Jessica Alba
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Jessica Marie Alba-Alwyn (born April 28, 1982) is an American television and movie actress, and model and entrepreneur.[3] Alba made her first movie, Camp Nowhere, at age 13 and in the television drama series Dark Angel (2000–2002). Alba later acted in several movies, such as Honey (2003), Sin City (2005) and Good Luck Chuck (2007).[4] Alba has won several awards for her acting. These awards include the "Choice Actress" award at the Teen Choice Award and a Saturn Award. Both of these awards were for her acting in the series Dark Angel.[5]
Jessica Alba | |
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Born | April 28, 1982 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Businesswoman, Actress, model |
Years active | 1994–present |
Known for | Acting roles: Max Guevara in Dark Angel Nancy Callahan in Sin City Sue Richards / Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer |
Spouse |
Adam Alwyn (m. 2016) |
Children | 11 |
She started her business, The Honest Company, in 2011.[6][7] the company sells baby, personal and household products.[8]
She has been listed in the "Hot 100" section of Maxim magazine every year from 2003 to 2007,[9][10][11][12][13] and she was voted "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007.[14] In March 2007, a picture of her was used on the cover of Playboy. Playboy did not ask her if they could use the picture or tell her they were going to use it. This caused a lawsuit that was later dropped.[15]
Early life
changeAlba was born in Pomona, California. Her mother, Catherine, is of Danish, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English, German and French Canadian ancestry and her father, Mark, is Mexican American, and is of Indigenous Mexican, Sephardic Jewish, Spanish and Mayan ancestry.[16][17] She has a younger brother named Joshua. Alba's father was in the Air Force and his career caused them to live in many different places. They lived in Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas before returning to California at age 9.[18] When she was young, Alba was ill many times. She had a collapsed lung twice, had pneumonia four or five times each year and had problems with her appendix and tonsils. She was in hospitals for much of her childhood. This meant Alba did not spend much time with other children.[19] Alba has also said that she had obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child.[20][21] The disorder affected her much less when her family moved to California. She graduated from high school when she was 16 years old.[22] After high school, she went to the Atlantic Theater Company.[23]
Career
changeAlba wanted to act since she was five. She took her first acting class at age twelve. An acting agent signed her nine months later.[18][24] Her first movie work was a small role in the 1994 movie Camp Nowhere. At first, she was only hired for two weeks but ended up working for two months because another actress dropped out.[25]
Alba starred in two national television commercials when she was a child. One of these was for Nintendo and the other was for J.C. Penney. She played Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack.[18] Alba was then Maya in the television series Flipper.[18][25] Her mother was a lifeguard and had taught Jessica to swim before she could walk. She is a certified scuba diver.[18][26]
In 1998, she acted in Brooklyn South, in two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 and in an episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave.[25] After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company.[23][27]
She became more famous in Hollywood in 1999 after acting in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the main female character in the 1999 comedy-horror movie Idle Hands.[4] She was chosen from a group of 1,200 actresses for the role of the genetically engineered soldier, on the FOX sci-fi television series Dark Angel. The series ran for two seasons from 2000 until 2002. Alba was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work on that series.[4][28] When she trained to be in Dark Angel, Alba had to exercise very much and she starved herself. She said "A lot of girls have eating disorders and I did too. I got obsessed with it." She also had obsessive compulsive disorder and panic attacks. She said she has been cooking for herself since the age of twelve so she would not become as fat as her family members.[29]
Some of Alba's most famous movie roles are a dancer in Sin City and as Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four. She also acted in Into the Blue in 2005 and Good Luck Chuck a few years later.[30] In 2008, Alba played her first horror-movie role in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original.[17] In February, she hosted an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's ceremony.[31] Later in the year, she starred in The Love Guru.
In 2010, Alba appeared in five movies including Little Fockers and The Killer Inside Me. The following year she appeared in Spy Kids 4, a sequel to Spy Kids.
