Jessica Alba

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Biography

Recent Role:
Herself on Extra
Gender:
Female
Born:
4-28-1981
Birthplace:
Pomona, California USA
Birth Name:
Jessica Marie Alba
AKA:
Sky Angel
Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, April 28, 1981. As a young girl, Jessica moved with her family to Biloxi, Mississippi. Three years later they moved to Del Rio, Texas, before they finally settled down in southern California when Jessica was nine. By the age of 5, Jessica was already dreaming of becoming an actress. She took her first acting lessons at the age of 12 and just nine months later she was signed by an agent.

She made her feature film debut in 1993, Camp Nowhere. She was originally hired for a 2 weeks, but was lucky when the lead actress

More dropped out. Her hair matched the original performers so she got the role. After Camp Nowhere, Jessica appeared in commercials for Nintendo and JC Penney. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role in The Secret World of Alex Mack. Some time later she got the role of Maya for a pilot of the TV show Flipper. In 1995, Jessica filmed the first season of Flipper in Australia. After success of the first season, they went on to film a second season in which Jessica also starred.

In 1996, Jessica played Young Eve in Venus Rising. Also she made an appearance as Maria on the hit series, Chicago Hope. In 1998, Jessica appeared in Brooklyn South as Melissa and a few months later she appeared in two episodes of the hit series Beverly Hills 90210 as Leanne. She also acted in an episode of Love Boat: The Next Wave. Later she went on filming the film, P.U.N.K.S, which was released on video in January of 1999.

As of 1999, Jessica Alba was getting more popular and recognized. She appeared in a great number of magazines throughout America. She played a supporting role in the movie, Never Been Kissed, alongside Drew Barrymore. A month later she found herself with a larger role as Molly in the film, Idle Hands. Then she landed the starring role in the film, Paranoid as a model named Chole.

The year 2000 was the breakout year for Jessica. She was chosen to play the main character Max, in the hit TV series, Dark Angel. Dark Angel went on filming for a total of two seasons.

She went on to appear in many magazines that year and made several appearance on TV talk show such as the Rosie O'Donnell Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart and the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She also appeared on the People's Choice Awards show and the Golden Globe Awards show where she was nominated for best actress in a new TV series. In May of 2001, Jessica got engaged to her co-star of Dark Angel, Michael Weatherly. She acted in couple of L'Oreal television commercials and began filming the movie The Sleeping Dictionary for the remainder of 2001.

In 2002, Jessica visited Japan, where she along side with Michael Weatherly made many appearances in promoting Dark Angel. She also began the filming of the movie, Honey, where she stars as Honey Daniels. "Dark Angel" the video game also was released in the year 2002 and has become a huge seller. Jessica continues to make television shows and magazine appearances as she concentrates on her ongoing acting career.

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  • Happy Birthday

    A Happy Birthday too Jessica.

    1 comments, last one Apr 28, 2011
  • Jessica at the YoungHollywood awards

    I found this super cute video of Jessica and Cash at the YoungHollywood awards where they talk about their red carpet style and their worst red carpet moments - check it out! http://www.younghollywood.com/videos/filmtv/awards/dressing-yourself-with-jessica-alba.html

    1 comments, last one Mar 15, 2009
  • Hilarious hypocritcal quote she gave on Parade Magazine

    "I'm in a business that's completely driven by white males. The majority of writers and directors are men. And even though I'm not, like, such a huge feminist, I do want to produce movies on my own that are female-driven and empowering to women. Variety is good. The woman's voiceMore really isn't present in Hollywood."  This had me laughing hysterically. I guess Jessica forgot about Penny Marshall acclaimed director of "Big", or  acclaimed screenplay writer Leigh Brackett or directors Rory Kennedy (known for great documentaries) , or Oscar nominated Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle). It's funny that for a person who complains about Hollywood being dominated by men forgets to admit that these men in Hollywood have been very good to her. Likewise, the feminist comment is hilarious for someone whose roles are notably for being seductive and provocative. The male bashing stuff is hilarious seeing as part of her fanbase is no doubt boys and men.  You can read other stuff she said here http://www.usmagazine.com/jessica_alba_1 but to me Jessica is a hypocrite who wants her cake and eat it too.

    4 comments, last one Feb 19, 2009
  • Is Jessica Alba a good actress?

    See I've always thought that Jessica Alba was a good actress. In Dark Angel she plays Max really good and she has the awards and nominations to prove it. But in her movie roles, she's basically been slated. (excl. Sin City) Do you think she is bad, or that she hasn't been given aMore role that challenges her?

    5 comments, last one Jan 23, 2009
  • Alba

    Jessica Alba is so hot!!!!

    14 comments, last one May 17, 2008
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    1 Abysmal
    Highly overrated, but I'm jealous that she was with Michael Weatherly :) hide show

    She's nice to look at... That's about it really. The only thing I envy her for is that she had a relationship with Michael Weatherly :) I really don't like that she's badmouthing him because any woman would be lucky to be with Michael. Now she's saying she never should have gotten engaged to him because he's 12 years older and she was very religious. Maybe she just recently learned how to count, but she could have figured that one out when they met, right? I've never liked her in any role she played. I only liked Dark Angel because of Michael Weatherly to be honest. And he's only gotten better now he's on NCIS. Her acting abilities have never grabbed me. Just a pretty face. I'd like to see more of MW and less of her. She's just not as good as she thinks she is.

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    She is a reliable performer and can do comedy and dark. It's good she steered away from ethnic stuff because who needs that anyway but she also seems to avoid it a little bit. She's hot, beautiful, talented and has great range.

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    She is good to look at but....... hide show

    Bimbo..I really liked her in Dark Angel and Idle hands,she also made a great looking invisible woman in Fantastic 4 but like others said let's be honest it is because of her looks thatt peope love her.Her recent "be neutral like Sweden" incident where she is being quite the douc$e really shows what she is made of.EVERYONE knows that it is be neutral like Switzerland.What a ditz!!What is funny is she is far from neutral hersef as she showed this last year,her and most of Hollywood.What is really funny is now the MEDIA (of course being as biased as they are) is defending their own and saying see Sweden was neutral see it's in Wikipedia.LOL we all know other coutries were neutral in WWII..So was the US until we were attacked btw,but Sweden is not KNOWN as the standard bearer of NEUTRAL.Jessica Alba just put her foot in her mouth,she is better to look at then listen to.She is the typical Hollywood Elitist "Intellectual"..Think they know it all,even if they don't(They will still be backed by all the Powers that be in the PRESS).America is controlled by these wacko's..Pity US.

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    9.5 Superb
    From a talent perspective she's not not a scene stealer. Let's be realistic, though, she's not popular because of her acting. She has a great personality, and isn't too hard on the eyes either. hide show

    I first caught her (no pun intended) on Flipper. You could tell even then she was going to be a pretty big star. Her acting was adequate, but she had a very unique look to her that you certainly didn't see on tv much at the time. She really came into her own on Dark Angel. The show itself was pretty solid to start, but Jessica was likely the reason people were tuning in. She turned into a hottie, and the rest is history. The great thing about her is a casting diretor can plug her into a bad movie but people will still watch it. You can't really fault that kind of logic. Nor can you fault Jessica for being magnetic in that way.

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    She is the hottest woman ever! hide show

    J E S S I C A A L B A I S S O H O T ! ! ! She's like my wife to be, even if she's married and having a kid. Ya just can't get enough of her. Her movies were pretty awesome, like Sin City, Fantastic Four she was hot in all of them.

    S H E I S T H E H O T T E S T W O M A N O N T H E P L A N E T, no T H E U N I V E R S E ! !

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