Jessica Alba Biography
The famous Hollywood actress, Jessica Alba is
known for her noteworthy roles in Honey, Sin City and as the invisible
lady in the Fantastic Four.
Her Childhood
Jessica Alba was born on April 28, 1981 to Mark Alba and Cathy Jensen
in Pomona, California. Her father is in Air Force and of Mexican
descent and her mother is a mix of French and Danish ancestry. Her
father is dark while her mother has a light complexion.
She has a brother, Joshua who is just 1 year younger to her.
She had spent pretty long time in hospital as she suffered from
shrunken lungs twice, had pneumonia four to five times in a year,
appendix, tonsils and asthma as well. This cut off her from other
schoolmates because she was in the hospital for quite a long time that
no one knew her well enough to take care of her.
At a very small age, Jessica being very talented realized that acting
is her passion and this enthusiasm and passion was discovered by an
agent who signed her when she was 13. She played a number of small
parts and then made her film debut as Gail in a comedy, Camp Nowhere
in 1994.
Her Career
Jessica earned a very small role in her first movie, Camp Nowhere in
1994. She was actually signed for two weeks but it turned out to be a
two months role after the main lead dropped out. Jessica was selected
as her substitute because her hair colour harmonized with that of the
actress acting earlier. Later on she appeared in quite a lot of
independent movies.
She was then seen in some smaller assignments on the small screen,
with commercials for Nintendo and a persistent role in Nickelodeon's
The Secret World of Alex Mack in 1994.
Following her Nickelodeon shift, Jessica, also being a scuba diver,
was cast in the 1995 series Flipper. Jessica was signed in the
devastating film Venus Rising when she was working with dolphins on
the television series.
Awards earned by her
In the year 2003, she got DVD Exclusive Awards as Best Actress for
movie, The Sleeping Dictionary.
In 2003 she got TV Guide Awards as Breakout Star of the Year for
Dark Angel.
In 2002, she got ALMA Awards as an Outstanding Actress for Dark
Angel.
In 2001, she received Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award as Best
Actress for Dark Angel.
Her Personal Life
Alba was affianced to her co-star in Dark Angel, Michael Weatherly,
but it broke off. In January 2005, she began dating Cash Warren, whom
she met when doing the movie, Fantastic Four. The couple's alliance
has become overwrought now. Cash has started making his own movies.
As far as children are concerned, once Jessica Alba has stated:
"I'm really girly when it comes to kids. I've been surrounded by kids
my whole life because I'm the oldest of 15 cousins — I've been
changing diapers since I was six. I want to have a couple, for sure".