Who is Ginnifer Goodwin? Everything You Need to Know

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Also Known As: Jennifer Michelle Goodwin

Age: 45 Years, 45 Year Old Females

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Josh Dallas (m. 2014)

father: Tim Goodwin

mother: Linda Goodwin

siblings: Melissa Goodwin (younger sister)

children: Hugo Wilson Dallas, Oliver Finlay Dallas

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Height: 5'6" (168 cm), 5'6" Females

U.S. State: Tennessee

Ancestry: British American

City: Memphis, Tennessee

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education: Boston University

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Career

Goodwin first appeared in minor roles on television shows such as ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Ed’ before landing bigger roles. In 2003, she made her debut in films through ‘Mona Lisa Smile’ which was followed by ‘Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!’, ‘Walk the Line’ and ‘Love Comes to the Executioner’. After this, she had a recurring voice role in the show ‘Robot Chicken’. Then, in 2006, she was cast as Margene Heffman in the TV series ‘Big Love’. The following year, Goodwin appeared in two movies, namely ‘In the Land of Women’ and ‘Day Zero’ respectively.

From 2009 to 2011, she did a number of small and big screen projects. These projects include TV shows ‘Crappy Holidays Presents...’, ‘SpongeBob SquarePants,’ ‘Margene's Blog’ and movies ‘He's Just Not That Into You’, ‘A Single Man’, ‘Ramona and Beezus’, ‘Take Me Home Tonight’ and ‘Something Borrowed’ respectively. Around this time, Goodwin was also offered the television film ‘Five’. She was then cast as Snow White in the TV show ‘Once Upon a Time’.

After this, the ambitious lady appeared in the TV series ‘Electric City’. In 2013, Goodwin did the television movie ‘Killing Kennedy’ in which she portrayed the character of Jacqueline Kennedy. The following year, she lent her voice to an episode of the television show ‘Sofia the First’. The same year, she did voice work for the movie ‘Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast’. After this, she got featured in the documentary series ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ She also gave her voice to one of the characters in the video game ‘Disney Infinity 3.0’. Then in 2016, Goodwin did voice work for the film ‘Zootopia’.

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Personal Life

Ginnifer Goodwin was born as Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Her father, Tim Goodwin, owned a recording studio. Her mother worked for Apple and FedEx. She has a younger sister named Melissa. Ginnifer went to St. Mary's Episcopal School in Tennessee. She later graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996. After this, she majored in theatre from Hanover College and then moved on to earn a degree in Fine Arts from Boston University. After this, she studied at Stratford Upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Institute and Royal Shakespeare Company.

Coming to the actress’ love life, she initially dated actor Joey Kern. The couple got engaged in 2010. However, they broke up and ended their engagement one year later. After the split, Goodwin started dating actor Josh Dallas. They got married in 2014. Today, the couple has two sons.

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