Jennifer Anne Garner was born on April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas to Bill & Pat Garner. Bill is a retired chemical engineer and Pat is a retired college English teacher. Her parents were always supportive of Jennifer and helped her to pursue her dreams. "My parents never said anything except, 'Go for it.'" While growing up Jennifer studied ballet for six hours a day which helped teach her discipline that would help her later in life.
Jennifer is the middle daughter. She has always had a close relationship with her two sisters, Melissa (who is older) and Suzannah (who is younger). Even though Jennifer has said "We did have raging fights about [borrowing clothes] and using the phone". You can tell that Jennifer really respects and admires her sisters. "My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body and big blue eyes. We were a force." The family often has foreign exchange students in their home, so Jen often shared a room with her sister Melissa. Melissa was the class valedictorian and a champion majorette. Jennifer wanted to stand out so she took up the saxaphone and joined the swim team.
Jennifer graduated from George Washington High School in the class of 1990 and went on to attend Dennison University. She started college majoring in Chemistry. She later changed her major to drama when she realized that her passion for the stage outweighed her love of science. After graduating from Dennison in 1994 she headed to New York City to pursue her career. When she first moved to NYC, she got a job being an understudy in a play earning $150 a week. "I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy." It might not have been easy, but it was here that Jen scored her first television role as Melissa Gilbert's daughter on the miniseries "Zoya" based on Danielle Steel's book. The next few roles that Jennifer received were in two Hallmark Hall of Fame fims, "Harvest of Fire" and "Rose Hill". Jennifer did a few other feature films before landing her first role on a television series, "Significant Others". The show started during mid-season and didn't do well in its time slot and was quickly cacelled. "I loved this show. It was well written and I loved the guys. We had a blast. I was really bummed when it was cancelled."
The next step in Jennifer's life was to move to Los Angeles (following a boyfriend, which didn't work out) where she got a job as a hostess at the restuarant Isabella's. It was then that things started to change for Jen as she got a role on the WB series, "Felicity" as Hanna Bibb, the girlfriend of Noel played by Scott Foley. The role as Hanna Bibb helped Jennifer get some recognition, but it also helped her meet the man who would later become her husband.
"I was definitely attracted to him at first sight, but I didn't realize I was going to marry him until a while in. It grew really gradually and sweetly, and it was a real courtship." The couple started dating and a few months into the relationship they went to Paris together. A year into the relationship they bought a house together. When they had been dating for two years Scott proposed to Jennifer. Jen was shocked to say the least. "I knew we were going to marry someday, but I was absolutely surprised when he actually proposed. And surprised he had bought a ring. I ran around the yard screaming." Six weeks later the couple married in a small backyard wedding on October 19, 2000. Read Entire Biography
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