Texas-born actress Jennifer Garner played Sydney Bristow in ABC's Alias from 2001 to 2006. Since the show ended, she has established herself as a leading film actress with roles in Catch and Release, 13 Going on 30 and Juno.

US Weekly reported that Garner gave birth to a healthy baby girl on January 6, 2009, in Los Angeles.US Weekly: Jennifer Garner and Husband Ben Affleck... (January 6, 2009) A week later, People Magazine revealed that the baby's name is Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck.People: Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck Reveal Baby's Name (January 13, 2009)

After several canceled television series, Garner earned a recurring role on Felicity. She had minor roles in Dude, Where's My Car? and Pearl Harbor before being cast in Alias. She won a Golden Globe in 2002 for Best Actress in the series.

Since Alias ended, she has appeared in several films, including Peter Berg's The Kingdom and the sleeper-hit Juno. She appeared in the Ricky Gervais comedy This Side of the Truth alongside Jonah Hill and Tina Fey.

Garner has two sisters, Melissa (older) and Susannah (younger). They had a very strict childhood, where going to movies, wearing make-up and having their ears pierced was banned. In early 2006, Garner pierced her ears specially to be able to wear a pair of $250,000 diamond earrings at that year's Academy Awards ceremony.

Foley and Garner met on the set of Felicity and married in 2000. They divorced in 2004 and Garner has since said that their Hollywood lifestyle led to the separation. Garner briefly dated her Alias co-star, Michael Vartan, and their split instigated rumors that Garner encouraged the show's producers to have him "killed off."

Garner married Ben Affleck in June 2005 and she gave birth to their daughter Violet Anne Affleck in December of the same year. Garner gave birth to the couple's second daughter on January 6, 2009.

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• 1972: Born April 17

• 1997: Deconstructing Harry

• 1997: Mr. Magoo

• 1998: 1999

• 2000: Dude, Where's My Car?

• 2001-2006: Alias

• 2002: Catch Me If You Can

• 2003: Daredevil

• 2004: 13 Going on 30

• 2005: Elektra

• 2005: Married Ben Affleck

• 2007: The Kingdom

• 2007: Juno