I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob.

She portrayed Patrick Dempsey's girlfriend. She was then cast in her first television role as part of a made-for-television movie Zoya based on the Danielle Steel novel. " She began taking ballet lessons at the age of three and continued to dance throughout her youth but Jennifer Garner did not envision herself becoming a classical ballerina.

Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17 1972) is an American actress and film producer. Since then Garner has appeared in supporting as well as lead roles on the big screen in projects including Daredevil (2003) 13 Going on 30 (2004) Elektra (2005) a spin-off of Daredevil and Juno (2007). Garner gained recognition on television for her performance as CIA agent Sydney Bristow in the thriller drama series Alias which aired on ABC for five seasons from 2001 to 2006.