Public image
changeIn 2007, Maxim Magazine listed Alba as number 2 in their "Top 100", after Lindsay Lohan.[13] GQ had her picture on their June covers.[32] In May, after eight million votes, FHM (UK and US editions) named Alba the winner as "2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World".[33] She received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV) for her role in Dark Angel, along with a Golden Globe nomination. In 2006, she received an MTV Movie Award for "Sexiest Performance" for Sin City.[13][34]
Some people have said Alba's acting was bad. She was nominated for a 2007 Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her work in Awake, Good Luck Chuck, and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.[35]
On the cover of the March 2006 issue, Playboy magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities and the "Sex Star of the Year". She took Playboy to court for using a picture of her without her permission. However, she later dropped the lawsuit when she got a personal apology from Playboy owner Hugh Hefner. He agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba supports.[15]
Personal life
changeAlba was raised in the Roman Catholic religion.[36] When she was a teenager she became a born-again Christian.[37] However, she left the church after four years because she believed that she was being judged by the way she looked. She has said that she still believes in God even though she is not a member of the church.[38] Alba has not performed naked. She was given the option to appear nude in Sin City by the movie's directors, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. She said no to the offer saying, "I don't do nudity. I just don't. Maybe that makes me a bad actress. Maybe I won't get hired in some things. But I have too much anxiety".[39]
While filming Dark Angel, Alba began a romance with another member of the cast, Michael Weatherly. This caused controversy because he was 12 years older than she was.[17] He asked her to marry him on her twentieth birthday but she said no.[17] They eventually broke up after a four-year relationship.[40] When talking about children, she said, "I'm really girly when it comes to kids. I've been surrounded by children my whole life because I'm the oldest of 15 cousins - I've been changing (nappies) since I was six... I want to have a couple, for sure.".[41] Alba is a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Obama's re-election.[42]
Alba married Cash Warren on May 19, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.[43] She met him while making Fantastic Four in 2004.[44] On June 7, 2008, Alba gave birth to son Hayes.[45] Alba and Warren divorced in 2014. She married entrepreneur Adam Alwyn (born January 1997), who is 15 years her junior, in January 2016. Alba was confirmed to be pregnant in April 2016. She welcomed her second child and first with Alwyn, a daughter, in October 2016. The couple has since welcomed 9 additional daughters together between July 2017 and September 2024. Alba and her family reside in New York City as of 2024.
Filmography
changeMovie
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Camp Nowhere | Gail | |
1995 | Venus Rising | Young Eve | |
1999 | P.U.N.K.S. | Samantha Swoboda | |
Never Been Kissed | Kirsten Liosis | ||
Idle Hands | Molly | ||
2000 | Paranoid | Chloe | |
2003 | The Sleeping Dictionary | Selima | |
Honey | Honey Daniels | ||
2005 | Sin City | Nancy Callahan | |
Fantastic Four | Susan Storm / Invisible Woman | ||
Into the Blue | Sam | ||
2007 | The Ten | Liz Anne Blazer | |
Knocked Up | Herself | Uncredited cameo | |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Susan Storm / Invisible Woman | ||
Good Luck Chuck | Cam Wexler | ||
Meet Bill | Lucy | ||
Awake | Sam Lockwood | ||
2008 | The Eye | Sydney Wells | |
The Love Guru | Jane Bullard | ||
2010 | The Killer Inside Me | Joyce Lakeland | |
Valentine's Day | Morley Clarkson | ||
Machete | Special Agent Sartana Rivera | ||
Marissa Rivera | Deleted scene | ||
An Invisible Sign | Mona Gray | ||
Little Fockers | Andi Garcia[46][47] | ||
2011 | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Marissa Wilson | |
2012 | Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie | Herself | |
2013 | A.C.O.D. | Michelle | |
Escape from Planet Earth | Lena (voice) | ||
