Jennifer Garner Net Worth, Money and More
NET WORTH: $40 Million
PROFESSION: Actress and Film Producer
Jennifer Garner is an American Actress and film producer. She rose to fame with her role as Sydney Bristow in the ABC drama titled Alias. You can see her in a lot of movies as well. Some of the movies include Pearl Harbour, Catch Me If You Can, 13 Going On 30, Valentine’s Day, The Invention of Lying, Dallas Buyers Club and Juno. Jennifer Garner has been married twice. Right now, she is happily married to Ben Affleck and has three children. Garner is like sunshine. She has won a lot of awards like the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award. Garner is one of those Hollywood starlets who is loved and respected by her colleagues. She is down to earth and humble. Her movies are always a treat to see her movies and her acting.
EARLY LIFE
Jennifer Ann Garner was born in Texas, in the year 1972, to the proud parents Patricia Ann and William John. The family moved around quite a bit due to the nature of her father’s job. They finally settled in Charleston, West Virginia. She says that her elder sister, Melissa Lynn Garner Wylie, was a constant source of inspiration. She has a younger sister too. Her name is Susanna Kay Garner Carpenter. Jennifer Garner was pretty busy even as a kid. She started taking ballet lessons when she was only three years old and continued with it throughout her younger days. But, she could never see herself as a classical ballerina. Garner’s upbringing is pretty solid. The family had a conservative approach. Wearing make up or even a bikini was not allowed and the entire family went to the church every Sunday. She didn’t even get her ears pierced before sixteen years of age. Garner graduated from George Washington High School and has a degree in Bachelor of Fine Arts from Denison University. In the year 1993, Garner attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Connecticut.
CAREER
– Acting
Garner has appeared in two plays, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Georgia Shakespeare Company. She made her film debut with the movie Dude, Where’s My Car?, in which she played Ashton Kutcher’s girlfriend. After this movie, Garner played the supporting role in the amazing movie Pearl Harbor. In the movie, she starred with her to-be husband, Ben Affleck. Garner’s salary in the beginning of the series Alias was $40,000 per episode. This price was increased to $150,000 by the end of the series. The movie Daredevil was really good for Garner’s career. In the movie, she plays Ben Affleck’s love interest name Elektra Natchios. The movie was not critically acclaimed but it was a box office hit and a commercial success.
Garner’s first leading role came with the movie 13 Going On 30. She was really praised for her acting. Garner has also starred in movies like Catch and Release, The Kingdom, Juno, Valentine’s Day, Arthur, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Dallas Buyers Club and Imagine. The majority of the movies done by her have been a commercial success to say the least.
– Other Ventures
Jennifer Garner has the honor of being the spokesperson for Max Mara. The campaign will soon be shown in leading magazines like Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, W, Elle, InStyle, Harper’s Bazaar, The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times.
Garner opened her own production company in the year 2006. The company is named Vandalia Films. The debut movie of this production company is Butter, which was released in the year 2012.
ASSETS
– Pacific Palisades Mansion worth $17.5 million. The house was originally listed for $24.5 million.
– 2010 Mercedes GL350 BlueTec
– Lexus LS600hl
– 2007 Mercedes S63 AMG
– Lexus RX400h
– BMW Hydrogen 7
– Tesla Model S
– Land Rover LR4
PERSONAL LIFE
Jennifer Garner has been married twice. She married Scott Foley in the year 2000. She met the guy on the sets of Felicity in 1998. The couple, however, got divorced stating the reason as irreconcilable differences. The couple officially got divorced in 2004. In 2004, she started dating Ben Affleck, who was also her costar in the movie Daredevil. After the relationship came to the attention of the media, Garner started receiving a lot of media attention. Affleck proposed to her on her 33rd birthday with a 4.5 Harry Winston diamond ring. The beautiful couple got married in 2005. At that time, Garner was four months pregnant. The couple has three children named Violet Anne Affleck, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck and Samuel Garner Affleck.
Jennifer Garner went through a traumatic phase when she was being stalked by a man named Steve Burky. The stalking started in 2002 and the man was put behind the bars in 2009. He had a restraining order against him. He could not go near the family for 10 years at least. The man is in a mental hospital right now and is being treated for insanity.
Garner has a generous heart. She is on the board of trustees for Save The Children. She is really protective of her own children. In 2013, she testified before the Assembly Judiciary Committee in favor of a bill that would protect celebrities’ children from being harassed by the media and photographers. The bill was passed in September, 2013.
MEDIA IMAGE
Garner is beautiful and the entire world knows that! She was number 1 on the Maxim Hot 100 list in the year 2002. People magazine was included her name on the list of Most Beautiful at Every Age, in the year 2012.
