Ginnifer Goodwin
{{short description|American actress (born 1978)}}
{{Distinguish|Jennie Goodwin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ginnifer Goodwin
| image = Ginnifer Goodwin by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Goodwin in 2012
| birth_name = Jennifer Michelle Goodwin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|22}}
| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
| education = Hanover College
Boston University (BFA)
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Josh Dallas|2014}}
| children = 2
| yearsactive = 1996–present
| known_for = Big Love
He's Just Not That Into You
Once Upon a Time
Zootopia
}}
Ginnifer Goodwin (born Jennifer Michelle Goodwin) {{cite magazine | url = http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ginnifer-goodwin/189986 | title= Ginnifer Goodwin | magazine= TV Guide | access-date= April 13, 2014| archive-date=September 5, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905191513/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ginnifer-goodwin/189986/ | url-status=live}} (born May 22, 1978) is an American actress. She starred as Margene Heffman in the HBO drama series Big Love (2006–2011), Snow White / Mary Margaret Blanchard in the ABC fantasy series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018), Judy Hopps in Zootopia (2016), and Beth Ann Stanton in Why Women Kill (2019).
Goodwin appeared in films, including the drama Mona Lisa Smile (2003), the musical biopic Walk the Line (2005), the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You (2009), the family comedy Ramona and Beezus (2010), the romantic comedy Something Borrowed (2011), and the biopic Killing Kennedy (2013). She also voiced the lead role of Fawn in the Disney animated fantasy film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014).
Early life and education
Goodwin was born in Memphis, Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808398021/bio|title=Ginnifer Goodwin Biography – Yahoo! Movies|publisher=Yahoo!|date=May 22, 1978|access-date=March 26, 2010 | archive-date= June 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604002805/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808398021/bio}} Her mother, Linda (née Kantor) Goodwin, is a former teacher who also worked for FedEx.{{cite journal|last=Pellettieri|first=Courtney|title=Meals My Mother Taught Me|journal=InStyle|volume=17|issue=5|pages=324–325|date=May 2010}} Her father, Tim Goodwin, formerly owned and operated a recording studio.{{cite web|author-link=Nate Bloom|first=Nate|last=Bloom |url=https://18doors.org/interfaith_celebrities_ginnifer_goodwin_re-discovers_judaism_rachelle_lefevere_is_hot_liev_scheiber_new_series_gary_david_goldberg/ |title= Ginnifer Goodwin Re-Discovers her Faith |date=July 3, 2013 |publisher=InterfaithFamily |access-date=January 27, 2014}} Goodwin changed the spelling of her name from "Jennifer" to "Ginnifer" to make it distinct and to reflect how it is pronounced in her Southern regional dialect.Stated by Goodwin on the Late Show with David Letterman, March 18, 2009 Her younger sister, Melissa Goodwin, is a stop-motion animator on shows such as Robot Chicken.
Goodwin's mother is Jewish.{{cite web|first=Danielle|last=Stein|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/ginnifer-goodwin|title=Not So Goodwin|work=W magazine|date=June 1, 2009|access-date=May 16, 2018}} Goodwin was raised attending both the First Unitarian Church and Temple Israel.{{cite web|last=Waters |first=David |url=http://faithinmemphis.com/2013/05/ginnifer-goodwin-comes-home-to-jewish-faith/ |title=Ginnifer Goodwin comes 'home' to Jewish faith |publisher=Faith in Memphis |date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=January 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119060819/http://faithinmemphis.com/2013/05/ginnifer-goodwin-comes-home-to-jewish-faith/ |archive-date=November 19, 2013 }} As a child, she attended the Henry S. Jacobs Camp, a summer camp for Reform Jewish children in Utica, Mississippi.{{citation needed|reason=imdb-bio|date=August 2020}} She was baptized as a child and also studied to have a bat mitzvah service, in the Jewish custom of recognizing her coming of age.{{cite web|first=Renee|last=Ghert-Zand|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ginnifer-goodwins-ketubah-caper/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin's ketubah caper|work=The Times of Israel|date=April 28, 2014|access-date=May 16, 2018}}[http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2009/06/ginnifer_goodwin Ginnifer Goodwin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225081552/http://www.wmagazine.com/people/celebrities/2009/06/ginnifer_goodwin/ |date=December 25, 2016 }}. W Magazine. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
In her youth, Goodwin was affiliated with the North American Federation of Temple Youth. She was active in BBYO at the Jewish Community Center in Memphis.{{cite web|url=http://www.generationj.com/issues/july_07/culture_rt2.html|title=Jews in the Limelight|publisher=Generationj.com|access-date=January 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328024532/http://www.generationj.com/issues/july_07/culture_rt2.html|archive-date=March 28, 2012|url-status=dead}} She attended the private St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee. She graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996.