Machete Kills | Sartana | Uncredited cameo | |
2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Nancy Callahan | |
Stretch | Charlie | ||
Some Kind of Beautiful | Kate | ||
2015 | Barely Lethal | Victoria Knox | |
Entourage | Herself | Cameo | |
2016 | The Veil | Maggie Price | |
Dear Eleanor | Daisy | ||
Mechanic: Resurrection | Gina | ||
2017 | El Camino Christmas | Beth Flowers | |
2019 | Killers Anonymous | Jade | |
2024 | Trigger Warning | Parker |
Television
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | The Secret World of Alex Mack | Jessica | 3 episodes |
1995–1997 | Flipper | Maya Graham | Main role; 44 episodes |
1996 | ABC Afterschool Special | Christy | Episode: "Too Soon for Jeff" |
Chicago Hope | Florie Hernandez | Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" | |
1998 | Brooklyn South | Melissa Hauer | Episode: "Exposing Johnson" |
Beverly Hills, 90210 | Leanne | 2 episodes | |
Love Boat: The Next Wave | Layla | Episode: "Remember?" | |
2000–2002 | Dark Angel | Max Guevara / X5-452 | Lead role (42 episodes) |
2003 | MADtv | Jessica Simpson | Episode: "Episode #9.5" |
2004 | Entourage | Herself | Episode: "The Review" |
2005 | Trippin' | 2 episodes | |
2009 | The Office | Sophie | Episode: "Stress Relief" |
2010 | Project Runway | Herself (guest judge) | Episode: "Sew Much Pressure" |
2013 | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Herself | Episode: "Jessica Alba Wears a Jacket with Patent Leather Pumps" |
2014 | The Spoils of Babylon | Dixie Mellonworth | 4 episodes |
2015 | RuPaul's Drag Race | Herself (guest judge) | Episode: "Spoof! (There It Is)" |
2017 | Planet of the Apps | Herself | Mentor |
2018 | No Activity | Episode: "The Actress" | |
2019–2020 | L.A.'s Finest | Nancy McKenna | Main role |
2023 | StoryBots: Answer Time | Ms. Pizza Delivery Lady | Episode: "Time and Distance" |
Music videos
changeYear | Title | Artist(s) | Role |
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2008 | "We Are the Ones" | will.i.am | Herself |
2010 | "I Just Had Sex" | The Lonely Island | Jorma Taccone's love interest |
2015 | "Bad Blood" | Taylor Swift featuring Kendrick Lamar | Domino |
Video games
changeYear | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Dark Angel | Max Guevara[48] | Based on the TV series of the same name |
2005 | Fantastic Four | Sue Storm / Invisible Woman[48] | Based on the film of the same name |
Awards
changeYear | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2001 | ALMA Award[49] | Breakthrough Actress of the Year | — | Won |
People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series | Dark Angel | Nominated | |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series – Drama | |||
2002 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Female Action Hero | ||
2005 | Young Hollywood Awards | Superstar of Tomorrow | — | Won |
2006 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actress | Fantastic Four | Nominated |
Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actress | Fantastic Four / Into the Blue | ||
2007 | TV Land Awards | Little Screen / Big Screen Star (Women) | — | |
Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards | Hottest Jessica | Won | ||
2008 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actress | Awake / Good Luck Chuck / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Nominated |
Worst Screen Couple | Awake / Good Luck Chuck / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (shared with Hayden Christensen, Dane Cook, and Ioan Gruffud) | |||
People's Choice Awards | Favorite Female Action Star | — | ||
Favorite Leading Lady | ||||
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Female Movie Star | Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Won | |
2009 | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actress | The Eye / The Love Guru | Nominated |
2011 | Worst Supporting Actress | The Killer Inside Me / Little Fockers / Machete / Valentine's Day | Won | |
2012 | Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Buttkicker | Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D | Nominated |
2019 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action TV Actress | L.A.'s Finest |
References
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Other websites
change- Jessica Alba on IMDb
- Jessica Alba at TV.com