Michael vartan and jennifer garner

Jennifer Garner is taking a walk down memory lane and wishing Michael Vartan a very happy birthday. As the Alias actor turned 55 on Monday, his former on-screen co-star and former off-screen girlfriend took to Instagram with a silly throwback photo to celebrate.

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In the still shot from the series, a blonde Garner wears a classic Bavarian dress called a dirndl while holding a broken beer stein. Vartan is dressed simply in a black shirt and coat. In addition to starring together on Alias , Garner and Vartan also dated briefly for one year between and They have appeared to remain friendly over the years.

Vartan went on to marry Lauren Skaar in , but the two separated in Garner wed Ben Affleck in and split 10 years later. The actress has been quietly dating John Miller since Back in , Garner celebrated the 20th anniversary of Alias with an epic reunion party. The 20th anniversary seemed like as good an excuse as any, so the call went out -- reunion party is happening, pass it on!