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Members of Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals honor Jennifer Garner as Woman of the Year during a parade Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.
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Jennifer Garner celebrated as Harvard's Hasty Pudding's Woman of Year

Michael Dwyer/Associated Press

Jennifer Garner celebrated as Harvard's Hasty Pudding's Woman of Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Actor Jennifer Garner was honored as Hasty Pudding Theatrical’s Woman of the Year at a parade in historic Harvard Square Saturday afternoon.

Ms. Garner was paraded through the streets of Cambridge, Mass. Despite the frigid temperatures, Ms. Garner was all smiles as she waved to the hundreds of spectators along the parade route.

“This is crazy. This is nuts,” Ms. Garner said, with jubilance in her voice, as she observed the large crowds from a red Bentley.

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Ms. Garner, 49, will be bestowed the group’s iconic pudding pot at a traditional roast Saturday evening. Harvard’s famed theater troupe will also be performing its latest production, “Ship Happens,” after the roast. This will be the organization’s third time featuring both men and women in their cast and its first production in two years since the coronavirus pandemic began in 2020.

At the parade, Ms. Garner was accompanied by several of the theater troupe’s members, who were dressed in elaborate costumes and drag.

Hasty Pudding Theatricals, which dates to 1844 and bills itself the third-oldest theater group in the world, established its Woman of the Year award in 1951 to honor people who have made “lasting and impressive contributions to the world of entertainment.”

Last year’s recipient was Viola Davis, and previous winners include Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Ethel Merman and Cher.

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Hasty Pudding organizers said they chose Ms. Garner based not just on her career as an actor but also because of her record as a philanthropist and entrepreneur.

“As a talented actress and philanthropist, Jennifer is a role model to all of us at Hasty Pudding Theatricals,” said the award’s organizer, Jacqueline Zoeller, in a press statement. “It is so wonderful to celebrate her in this exceptional year with the organization’s return to stage.”

Ms. Garner was nominated for several Primetime Emmys for her role as Sydney Bristow in the television spy series “Alias.” She’s been lauded for her work in several movies including “Juno,” “Dallas Buyers Club” and “13 Going on 30.”

Ms. Garner is a Save the Children trustee and has advocated on Capitol Hill and around the nation to raise awareness and funds for the organization. She also co-founded the organic food company Once Upon a Farm in 2017, with a goal of providing children with the highest quality food grown using sustainable methods.

Jason Bateman, who played Ms. Garner’s husband in the 2007 film “Juno,” was feted earlier this week as 2022 Man of the Year.

First Published: February 5, 2022, 10:25 p.m.

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Members of Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals honor Jennifer Garner as Woman of the Year during a parade Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.  (Michael Dwyer/Associated Press)
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