Jessica Alba

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Jessica Alba is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002).

  

Jessica Alba - Hollywood Actress

Jessica Alba Aliases (Nicknames & Misspelled names): Jessica, Jess Alba, Sin star, Sin city Alba, Dark Angel, Alba, Jessica Marie Alba

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Birth Name                            Jessica Marie Alba

Height                                    5' 6"

Sex                                             Female

Nationality                                  American

Birth Date                                   28-Apr-81

Birth Place                          Pomona, California, USA

Profession                          Actress

Education High school graduated

Began studying acting at age 12, studied in Atlantic Theater Company in New York

Father Mark Alba (Spanish/Mexican-American; real estate owner, once joined US Air Force)

Mother Cathy Alba (French/Danish; born in Montreal)

Brother Joshua Alba (actor; born on July 8, 1982)

Relationships Cash Warren (assistant director; dated 2005 - July 2007)

Michael Weatherly (actor; born on July 8, 1968; engaged in May 2001; broke up)

Jessica Alba Bio:

A longtime favorite of frat boys and fan-boys alike, actress Jessica Alba started out in commercials before graduating to the small screen. She had the looks to make us believe she was a genetically-enhanced woman in the sci-fi hit Dark Angel , and has the body to make any guy want to go see a chick flick like Honey. Even though she's been away from the spotlight for a few years, Jessica has always been on our minds.

Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Mark Alba, who is Mexican American and Catherine Jensen, who has French and Danish ancestry. Her maternal grandfather was a Marine NCO for 30 years, serving in the Pacific during WWII, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the United States Marine Band. Alba was raised in an Air Force family, along with her brother, Joshua, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of Dark Angel, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California. Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, a burst appendix, and a cyst on her tonsils. This served to isolate her from other children at school because, as she claims, she was in the hospital so often that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. Alba had expressed interest in acting since the age of five. She took her first acting class at age twelve, and an acting agent signed her nine months later.

After big-screen roles in Never Been Kissed and Idle Hands , Jessica Alba became the first "It" girl of the century as the title role in James Cameron's sci-fi TV series, Dark Angel . Back from a short hiatus, she starred in the hip-hop dance flick Honey in 2003 and the star-studded Sin City in 2005 . 

Jessica Alba Career highlights:

1993 Feature film debut "Camp Nowhere"

1994 Played recurring role on the Nickelodeon series "The Secret World of Alex Mack"

1995 TV series debut in regular role of Maya Graham on the syndicated revival of "Flipper"

1996 Had a small role in the direct-to-video release "Venus Rising"

1996 Starred opposite Freddie Prinze Jr as his pregnant girlfriend in "Too Soon For Jeff", an "ABC Afterschool Special"

1998 Did guest spots on television including roles in "Love Boat: The Next Wave" (UPN), "Brooklyn South" (CBS) and " Beverly Hills , 90210" (Fox)

1998 Starred in the children's comedy "P.U.N.K.S"

1999 Acted alongside Drew Barrymore in the comedy "Never Been Kissed"

1999 Had featured role in the horror thriller "Idle Hands"

2000 Cast in the lead of "Dark Angel", a Fox fall drama series, executive produced and co-written by James Cameron

2003 Starred as a hip hop dancer in the feature "Honey"

2005 Cast as Nancy , the sweetheart of Sin City , opposite Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke in Robert Rodriguez's "Sin City "

2005 Cast as Sue Storm/Invisible Girl in "Fantastic Four," an adaptation of the Marvel Comics classic

2007 Reprised role of Sue Storm in the superhero sequel "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"

Appeared in national advertising campaigns for Nintendo and J C Penney

Appeared twice (in different roles) on the CBS medical drama "Chicago Hope"

Cast in the supernatural thriller, "The Eye," a remake of the Hong Kong thriller Jian Gui (lensed 2007)

Moved frequently in the first nine years of her life; lived in Biloxi , Mississippi , Southern California and Texas

Signed on to film "Awake," with Sigourney Weaver and Hayden Christensen (lensed 2005)

Will play Dane Cook's one true love in "Good Luck Chuck"

Jessica Alba Movies:

Year Title

1994 Camp Nowhere

1995 Venus Rising

1995–96 Flipper

1996 Too Soon for Jeff

1999 P.U.N.K.S.

Never Been Kissed

Idle Hands

2000 Paranoid

2000–02 Dark Angel

2003 The Sleeping Dictionary

Honey

2005 Sin City

Fantastic Four

Into the Blue

2007 Awake

Good Luck Chuck

Bill

The Ten

The Eye

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

The Eye 2 Part 2

Sin City 2

Year Award Description

2000 Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television — Dark Angel

2001 TV Guide Awards for Breakout Star of the Year — Dark Angel

Teen Choice Awards for Choice Actress — Dark Angel

2006 (Maxim) top 100- Most beautiful woman alive

MTV Movie Awards 2006 for Sexiest Performance - Sin City

2007 Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards, June 13, 2007. Named "Hottest Jessica", over Jessica Biel