Jennifer Garner was born on 17th of April 1972 at Houston, Texas, USA. But she was brought up at Charleston, West Virginia, by her father Bill who was a former chemical engineer, and her mother Pat, who was a retired English teacher. Jennifer has two sisters.
Jennifer Garner studied ballet in the nine long years of her adolescence. She had huge will power and determination, and the stage attracted her immensely.Then Jennifer got a job as a chemistry major at Denison University.
Later on she felt that the love and attraction for the stage were much more intense than her love for science. So she later decided to change to a drama major.
She was immensely attracted towards New York and therefore in New York she worked as a hostess simultaneously working in films and television. Then she moved to Los Angeles, where she aquired a role on the show `Felicity` in the year 1998. There she met Scott Foley, her future husband. But Jennifer Garner was most successful and appreciated in her lead role on the series `Alias`. She has also featured in numerous other television productions and films such as Pearl Harbor in the year 2001 and Dude, Where`s My Car? in the year 2000.
Jennifer is married and lives a happy life. She lives with her husband in the San Fernando Valley with their two dogs and a cat. Other than acting she has a great passion for gardening, hiking, kickboxing and also enjoys cooking.