Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series Alias, which aired on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2006. Garner is the second of three daughters born into a middle class family in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Denison, where she was initiated into the sorority Pi Beta Phi, in 1994. in 1994, Garner appeared in Atlanta productions of two Shakespeare plays, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by the Georgia Shakespeare Company. in 1995, Garner started pursuing theater in New York City and earned $150 a week as an understudy in the play A Month in the Country for Roundabout Theatre Company. in the late 1990s, she made brief appearances in individual episodes of Spin City and Law & Order while also securing roles in two short-lived television series, Significant Others and Time of Your Life. Garner made her first big screen appearance of the 21st century in the comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, playing Ashton Kutcher’s character’s girlfriend. Garner, who up until now had mostly played weepy waifs, did not learn that she “might have to throw a punch or kick” until the first few days of audition.
Jennifer Garner & Ben Affleck Celebrate a Family 4th A local parade in Pacific Palisades is enjoyed by daughters Violet and Seraphina [link]
