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Edited: Sept. 16, 2002

GRANVILLE — Denison alumna Jennifer Garner '94, star of the hit ABC spy series Alias, returns to her alma mater on Saturday (Oct. 5) to speak at a college convocation at 8 p.m. in the University's Swasey Chapel. Video clips from Alias will be shown starting at 7:30 p.m. prior to the convocation. This Provost Alumni Scholar Series event is free and open to the public.

After only one season of Alias, Garner was honored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association as winner of the 2002 Golden Globe for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Dramatic Series." She was also nominated for a 2002 Emmy in the category of "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series" by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Born in Houston and reared in Charleston, W.Va., Garner is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's most sought-after actresses. She will star later this year with Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Sheen in Steven Spielberg's feature film Catch Me If You Can; and she will co-star with Ben Affleck in Daredevil, the latest Marvel comic book superhero movie adaptation, scheduled to open nationally in January, 2003.

Garner was most recently seen in the films Pearl Harbor (2001) and Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Garner is also featured in Marc Fusco's independent release, Rennie's Landing (2001), starring opposite her husband, Scott Foley, and Ethan Embry.

Her additional feature film credits include 1999 (1998), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Washington Square (1997) and Mr. Magoo (1997). Her television credits include featured roles in the Jennifer Love Hewitt drama, Time of Your Life (1999), and Significant Others (1998), as well as a recurring role on Felicity (1998). She has guest starred on Spin City (1996) and Law & Order (1990); and has been featured in the television films Rose Hill (1997), Harvest of Fire (1996) and Zoya (1995), as well as the in the Larry McMurtry miniseries Dead Man's Walk (1996).

Garner has been featured recently in cover stories of several popular magazines, including Rolling Stone, People, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide. She was named among USA Today's "Top 10 New Stars of 2001," and on People's lists of "Breakthrough Stars of 2001" and "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2002; and she has just been ranked 20th on TV Guide's list, "The 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time."

During her career at Denison, Garner performed in theatrical productions of She Loves Me, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Mousetrap, Cabaret and A Streetcar Named Desire, among others. Holder of a bachelor of fine arts degree in theatre performance from Denison, she also spent a semester studying at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Theater Institute in Waterford, Conn.

Garner currently resides in the Los Angeles area with her husband, two dogs and a cat.

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