Cast
- Jennifer Garner as Jenna Rink. Jenna Rink is a fun-loving 13 year old who strives to be "in" and hang with the ever-so-popular Tom Tom and her cool friends, not to mention her craziest daydream of dating the hottest guy in school, Chris. Her best friend, the dorky Matty, lives next door and has a huge crush on Jenna. When Jenna's 13th birthday rolls around, and she wants to be popular more than ever, Tom Tom, her friends, and her crush Chris accept an invitation to her birthday party, along with Matty. When Tom Tom tricks her into waiting in the closet so they can leave along with the science project Jenna did for them, Jenna blames Matty and locks herself in the closet. When wishing dust falls on her and she wishes to age to 30 and be 30, flirty, and thriving she didn't imagine it would ever come true! Now Jenna has to figure out who she is, while trying to the maintain the normal life she had built for herself. Garner filmed the picture while on break from filming her TV series Alias. Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, and Renée Zellweger were originally considered for the part played by Garner.
- Christa B. Allen as Young Jenna. Christa B. Allen, who portrays 13-year-old Jenna, would later "reprise" her role as a younger version of Jennifer Garner by portraying the teenaged version of Jenny Perotti in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
- Mark Ruffalo as Matt Flamhaff, her nerdy childhood friend, who's grown up to be a hunk.
- Sean Marquette as Young Matt
- Judy Greer as Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman, her teenage rival, who remains a hag.
- Alexandra Kyle as Young Lucy
- Andy Serkis as Richard Kneeland, the mature Garner's boss.
- Kathy Baker as Beverly Rink
- Phil Reeves as Wayne Rink
- Lynn Collins as Wendy
- Samuel Ball as Alex Carlson
- Marcia DeBonis as Arlene
- Kiersten Warren-Acevedo as Trish Sackett
- Ashley Benson as Six chick
- Brittany Curran as Six Chick
- Renee Olstead as Becky
- Kayla Hickson as Mindy
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