She attended Hanover College (majoring in theater) for one year before transferring and completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University. While a student at BU, she performed in numerous student short films, as well as several college and local stage productions. Goodwin was given the "Excellence in Acting: Professional Promise Award" by the Bette Davis Foundation, and graduated with honors. After her time at Boston University, she lived for a time in England and studied at Stratford on Avon's Shakespeare Institute, in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The following year, she earned an Acting Shakespeare Certificate from London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.{{cite web |title=Ginnifer Goodwin Biography |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ginnifer-goodwin/bio/189986/ |website=TV Guide |access-date=June 16, 2019}}
Career
File:Ginnifer_Goodwin_by_David_Shankbone_2.jpg
Goodwin first had roles in the NBC television programs Law & Order and Ed before appearing in the Comedy Central television movie Porn 'n Chicken. She later had substantial roles in the films Mona Lisa Smile, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Walk the Line—in which she portrayed Vivian Liberto, Johnny Cash's first wife—and Birds of America. She also played Dori Dumchovic in the dark comedy Love Comes to the Executioner.{{Citation needed |date=May 2021}} Goodwin played a leading role as Margene Heffman, the third wife in a polygamous family, on the HBO original series Big Love, which concluded on March 20, 2011. Goodwin has done voice work in the Adult Swim series Robot Chicken, where her younger sister Melissa works as an animator.
In 2008, Max Mara honored Goodwin with a "Face of the Future" award, an award recognizing up-and-coming women in film.{{cite web|author=Leisa Barnett|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080619-ginnifer-goodwin-wins-maxmara-award.aspx|title=Ginnifer Goodwin wins MaxMara award (Vogue.com UK)|work=Vogue|location=UK|date=June 19, 2008|access-date=March 26, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129063557/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/080619-ginnifer-goodwin-wins-maxmara-award.aspx|archive-date=November 29, 2009}}
Goodwin played Gigi in He's Just Not That Into You (2009). For this role, she received a nomination for the People's Choice Award for Breakout Movie Actress.{{cite news|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/2010_Peoples_Choice_Award_Nominees_Revealed_Neil_Patrick_Harris_Hugh_Jackman_Green_Day_Honored_20091110|title=2010 People's Choice Award Nominees Revealed; Neil Patrick Harris, Hugh Jackman & Green Day Honored|agency=BWW News Desk|date=November 10, 2009}} In April 2009 she began filming Ramona and Beezus, playing "Aunt Bea".{{cite web|url=http://www.moviehole.net/200918028-todays-new-movie-announcements|title=Today's new movie announcements.|first=Anthony J.|last=Lucas|date=March 4, 2009|access-date=March 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112138/http://moviehole.net/200918028-todays-new-movie-announcements|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}} The film was released on July 23, 2010.
From 2011 to 2017, Goodwin played a leading role in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time. She played both the fairy tale heroine Snow White and her real-world counterpart, schoolteacher Mary Margaret Blanchard.[http://www.tvline.com/2011/07/once-upon-a-time-cast-video-scoop-comic-con/ "Once Upon a Time's Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin & Co. on Their Literal "Dream" Project"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110004431/http://tvline.com/2011/07/25/once-upon-a-time-cast-video-scoop-comic-con/ |date=November 10, 2012 }}, TV Line (July 25, 2011) Goodwin and husband Josh Dallas left the show at the end of its sixth season to move back to Los Angeles with their family.{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/once-upon-a-time-downton-abbey-ginnifer-goodwin-al.html|title=After Once Upon a Time and Downton Abbey, Ginnifer Goodwin and Allen Leech Star on Stage|last=Johnson|first=Diedre|work=Paste|date=June 6, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2017}} They both returned to the series for its finale at the end of the seventh season.{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2018/03/21/once-upon-a-time-jennifer-morrison-returns-series-finale-emma/|website=TVLine|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|title='Once Upon a Time': Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Dallas and Emilie de Ravin Return for Series Finale|date=March 21, 2018}}
Goodwin voiced Judy Hopps, the protagonist rabbit police officer in Disney's Zootopia, as well as Fawn in Disney's animated film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast.{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ginnifer-goodwin-joins-jason-bateman-793927 | title=Ginnifer Goodwin Joins Jason Bateman in Disney Animation's 'Zootopia' (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=May 6, 2015 | access-date=May 6, 2015}} She also voiced Gwen, a kitchen maid who wants to be an inventor, in the animated series Sofia The First.
