Jennifer Garner Selected as ‘Woman of the Year’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Jennifer Garner can add another accolade to her long list of accomplishments. Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals just named her their Woman of the Year.
The group didn’t just base their decision on her acting career, but also her work as an entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Garner will be the guest of honor at the annual parade through Harvard Square, followed by a roast, which is where she will receive her pudding pot.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals have been around since 1844. They first established their Woman of the Year award in 1951 to honor people who have made “lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.”
Garner has appeared in many family-friendly movies over the years, including MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN and THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN, as well as ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY.
Garner said that her work in MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN brought her closer to God. While promoting the movie, the actress talked about how rare it is to discuss faith in Los Angeles and how it has become politicized.
“I was talking to my kids about the movie,” she shared. “And they said ‘Mom, you don’t take us to church,’ and we went that Sunday. They went today without me.”
“That decision…was a direct gift from this movie,” Garner concluded. “And for that, I’m really grateful.”
Garner most recently starred in the family-friendly movie, YES DAY.
As Movieguide® previously reported:
“This is a very personal story for me,” the 48-year-old actress told Movieguide®. “I developed this script, I found the director, we created all of this together.”
Garner added that YES DAY is based mainly on her own experience with family.
“I was much cooler before I had kids. Are you kidding me?” Garner joked. “And now I’m like a drill sergeant. So, yes. And of course, my kids and I have had ‘yes day’ for the last nine years.”
Garner shared that “yes days” are not her family’s only tradition. Garner, who shares three children with her ex-husband and fellow actor Ben Affleck, says that church is a big part of her family’s everyday lives.
“I feel the same about church on Sundays,” Garner said. “It really just starts the whole week, you know, just thinking together, just being together for that hour really starts us off right. And I am missing being in church physically in person. I really miss that sense of community.”
Garner also noted YES DAY’s emphasis on spending face-to-face time with your family.
“We’re all guilty of it,” Garner confessed of spending too much time in front of a device. “I am sure that my kids would tell me that I have to put my phone down. I’ve gotten only worse over the last year. But we’re just all bound to our own little world and our own little mind. And it’s all connected to this silly thing we have in our hands. So there is something about having to rely on each other. That’s so important.”
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