Jessica Alba Biography

Jessica Alba

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). Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.

Jessica Alba was #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List. [2001] Was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. Vote #4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes in 2002 for her role as Max in "Dark Angel" (2000). Voted in at #6 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]. Ranked #12 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002). Named one of "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. [2005]. Named #5 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. Ranked #3 on E! Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies. Ranked and Voted #1 by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006. On E's "101 Sexiest Bodies", she was placed at 3rd, behind Brad Pitt in 2nd and Angelina Jolie in 1st.

Jessica Alba Biography

Date of Birth: April 28, 1981

Place of Birth: Pomona, California

Filmography:
1994 Camp Nowhere Gail Film debut
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 DVD Exclusive Award for Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie
Honey Honey Daniels
2005 Sin City Nancy Callahan MTV Movie Award for Sexiest Performance
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated — Alma Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Nominated — Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Ensemble
Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Fantastic Four Sue Storm / Invisible Woman Nominated — Imagen Foundation Award for Best Actress
Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Hero
Into the Blue Sam
2007 Knocked Up Herself Uncredited Cameo
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
The Ten Liz Anne Blazer
Good Luck Chuck Cam Wexler
Awake Sam Lockwood
2008 The Eye Sydney Wells
Meet Bill Lucy
The Love Guru Jane Bullard
2010 Valentine's Day Morely Clarkson
Machete Sartana (Post-production)
The Killer Inside Me Joyce Lakeland
An Invisible Sign of My Own Mona Gray
Little Fockers To be announced

Television:
1995-1997 Flipper Maya Graham Recurring
Nominated—Young Star Award-Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Daytime TV Program (1998)
2000–2002 Dark Angel Max Guevara/X5-452 Lead Role
Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2000)
Won— Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2001)
Nominated— Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress (2001)
Won— Teen Choice Award for TV - Choice Actress (2001)
Won—TV Guide Award TV Guide Award for Breakout Star of the Year (2001)
Nominated TV Guide Award TV Guide Award for Actress of the Year in a New Series (2001)
Nominated— ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Series (2002)
Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Actress in a Television Series (2002)
Nominated— Kid's Choice Award for Favorite Female Action Hero (2002)
Nominated— Teen Choice Award for TV - Choice Actress-Drama (2002)

Television Guest Appearances:
1994 The Secret World of Alex Mack Jessica "School Dance" (Season 1, Episode 5)
"Hoop War" (Season 1, Episode 2)
"The Accident" (Season 1, Episode 1)
1996 ABC Afterschool Special Christy "Too Soon for Jeff" (Season 25, Episode 1)
Chicago Hope Florie Hernandez "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope" (Season 2, Episode 18)
1998 Brooklyn South Melissa Hauer "Exposing Johnson" (Season 1, Episode 12)
Beverly Hills, 90210 Leanne "Making Amends" (Season 8, Episode 23)
"The Nature of Nurture" (Season 8, Episode 25)
The Love Boat: The Next Wave Layla "Remember?" (Season 1, Episode 2)
2003 MADtv Jessica Simpson "Episode #9.5" (Season 9, Episode 5)
2004 Entourage Herself "The Review" (Season 1, Episode 2)
2005 Trippin' Herself "Costa Rica" (Season 1, Episode 6)
"Honduras" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2009 The Office Sophie "Stress Relief" (Season 5, Episode 15)

Awards:
2001 ALMA Award Breakthrough Actress of the Year None Won
2005 Young Hollywood Awards Superstar of Tomorrow None Won
2007 TV Land Awards Little Screen/Big Screen Star (Women) None Nominated
Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards Hottest Jessica None Won
2008 People's Choice Awards Favorite Female Action Star None Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite Leading Lady None Nominated

Born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, Jessica Alba and her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was an infant. Three years later, her Air Force father brought the family back to California, then to Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in Southern California when Jessica was nine. In love with the idea of becoming an actress from the age of five, she was 12 before she took her first acting class. Nine months later, she was signed by an agent.

A gifted young actress, Jessica has already played a variety of roles ranging from light comedy to gritty drama since beginning her career. She made her feature film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Pictures' comedy Camp Nowhere (1994). Originally hired for two weeks, she got her break when an actress in a principal role suddenly dropped out. Jessica cheerfully admits it wasn't her prodigious talent or charm that inspired the director to tap her to take over the part - it was her hair, which matched the original performer's. The two-week job stretched to two months, and Jessica ended the film with an impressive first credit. Two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney quickly followed before Jessica was featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role in Nickelodeon's popular comedy series "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994). She played an insufferable young snob, devoted to making life miserable for the the title character, played by Larisa Oleynik. That same year, she won the role of "Maya" in "Flipper" (1995) and filmed the pilot for the series.

She spent 1995 shooting the first season's episodes in Australia. An avid swimmer and PADI-certified scuba diver, Jessica was delighted to be doing a show that allowed her to play with dolphins. The show's success guaranteed it a second season, which she also starred in. Her involvement in the show lasted from 1995 to 1997. Since the show ended, she has appeared in a number of TV shows and films. In 1996, she appeared in Venus Rising (1995) as "Young Eve". The next year, she appeared on the "The Dini Petty Show" (1989), a Canadian talk show, and spoke about her role in "Flipper" (1995) and her general acting career. She began working on P.U.N.K.S. (1999), featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. In early 1998, she appeared in "Brooklyn South" (1997) as "Melissa". That same year, she was in two episodes of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) as "Leanne" and in two episodes of "Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1998). She appeared in "Teen Magazine" in 1995 and various European magazines in the following several years.

More importantly, she was featured in the February 1999 issue of "Vanity Fair" magazine. She also had major roles in two movies that year: Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999). In 2000, she had roles in Paranoid (2000/I) and starred in the sci-fi TV series "Dark Angel" (2000).