She went from earning $150 a week as an understudy to staring in her own TV show, while you were probably wasting your time at college. Not bad for one of the stars of Dude, Where’s My Car. Garner also had small roles on TV’s Felicity (Keri Russell), and in the big-budget flop Pearl Harbor Kate Beckinsale. But she’s probably best known for playing agent Sydney Bristow on Alias (Melissa George). The show had a successful five-year run, and showed Hollywood that the cute girls-next-door can also save the day. Her butt-kicking on the small screen helped earn her the role of Elektra in 2005′s Daredevil Ellen Pompeo movie, where she met the future father of her child, Ben Affleck. The film also spawned the Elektra Natassia Malthe movie.
