Actress Who Played Young Version of Jennifer Garner's Character in '13 Going on 30' Turns 30!

Christa B. Allen; Jennifer Garner.Photo: christa allen/ instagram; Columbia Tri Star/Kobal/Shutterstock

Christa B. Allenis thirty, flirty and thriving!

The actress, who played the younger version ofJennifer Garner’s Jenna Rink in 2004’s13 Going On 30, celebrated her 30th birthday on Thursday.

Instead of posting a viral recreation of the beloved movie, Allen worked with her friends on creating her own five-part short-form miniseries calledViennain which she interacts with her “13-year-old self” as she deals with entering a new decade.

The actress touches on themes from the film in the series, which she shared to her social media accounts.

On Tuesday, Allen told her followers on Twitter that the videos were “a response” to the 2004 film.

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In the film, a 13-year-old teenager suddenly wakes up as a 30-year-old magazine executive one morning thanks to some magic wishing dust.

For Halloween 2020, Allen reenacted a scene from the movie in which she raids her adult self’s closet to dress up for a party her employer, a popular magazine, was hosting. The scene is set to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”

“Jenna Rink forever 👛🌸💕✨#13goingon30,” Allen wrote in the caption of the video.

source: people.com