Jessica Alba

**Jessica Marie Alba** (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and model. 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). 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_.

She started her business, The Honest Company, in 2011. the company sells baby, personal and household products.

She has been listed in the "Hot 100" section of _Maxim_ magazine every year from 2003 to 2007, and she was voted "Sexiest Woman in the World" by _FHM_ in 2007. 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.

## Early life

Alba 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. 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. 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. Alba was also diagnosed with predominantly hyperactive ADHD as a child, for which has been taking Ritalin ever since and has also said that she has obsessive-compulsive disorder.  She graduated from high school when she was 16 years old. After high school, she went to the Atlantic Theater Company.

## Career

Alba wanted to act since she was five. She took her first acting class at age twelve. An acting agent signed her nine months later. 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.

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_. Alba was then Maya in the television series _Flipper_. Her mother was a lifeguard and had taught Jessica to swim before she could walk. She is a certified scuba diver.

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_. After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company.

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_. 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. 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.

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. In 2008, Alba played her first horror-movie role in _The Eye_, a remake of the Hong Kong original. In February, she hosted an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences's ceremony. 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

In 2007, _Maxim Magazine_ listed Alba as number 2 in their "Top 100", after Lindsay Lohan. _GQ_ had her picture on their June covers. In May, after eight million votes, _FHM_ (UK and US editions) named Alba the winner as "2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World". 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_.

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_.

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.

## Personal life

Alba was raised in the Roman Catholic religion. When she was a teenager she became a born-again Christian. 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. 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".

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. He asked her to marry him on her twentieth birthday but she said no. They eventually broke up after a four-year relationship. 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.". Alba is a Democrat and attended the 2012 Democratic National Convention in support of President Obama's re-election.

Alba married Cash Warren on May 19, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. She met him while making _Fantastic Four_ in 2004. They have three children together, Honor Marie (born 2008), Haven Garner (2011) and Hayes (born 2017). She also does some charity work, including clothes charity _Clothes Off Our Back_ and women's charity _Step Up Women's Network_.

### Movie

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|_Camp Nowhere_|Gail|||
|1995|_Venus Rising_|Young Eve|||
|rowspan=3|1999|_P.U.N.K.S._|Samantha Swoboda||
|_Never Been Kissed_|Kirsten Liosis||||
|_Idle Hands_|Molly||||
|2000|_Paranoid_|Chloe|||
|rowspan=2|2003|_The Sleeping Dictionary_|Selima||
|_Honey_|Honey Daniels||||
|rowspan=3|2005|_Sin City_|Nancy Callahan||
|_Fantastic Four_|Susan Storm / Invisible Woman||||
|_Into the Blue_|Sam||||
|rowspan=6|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||||
|rowspan=2|2008|_The Eye_|Sydney Wells||
|_The Love Guru_|Jane Bullard||||
|rowspan=6|2010|_The Killer Inside Me_|Joyce Lakeland||
|_Valentine's Day_|Morley Clarkson||||
|rowspan=2|_Machete_|Special Agent Sartana Rivera|||
|Marissa Rivera|Deleted scene||||
|_An Invisible Sign_|Mona Gray||||
|_Little Fockers_|Andi Garcia||||
|2011|_Spy Kids: All the Time in the World_|Marissa Wilson|||
|2012|_Martin Scorsese Eats a Cookie_|Herself|||
|rowspan=3|2013|_A.C.O.D._|Michelle||
|_Escape from Planet Earth_|Lena (voice)||||
|_Machete Kills_|Sartana|Uncredited cameo|||
|rowspan=3|2014|_Sin City: A Dame to Kill For_|Nancy Callahan||
|_Stretch_|Charlie||||
|_Some Kind of Beautiful_|Kate||||
|rowspan=2|2015|_Barely Lethal_|Victoria Knox||
|_Entourage_|Herself|Cameo|||
|rowspan=3|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

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|_The Secret World of Alex Mack_|Jessica|3 episodes||
|1995–1997|_Flipper_|Maya Graham|Main role; 44 episodes||
|rowspan=2|1996|_ABC Afterschool Special_|Christy|Episode: "Too Soon for Jeff"|
|_Chicago Hope_|Florie Hernandez|Episode: "Sexual Perversity in Chicago Hope"|||
|rowspan=3|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_|rowspan=2|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_|rowspan=2|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

|Year|Title|Artist(s)|Role|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2002|_Dark Angel_|Max Guevara|Based on the TV series of the same name||
|2005|_Fantastic Four_|Sue Storm / Invisible Woman|Based on the film of the same name||

## Awards

|Year|Awards|Category|Nominated work|Result|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|2001|ALMA Award|Breakthrough Actress of the Year|—|||
|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female Performer in a New TV Series|rowspan=3|_Dark Angel_|rowspan=3|||
|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|—||||
|rowspan=2|2006|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Favorite Movie Actress|_Fantastic Four_|rowspan=3||
|Golden Raspberry Awards|Worst Actress|_Fantastic Four_ / _Into the Blue_|||||
|rowspan=2|2007|TV Land Awards|Little Screen / Big Screen Star (Women)|rowspan=2|—||
|Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards|Hottest Jessica||||||
|rowspan=5|2008|rowspan=2|Golden Raspberry Awards|Worst Actress|_Awake_ / _Good Luck Chuck_ / _Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer_|rowspan=4|
|Worst Screen Couple|''Awake (2007 film)|Awake_ / _Good Luck Chuck / Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer_ (<small>shared with Hayden Christensen, Dane Cook, and Ioan Gruffud</small>)_|||||
|rowspan=2|People's Choice Awards|Favorite Female Action Star|rowspan=2|—|||
|Favorite Leading Lady|||||||
|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Favorite Female Movie Star|_Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer_|||||
|2009|rowspan=2|Golden Raspberry Awards|Worst Actress|_The Eye_ / _The Love Guru_|||
|2011|Worst Supporting Actress|_The Killer Inside Me_ / _Little Fockers_ / _Machete_ / _Valentine's Day_|||||
|2012|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Favorite Buttkicker|_Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D_|rowspan=2|||
|2019|Teen Choice Awards|Choice Action TV Actress|_L.A.'s Finest_||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jessica Alba
- **image**: Jessica_Alba_2024.jpg
- **caption**: Alba in 2024 at the White House for Hispanic Heritage Month
- **other names**: Jessica Warren
- **birth name**: Jessica Marie Alba
- **birth place**: Pomona, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: 1992–present
- **children**: 3
- **relatives**: Michael Warren (actor), Michael Warren (father-in-law)