Jennifer Garner

Media reports indicated that she was in fact suffering the effects of nerve damage to her back, caused by a stunt during the filming of Alias. Harper was born in Suffern, New York. Garner is known for performing her own stunts, and in January 2005 she was forced to bow out of some publicity duties for her film Elektra due to what was first thought to have been a viral infection. Harper has worked almost exclusively in television, and has also had roles in made-for-TV-movies and guest spots on a number of series, including Sex and the City. She enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking and kickboxing (a hobby inspired by her character on Alias). (It was renamed Valerie's Family in 1987 and later The Hogan Family after Harper left the series and was replaced by Sandy Duncan). She married Scott Foley (who played her love interest on Felicity) in 2000, but separated and filed for divorce in 2003 and began dating her Alias co-star Michael Vartan, though in the summer of 2004 she was romantically linked with her Daredevil co-star Ben Affleck. She also played family matriarch Valerie Hogan on the 1980s sitcom Valerie.

She currently stars as the character of Sydney Bristow in the TV show Alias. Harper won four Emmy awards and a Golden Globe for her work as Rhoda Morgenstern on both series. After realizing that she loved the stage more than science, she changed her major to drama. Harper is best known for her portrayal of the wise-cracking yet vulnerable Rhoda Morgenstern on two CBS television sitcoms of the 1970s: The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off Rhoda, in which she played the title role. She studied ballet for nine years before enrolling as a chemistry major at Denison University. Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an American actress. Although Garner was born in Texas, her father's engineering job with Union Carbide (now a part of Dow Chemical) took the family to Charleston, West Virginia when she was three years old, and she lived in Charleston until she left for college.

Jennifer Garner (born April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas) is an American film and television actress. Rose Hill (1996). Dead Man's Walk (1996). Law & Order (1996).

Spin City (1996). Significant Others (1998). Fantasy Island (1998). Felicity (1998).

The Pretender (1999). Time of Your Life (1999). Alias (2001–present). Television