Jennifer GarnerJennifer Garner (born April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas) is an American film and television 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. She studied ballet for nine years before enrolling as a chemistry major at Denison University. After realizing that she loved the stage more than science, she changed her major to drama. She currently stars as the character of Sydney Bristow in the TV show Alias. 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 enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking and kickboxing (a hobby inspired by her character on Alias). 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. 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. Filmography
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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. 2002 - Winner - Munich Film Festival - CineMerit Award. 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. 2001 - Winner - If Awards - Best Actress - Lantana (shared with Kerry Armstrong, Rachel Blake, Daniella Farinacci and Leah Purcell). She enjoys cooking, gardening, hiking and kickboxing (a hobby inspired by her character on Alias). 1999 - Nominee - Golden Satellite Awards - Best Actress in a TV Film - The Staircase. 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. 1997 - Winner - National Society of Film Critics Awards USA - Best Supporting Actress - The Portrait of a Lady. She currently stars as the character of Sydney Bristow in the TV show Alias. 1997 - Nominee - Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress - The Portrait of a Lady. After realizing that she loved the stage more than science, she changed her major to drama. 1997 - Nominee - Golden Globes - Best Supporting Actress - The Portrait of a Lady. She studied ballet for nine years before enrolling as a chemistry major at Denison University. 1996 - Winner - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Supporting Actress - The Portrait of a Lady. 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. 1991 - Winner - Golden Globes - Best Actress in a TV Film - Killing in a Small Town. Jennifer Garner (born April 17, 1972 in Houston, Texas) is an American film and television actress. 1991 - Nominee - Emmy Awards - Outstanding Lead Actress in A Miniseries/TV Film - Paris Trout. Rose Hill (1996). 1990 - Winner - Emmy Awards - Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries/TV Film - Killing in a Small Town. Dead Man's Walk (1996). 1989 - Nominee - Golden Globes - Best Supporting Actress - The Last Temptation of Christ. Law & Order (1996). 1988 - Winner - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actress - A World Apart (shared with Jodhi May and Linda Mvusi). Spin City (1996). 1987 - Winner - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actress - Shy People. Significant Others (1998). 1987 - Nominee - BAFTA Awards - Best Supporting Actress - Hannah and Her Sisters. Fantasy Island (1998). 1970 - Nominee - Laurel Awards - Female New Face - Last Summer. Felicity (1998). 1967 - Winner - Western Heritage Awards - Fictional Television Drama - The Monroes (shared with cast and crew). The Pretender (1999). In what one hopes will not be her last hurrah as a film actress, she gave an unforgettable performance as Madame Merle in Jane Campion's 1996 adaptation of the Henry James novel "The Portrait of a Lady" - earning an Oscar nomination and winning the Best Supporting Actress award from the National Society of Film Critics. Time of Your Life (1999). But as an actress in her forties, she was once more forced into smaller independent films and television work. Alias (2001–present). In 1990 she won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special for her harrowing turn as real-life murderer Candy Morrison in "A Killing in a Small Town". Television
Zoya (1995). In mid-decade, she followed the commercial success of "Hannah and Her Sisters" with unprecedented back-to-back wins for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and Scorsese's long-awaited but fatally controversial "The Last Temptation of Christ". Harvest of Fire (1996). Her performance as Glynnis Yeager in Philip Kaufman's 1983 film of "The Right Stuff" marked the true beginning of her career renaissance. In Harm's Way (1997). Yet even in such uninspiring material, Hershey found the means of a giving committed, affecting performance - sufficiently impressing Michael Douglas to have him later fight to have her cast as his estranged wife in "Falling Down". Magoo (1997). She would still need to pay dues in unglamorous vehicles like 1981's exploitation shocker "The Entity", where she played a woman repeatedly raped by an unseen supernatural force. Mr. The road back to industry acceptance would not be short or smooth. Washington Square (1997). But her excellent work in Richard Rush's 1980 critical favorite "The Stunt Man" - her first big screen appearance in four years - served as a reminder to Hollywood that there was still a notably beautiful and talented actress in their midst. Deconstructing Harry (1997). However, the hippie label soon became a career impediment and by the late 1970s she was reduced to appearing in made-for-TV embarrassments like "Flood!" and "Sunshine Christmas". 1999 (1998). In characteristically free-spirited fashion, they would later recreate their love scene in a hay-filled boxcar for a Playboy magazine pictorial. Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999). Hershey's co-star in "Boxcar Bertha" was once again David Carradine. Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Adapting that book into a film would become a 16 year labor of love for Scorsese, who would eventually cast Hershey as Mary Magdalene - though not before making her audition, to prove that she had earned it. Rennie's Landing (2001). This image helped secure her the starring role in the 1972 Roger Corman production "Boxcar Bertha", which was being directed on the cheap by a fresh-out-of-film-school talent named Martin Scorsese. During filming, Hershey gave Scorsese a copy of her favorite book - Nikos Kazantzakis's "The Last Temptation of Christ". Pearl Harbor (2001). Her 1970 film "The Baby Maker" explored the idea of surrogate motherhood many years before it became a mainstream reproductive option and cemented her image as a free-spirited hippie. Catch Me If You Can (2002). Hershey felt a sense of personal responsibility for its death and went by the name of Barbara Seagull for several years in the early 1970s as a tribute to the creature. Daredevil (2003). During the filming of a scene for "Last Summer", a seagull was killed. 13 Going on 30 (2004). Hershey's powerful performance as a manipulative queen bee made a large impression on Woody Allen, who would later foster her mid-80s career revival by casting her in his greatest commercial success "Hannah and Her Sisters". Elektra (2005). The film received an X rating for an unflinching rape scene and earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for co-star Cathy Burns. Movies
Her feature film debut was in the 1968 comedy "With Six You Get Eggroll" - which also marked Doris Day's final screen appearance. She found working on "The Monroes" to be such a dispiriting experience that she wrote pseudonymous letters to the producers asking that the show be cancelled. Her debut was guest starring in three episodes of Gidget in 1965, which she followed up with roles in the television series The Monroes (1966). She attended Hollywood High School and quickly found her vocation. One of America's most accomplished actresses, Barbara Hershey was born Barbara Herzstein on February 5, 1948 in Hollywood, California where her father was a professional gambler. 5 February 1948) known for her many film roles. Barbara Hershey is an American actress (b. |