophone in high school.
Early in the filming of Daredevil (2003), while doing a stunt, she
became tangled in the wires that were helping her do a flip and she
nearly crashed into a wall that she was supposed to flip off. Ben
Affleck, in his Daredevil costume, rushed up to her, grabbed her,
and pulled her away from the wall before the accident could happen.
Jennifer later commented "It was like he was Superman."
Is a member of Pi Beta Phi national sorority.
Following the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11th,
2001, she recorded a promotional video for the Central Intelligence
Agency that was available at www.cia.gov/employment.
Dated "Alias" (2001) co-star Michael
Vartan.
Has two sisters: Melissa (who has a son, Jack) and Susannah (who has a
daughter, Emma).
"Alias" (2001) creator J.J. Abrams gave her a pink bicycle for
her birthday. Being the first one on set, she would often greet the
show's production crew by ringing the bells on the bike's handlebars.
Father is a chemical engineer, mother is an English teacher.
Shares a birthday with singer/songwriter Liz Phair, whose song,
"Why Can't I?", was used in Jennifer's movie 13 Going On 30
(2004).
Ranked #14 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the
World" (2002).
Often confused with actress Amy Jo Johnson. Garner admitted that
sometimes she is asked to autograph photos that turn out to be of
Johnson and not her.
One of her call signs on "Alias" (2001) is
"Mountaineer". She was raised in West Virginia, and the
Mountaineer is the mascot of West Virginia University.
While filming a sai/sword fight in Elektra (2005), accidentally got her
knuckles sliced by Will Yun Lee. She got her knuckles patched up, and
when she and Lee resumed, he subsequently sliced her again in the exact
same spot.
Ranked #2 Sexiest Woman in FHM magazine (2005)
Her husband Ben
Affleck was her co-star in Daredevil (2003). The two met on the set
of the movie Pearl Harbor (2001) but wouldn't become a couple until
Affleck's very public relationship with singer/actress Jennifer
Lopez ended.
She announced she is 3 months pregnant with her first baby with fiancé,
Ben
Affleck. (May 7, 2005)
In 13 Going On 30 (2004) her character is editor of a magazine that
features Jennifer
Lopez on the cover. Lopez was engaged to Garner's husband Ben
Affleck.
Sister-in-law of Casey Affleck.
Wears green contact lenses in the Daredevil and Elektra films, even
though the comic book version of Elektra has brown eyes, as is
Jennifer's natural eye color.
She married Ben
Affleck at the exclusive Parrot Cay resort on the Turks and Caicos
Islands in the Caribbean.
During her appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
(1992) she accidentally revealed the sex of her unborn baby. [September
2005]
One of her more unique roles is as the face of recruitment for the CIA,
hosting a promotional video aimed at young professionals whom the agency
would like to interest in a career.
She and her husband, Ben
Affleck, welcomed a daughter, named Violet Anne, on December 1, 2005
in Los Angeles, California. The baby's middle name is the same as her
mother's.
Appeared with husband Ben Affleck in two movies, Pearl Harbor (2001) and
Daredevil (2003). It would have been three, but Affleck's small scene in
Elektra (2005), was cut from the final film.
Named #3 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Jennifer won the 2006 People's Choice Awards for Best Female TV Star for
"Alias", and Best Female Action Star for "Elektra".
Was born in Texas, but moved to West Virginia when she was younger.
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