26 Facts About Ginnifer Goodwin

Jennifer Michelle "Ginnifer" Goodwin was born on May 22,1978 and is an American actress.

Ginnifer Goodwin voiced the lead role of Fawn in the Disney animated fantasy film Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast.

Ginnifer Goodwin's mother, Linda Goodwin, is a former teacher who worked for FedEx.

Ginnifer Goodwin's younger sister, Melissa Goodwin, is a stop-motion animator on shows such as Robot Chicken.

Ginnifer Goodwin was raised attending both the First Unitarian Church and Temple Israel.

Ginnifer Goodwin was baptized as a child and studied to have a bat mitzvah service, in the Jewish custom of recognizing her coming of age.

Ginnifer Goodwin was active in BBYO at the Jewish Community Center in Memphis.

Ginnifer Goodwin attended the private St Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis, Tennessee.

Ginnifer Goodwin attended Hanover College for one year before transferring and completing her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Boston University.

Ginnifer Goodwin was given the "Excellence in Acting: Professional Promise Award" by the Bette Davis Foundation, and graduated with honors.

Ginnifer Goodwin played Dori Dumchovic in the dark comedy Love Comes to the Executioner.

Ginnifer 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.

Ginnifer Goodwin has done voice work in the Adult Swim series Robot Chicken, where her younger sister Melissa works as an animator.

Ginnifer Goodwin played Gigi in He's Just Not That Into You.

From 2011 to 2017, Ginnifer Goodwin played a leading role in the ABC fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time.

Ginnifer Goodwin played both the fairy tale heroine Snow White and her real-world counterpart, schoolteacher Mary Margaret Blanchard.

Ginnifer 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.

Ginnifer Goodwin voiced Gwen, a kitchen maid who wants to be an inventor, in the animated series Sofia The First.

In January 2017, Ginnifer Goodwin was cast as Marianne in the Los Angeles production of Constellations.

In 2019, Ginnifer Goodwin appeared in episodes of the anthology series The Twilight Zone and Heartstrings.

Ginnifer Goodwin played Jodie in the Fox comedy series Pivoting, which premiered on January 9,2022.

Ginnifer Goodwin dated actor Joey Kern beginning in April 2009 and they became engaged in December 2010.

Ginnifer Goodwin subsequently began dating her Once Upon a Time co-star Josh Dallas in late 2011.

Ginnifer Goodwin 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.

In February 2024, Ginnifer 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.

In September 2024, Ginnifer Goodwin attended Zionist activist Hen Mazzig's seminar Jews Talk Justice Laboratories in Los Angeles.