On February 17, Jennifer Garner stepped out in New York City.She bundled up against the chill in a navy jacket\u2014her phone tucked into its front pocket\u2014and wide-legged jeans.The actress is currently promoting season 2 of her show The Last Thing He Told Me on Apple TV+.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Garner<\/a> is currently promoting season 2 of her Apple TV+ series The Last Thing He Told Me, which will be released on February 20\u2014and while out in New York City, she braved the elements in a Gen Z-coded look.\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner on February 17, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n The actress stepped out in the city on February 17 wearing a navy jacket with gold button detailing, a blue scarf with white stripes, Freda Salvador Susana boots, and wide-legged jeans. Her brunette hair was worn down in waves, and her makeup was natural, including a pop of pink lip. Being the ever-relatable queen she is, Garner tucked her cell phone into the front pocket of her jacket.\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner in New York City.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Garner, after all, knows a little bit about Gen Z style\u2014she has three kids that fall into that demographic, after all. The actress shares 20-year-old Violet, 16-year-old Fin, and 13-year-old Samuel with her ex-husband, Ben Affleck<\/a>, whom she was married to from 2005 to 2018. In a recent interview with Marie Claire U.K.<\/a>, Garner didn\u2019t hesitate when asked what she was most proud of in her work or in her life, immediately answering, \u201cMy children.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cParenting now has shifted,\u201d Garner told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s more about parenting with a button on my mouth.\u201d She added, \u201cYou have to let them grow up and make their choices. You don\u2019t get to control it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner in New York City on February 17, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Of her trio, Garner said she is \u201cso proud of how they walk through the world, and proud of them for trying hard,\u201d adding, \u201cthey\u2019re just so cool!\u201d\n<\/p>\n Her fame, she said\u2014especially navigating it with kids\u2014is \u201cthe hardest thing,\u201d Garner explained. \u201cNot hard in the grand scheme of what is hard in the world, but tricky for me, and tricky for my family.\u201d Of reading gossip about herself, she told the publication, \u201cIt doesn\u2019t serve me to take in gossip about myself or anyone else, much less my kids, so I don\u2019t do it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner on February 3, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n \u201cSo much about my life surprises me,\u201d she continued. \u201cThat I\u2019m still working, that I\u2019m still alive, that my kids are healthy, that my work relationships\u2014which are more like familial friendships\u2014are still the same as they were 25 or 30 years ago, but richer and deeper and stronger. It\u2019s all a gift. I just feel so grateful to my job for giving me these people.\u201d Of Affleck, she added, \u201cAnd then, yeah, that I\u2019m able to co-parent at this point in time with peace and equanimity and a partnership that I didn\u2019t know I would ever get back to. I think it\u2019s important for women to know, when they think, \u2018Oh, I\u2019ll never see that, I\u2019ll never have that feeling, I\u2019ll never be friends with this person again,\u2019 [that] time is the opportunity. Time is the opportunity to heal. Time is the opportunity to forgive, to move on, and to find a new way to be friends.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner on February 3, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n Garner\u2019s look on Tuesday follows other fashion-forward appearances this week, like visiting The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on February 16 wearing an asymmetric crepe dress<\/a> by Bottega Veneta, or attending an event for The Last Thing He Told Me on February 12 alongside Reese Witherspoon<\/a> in a Thom Browne maxidress<\/a> with satin details.\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner arriving at ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ on February 16, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n As further proof of how normal Garner really is, she attended the Golden Globes for the first time in 13 years on January 11, wearing a black Cong Tri gown<\/a> designed with 330,000 crystal beads that took 1,300 hours to make. Before putting on her dress and feeling \u201csparkly and pretty\u201d at the event, per WWD<\/a>, Garner told the outlet that earlier that morning, \u201cMy daughter went back to college this morning, so I got up at 5, took her to the airport.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner at the 2026 Golden Globes.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n She added<\/a> that she then cooked up \u201cwaffles for a bunch of teenagers\u201d for a sleepover at her house, saying, \u201cThere\u2019s no stress here. It\u2019s all good.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Jennifer Garner on February 12, 2026.<\/p>\n Getty<\/p>\n \u201cI had no idea how much I was going to love having teenagers,\u201d Garner told Harper\u2019s Bazaar<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re just so smart and funny. They make me laugh, and they\u2019re so sweet.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n