In January 2017, Goodwin was cast as Marianne in the Los Angeles production of Constellations.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ginnifer-goodwin-snags-lead-role-constellations-at-geffen-playhouse-967616|title=Ginnifer Goodwin Set for 'Constellations' at Geffen Playhouse|last=Gardner|first=Chris|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 23, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2017}} The play ran from June 14 to July 23, 2017, at the Geffen Playhouse.{{cite web|url=https://westsidetoday.com/2017/06/22/constellations-extended-through-july-23/|title=Los Angeles Premiere Of "Constellations" At The Geffen Playhouse Extends Through July 23|work=Westside Today|date=June 22, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2017}}
In 2019, Goodwin appeared in episodes of the anthology series The Twilight Zone and Heartstrings. Also in 2019, she starred as Beth Ann in the first season of the CBS All Access dark comedy-drama series Why Women Kill.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |last2=Andreeva |first2=Nellie |title=Lucy Liu To Star In 'Why Women Kill' On CBS All Access |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/lucy-liu-to-star-in-why-women-kill-on-cbs-all-access-1202554856/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=February 11, 2019 |date=February 11, 2019}}
Goodwin played Jodie in the Fox comedy series Pivoting,{{cite web| last1=Andrea | first1=Nellie | url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/pivoting-canceled-fox-one-season-1235023573/|title='Pivoting' Canceled By Fox In Nail-Biter After One Season |website=Deadline | date=May 14, 2022 |access-date=October 18, 2022}} which premiered on January 9, 2022. The show was cancelled after one season.{{cite web|last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |title=Fox Sets Midseason Premiere Dates For 'Next Level Chef,' 'Call Me Kat' & 'Pivoting' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/fox-midseason-premiere-dates-next-level-chef-call-me-kat-pivoting-1234858602/ |website=Deadline|access-date=October 29, 2021|date=October 19, 2021}}
Goodwin will reprise her voice role as Judy Hopps in Disney's Zootopia 2, set for release in November 2025.{{Cite web |last=Campione |first=Katie |date=August 9, 2024 |title='Zootopia 2': Ke Huy Quan Joins Cast Of Upcoming Animated Sequel |url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/zootopia-2-ke-huy-quan-cast-d23-1236036458/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240810070740/https://deadline.com/2024/08/zootopia-2-ke-huy-quan-cast-d23-1236036458/ |archive-date=August 10, 2024 |access-date=August 10, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Personal life
File:Josh Dallas, Ginnifer Goodwin (6954743753).jpg in 2012]]
Goodwin dated actor Joey Kern beginning in April 2009 and they became engaged in December 2010.{{cite web|last=Zuckerman |first=Blaine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/ginnifer-goodwin-engaged-to-joey-kern/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin Is Engaged! |work=People |date= December 24, 2010|access-date=October 2, 2019}} They ended the engagement in May 2011.{{cite web |last=Zuckerman |first=Blaine|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ginnifer-goodwin-and-fianc-break-up/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin and Fiancé Break Up |work=People |date=May 20, 2011 |access-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100724/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20496321,00.htm |archive-date=December 24, 2013 }} Goodwin subsequently began dating her Once Upon a Time co-star Josh Dallas in late 2011.{{cite web|last=Johnson |first=Zach |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ginnifer-goodwin-and-josh-dallas-make-red-carpet-debut-as-a-couple-2012144 |title=Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas Make Red Carpet Debut as a Couple!|work=Us Weekly|date=April 14, 2012|access-date=April 16, 2012}} They got engaged in October 2013{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/ginnifer-goodwin-engaged-to-josh-dallas/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin Engaged to Josh Dallas|work=People|date=October 11, 2013|access-date=October 2, 2019|first=Julie|last=Jordan}} and married on April 12, 2014, in California.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/Ginnifer-Goodwin-Marries-Josh-Dallas|title=Ginnifer Goodwin Marries Josh Dallas|work=People|date=April 13, 2014|access-date=May 30, 2014|first=Sarah|last=Michaud|archive-date=January 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122232513/http://people.com/article/Ginnifer-Goodwin-Marries-Josh-Dallas/|url-status=dead}} They have two sons, born in May 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/article/ginnfer-good-win-josh-dallas-baby-boy|title=Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas Are Parents of Baby Boy|work=People|date=May 30, 2014|access-date=May 30, 2014|first=Julie|last=Jordan}} and June 2016.{{cite news| url=http://www.eonline.com/news/737664/once-upon-a-time-s-ginnifer-goodwin-and-josh-dallas-welcome-baby-no-2|title=Once Upon a Time's Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas Welcome Baby No. 2| work=E! News| date=June 8, 2016}}
In 2013, Goodwin said that after leaving Memphis, she "up and left Judaism for a very long time," and that "for 10 years, there was nothing. No ritual. No tradition. No community." She later reconnected with her faith, and has said, "I was a Jew by birth, and now I'm a Jew by choice."
