Jessica Marie Alba (as
she is sometimes credited) was
born on
April 28, 1981, in
Pomona,
California. The aspiring actress relocated with her family (her Spanish/Mexican-American father was in the
Air Force) several times before finally settling down in
Southern California.
The
Alba family moved to
Biloxi,
Mississippi, then back to
California, followed by
Del Rio,
Texas, and finally back to the
West Coast.
jessica alba in flipper Despite constantly moving across the U.S.,
Alba knew
she wanted to be an actress since the age of 5. Her career was ready to take off when an agent signed her, a
mere nine months after 12-year-old
Jessica took an acting
class.
jessica alba's first film role, in the 1994 film
Camp Nowhere, came her way by
chance.
she was
cast with a
bit part in the film after
one of the
characters dropped out of
the production. Dark-haired
Jessica was cast as the replacement, thanks to the fact that her hair matched that of the original actress.
she then ventured into smaller projects on the small screen, with commercials for
Nintendo and J.C. Penney, and a recurring role in
Nickelodeon's
The Secret World of Alex Mack in 1994.
Following her
Nickelodeon stint,
Jessica, also a PADI-certified scuba diver, was
cast as
Maya in the 1995 series
flipper. During production of
flipper,
Jessica was actually kidnapped after having received telephone threats. Thankfully,
she was
found unharmed in
the trunk of a car.
While working with dolphins on the television series,
Jessica was
cast in the disastrous film
Venus Rising, as well as the 1996
made-for-TV movie
Too Soon for Jeff and an episode of
Chicago Hope.
Alba in never been kissed1998 was filled with many television
show appearances, including a recurring role on the primetime
soap Beverly Hills, 90210 (practically a prerequisite for budding
young actresses),
Brooklyn South and
The Love Boat: The Next Wave.
As for film, audiences could catch
Jessica in
P.U.N.K.S. (
aka Rebels),
Never Been Kissed, co-starring
Drew Barrymore, and
Idle Hands, co-starring
Vivica A. Fox.
jessica alba is dark angelWith
Jessica's growing popularity on
the Internet after her role in
flipper and her exotic looks (
Jessica's ethnic background consists of Danish, French and Mexican), it's no
wonder that
James Cameron cast her as the
lead role in his television series,
Dark angel. These traits of course, are bonuses
Next to the fact that
she can act...
Nicknamed "
Sky angel,"
Jessica has been featured in
Teen Magazine and
Vanity Fair, and was nominated for a
Golden Globe in 2001, for
Best Actress in a Dramatic Television Series.
After a
long engagement to her older co-star
Michael Weatherly (
Logan on
Dark angel) from 2001 to 2003,
Alba was spotted with
Mark Wahlberg and even
made a
cameo on Wahlberg's
show Entourage in 2004.
Jessica is sweet as honeyThe L'Oreal model (
Alba is a
Feria hair color spokesperson) returned to the scene with the title role in 2003's
honey. After her role as stripper
Nancy Callahan in 2005's
Sin City,
Jessica could be seen in
Into the Blue (with
Paul Walker and
Ashley Scott) and
Fantastic Four -- both are also
set to be released in 2005. In 2006,
Jessica can add
Sonic to her filmography.
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