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.
In January of 2005 hit theatres in a reprise of her role as Elektra in the sequel to "Daredevil", "Elektra". During the summer of 2006, Ben, Jennifer, & Violet lived in Boston as Ben directed the film "Gone, Baby, Gone".