Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972 and is an American film and television actress.



Jennifer Garner was born in Houston, Texas to Patricia Ann English (a teacher) and Billy Jack Garner, a chemical engineer; Jennifer Garner is the middle child between two sisters, Melissa Garner and Suzanna Garner. When Jennifer Garner was three years old, her father's job with Union Carbide forced the family to relocate to Charleston, West Virginia, where Garner lived until her college years.


In 1990, Jennifer Garner graduated from George Washington High School in Charleston, West Virginia, where she played the saxophone. Jennifer Garner also studied ballet for nine years before enrolling at Denison University to study chemical engineering. Upon realizing that she enjoyed stage acting more than science, Garner changed her major to drama. Garner graduated in 1994, and planned to continue her drama education at Yale University. However, keen for experience, she visited a friend in New York City in 1995 and decided to take her chances in theatre.




Jennifer Gardner's Career


In New York City, Jennifer Garner earned $150 a week as an understudy in a play. Jennifer was then cast in her first television role, a part in the made-for-television movie, Zoya, based on the Danielle Steele novel. Jennifer Garner's next acting jobs were in two short-lived television series, Significant Others and Time of Your Life, as well as in two Hallmark Hall of Fame movies, including the 1997 film, Rose Hill, based on the best selling book For The Roses by Julie Garwood.


In 1996, she appeared on an episode of the NBC drama Law & Order. Jennifer played a college student who engaged in an affair with Detective Rey Curtis.

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