Who is Jennifer Garner
Born in Houston, Texas, in 1972, Jennifer Garner is an actress and film producer also known for having been married to Ben Affleck (with whom she worked on the set of Pearl Harbor) from 2004 to 2015.
Born into a Methodist family, Jennifer Garner graduated in 1994 with a degree in acting and theater from Denison University in Ohio and continued her studies at the National Theater Institute in Waterford, Connecticut, before moving to New York in 1995 with the hope of starting to work in the film industry.
Garner became famous for her role as Sydney Bristow in the TV series Aliasthanks to which in 2002 she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series.
In 2005 Forbes places her at number 70 among the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world (the so-called Power 100).
The first Artist Ambassador for Save the Children USA, Garner supports various non-profit charities.
Jennifer Garner’s most famous films
In 2001, Jennifer Garner plays a nurse in Pearl Harbor (acting for the first time with future husband Ben Affleck); they will meet again on the set of Daredevil a few years later (2003), when the actress impersonates Electra Natchios.
After a small role alongside DiCaprio in Try to catch me by Steven Spielberg (2002), Garner then begins to get more prominent roles such as in 30 years in 1 second (2004), The Kingdoom (2007), The revolt of the exes (2009).
In 2013 he starred alongside Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Clubin 2015 in Danny Collins – The Song of Life with Al Pacino.
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The film that won Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto Oscars respectively as best leading actor and best supporting actor.
Years of intense cinematic activity followed, earning Garner, in 2018, a star on the Walk of Fame.
In 2023 she is again Elektra in the Marvel film Deadpool & Wolverine directed by Shawn Levy, released in Italy on 24 July 2024.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s Wedding
The two actors work together on two sets, that of Pearl Harbor (2001) and that of Daredevil (2003), striking up a good friendship.
At that time, both had a satisfying private life: Jennifer Garner was married to actor Scott Foley, Ben Affleck talked about marrying Jennifer Lopez; however, in 2004 Garner separated, and Ben Affleck and J.Lo also called off their engagement.
During the 2004 baseball season opener, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck make their first public appearance together.
In 2005 the marriage proposal arriveswhich is then celebrated in June of the same year with a private ceremony in the Caribbean. The two are already expecting the first of their three children.
After a love story lasting over ten yearswhich transforms Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck into one of Hollywood’s most close-knit couples, almost suddenly it all ends. In 2015 the two announced their divorce, which becomes effective in 2017.
The relationship between the two remained close and friendly, to the point that Garner helped him on several occasions during his relapses (Affleck had in fact problems with alcohol addiction); furthermore, they spend a lot of time together, with their children, even during holidays.
Who are Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s children?
The couple had three children together: Violet Anne Affleck, born in 2005, Fin Affleck (2009) and Samuel Garner Affleck (2012).
In April 2024, on the occasion of the funeral of Garner’s eighty-five-year-old father, her daughter Seraphina Rose appeared wearing men’s clothes and very short hair and declared that from now on she wanted to be called Fin, therefore with the male gender.
