Jennifer Garner by Laure Joliet for Architectural Digest October 2024

Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an American actress and film producer. She made her film debut in the comedy Dude, Where's My Car (2000). Following a supporting role in Pearl Harbor, Garner gained recognition for her performance as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC spy-action thriller Alias, which aired from 2001 to 2006. For her work on the series, she won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, and received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

While working on Alias, Garner gained a cameo role in Catch Me if You Can (2002), followed by a praised leading performance in the romantic comedy drama 13 Going on 30 (2004). Garner has appeared in supporting as well as lead roles in the 2000s including the superhero film Daredevil (2003), the romantic comedy fantasy film 13 Going on 30 (2004), the superhero film Elektra (2005), the comedy-drama Juno (2007), and the fantasy romantic comedy film The Invention of Lying (2009). In the 2010s, she appeared in the fantasy comedy-drama film The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), the biographical drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and the family comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014).

Garner works frequently as an activist for education and has worked closely as a board member of Save the Children, and she has been an ambassador of the organization since the late 2000s. She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among celebrity children. Following a four-year marriage to Scott Foley, Garner married actor Ben Affleck in 2005, with whom she has three children. She and Affleck separated in 2015.