“Garner's ability to plausibly embody Bristow's many identities--cheerful graduate student, plucky double agent, vulnerable loner and (this part is key) killer clotheshorse--helped the actress become something else last week: a Golden Globe winner.” A 2002 Time article profiles Jennifer Garner shortly after her unexpected Golden Globe win, and looks at how her character, Sydney Bristow, succeeds in capturing the viewer’s affection where other femme fatales have failed. It credits Alias for the show’s refusal to “make a strong woman seem like an estrogen deprived freak”, and claims Garner’s appearance gives her character credibility. “Tall and slim, with flying buttresses for cheekbones and pincushion lips, she is saved from true, distracting beauty by her masculine jaw and long forehead.” According to the Time, Garner is able to balance feminine accessibility, superhero antics, and intriguing (yet believable) good looks in a way that allows her to “go about the business of gathering intelligence and trapping bad guys as if spies were just women who are really good at multitasking”.
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