Jennifer Anne Garner who was born on April 17, 1972, in Houston, Texas, and raised in Charleston, West Virginia,
is an American actress. Garner studied theater at Denison University and
began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in
New York City. She made her screen debut in the television adaptation of Danielle Steel‘s romance novel Zoya in 1995.
Garner works as an activist for early childhood education and is a board
member of Save the Children USA. She
is the co-founder and chief brand officer of the organic baby food company Once
Upon a Farm. She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among
children of celebrities.