Politics
Following the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, Goodwin has been vocal about her support for Israel on Social Media, calling for the return of kidnapped child hostages on her Instagram account.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-22 |title=Actress Ginnifer Goodwin speaks on behalf of child hostages held by Hamas |url=https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/article-774529 |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}} Goodwin also filmed a video for the American Jewish Committee in which she claimed that the phrase "Globalize the Intifada" called for Jews worldwide to be attacked.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=Actress Ginnifer Goodwin explains how "Globalize the Intifada" is a Call for Violence {{!}} AJC |url=https://www.ajc.org/news/actress-ginnifer-goodwin-explains-how-globalize-the-intifada-is-a-call-for-violence |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=www.ajc.org |language=en}} In February 2024, Goodwin signed an open letter by Creative Community for Peace rejecting calls for Israel to be banned from Eurovision 2024 amid the ongoing Gaza war.{{Cite web |last=CCFPeace |date=2024-02-14 |title=Open Letter – Eurovision 2024 |url=https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2024/02/14/eurovisionccfp2024/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Creative Community for Peace - |language=en-US}} In September 2024, Goodwin attended Zionist activist Hen Mazzig's seminar Jews Talk Justice Laboratories in Los Angeles.{{Cite web |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |date=2024-09-18 |title=Why Pro-Israel Hollywood Stars Like Debra Messing and Ginnifer Goodwin Turn to Hen Mazzig for Advice |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/hen-mazzig-debra-messing-ginnifer-goodwin-pro-israel-hamas-1236001088/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2000
|Zelda: An Extrospective Journey | Zelda |
| 2003
|Constance Baker | |
| 2004
|Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! |Cathy Feely | |
| 2005
| |
| 2006
|Love Comes to the Executioner |Dori Dumchovic | |
| rowspan=2| 2007
|Janey | |
| Day Zero
|Molly Rifkin | |
| 2008
|Ida Tanager | |
| rowspan=2| 2009
|Gigi Phillips | |
| A Single Man
|Mrs. Strunk | |
| 2010
|Aunt Beatrice | |
| rowspan=2| 2011
|Banky | |
| Something Borrowed
|Rachel White | |
| 2014
|Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast |Fawn | rowspan=2| Voice |
| 2016
| Judy Hopps |
| rowspan=2| 2023
|Buddy Games: Spring Awakening | Celia | |
| Once Upon a Studio
|rowspan=2|Judy Hopps |Voice, Short film |
| 2025
|Voice; in production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2001
| Erica | Episode: "Myth of Fingerprints" |
| 2001–2003
| Ed | Diane Snyder | Main role (seasons 2–3), 25 episodes |
| 2002
| Maya | Television film |
| 2005
| Various voices | Recurring voice role, 7 episodes |
| 2006–2011
| Big Love | Main role |
| 2007
| Big Love: In the Beginning | Margene Heffman | 2 episodes |
| 2009
| Crappy Holidays Presents... | {{TableTBA|N/A}} | Episode: "Crappy Easter" |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| Purple Haired Mermaid | Voice role; episode: "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle" |
| Margene's Blog
| Margene Henrickson | Episode: "Crush Story" |
| Five
| Charlotte | Television film |
| 2011–2018
| Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White | Main role (seasons 1–6), Special Guest Star (Season 7) |
| 2012
| Jean Marie St. Cloud | Voice role |
| 2013
| Television film |
| 2014
| Gwen | Voice role; episode: "Gizmo Gwen" |
| 2015
| Herself | Episode: "Ginnifer Goodwin" |
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| I Am Somebody's Child: The Regina Louise Story | Jeanne Kerr | Television film; also Executive producer |
| The Twilight Zone
| Eve Martin |
| Heartstrings
| Genevieve |
| Why Women Kill
| Beth Ann Stanton |
| 2021
| Herself | Episode: "Dream a Little Dream of Ned" |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Pivoting | Jodie{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/05/pivoting-ginnifer-goodwin-star-fox-comedy-pilot-1202939745/|title=Ginnifer Goodwin To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot 'Pivoting'|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=May 20, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2021}} | Main role |
| Zootopia+
| Judy Hopps | Voice role; archival recordings |
=Video games=
Theater
- Constellations (2017) at Geffen Playhouse, as Marianne
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|0329481|Ginnifer Goodwin}}
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