Date of Birth
28 April 1981, Pomona, California, USA
Birth Name
Jessica Marie Alba
Nickname
Sky Angel
Albz
Albz
Height
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Mini Biography
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 onP.U.N.K.S. (1999)
(V), 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).
Trivia
Older sister of Joshua Alba.
Was #1 on Maxim's
Hot 100 Babe List. [2001]
Her father's ethnic
background is Mexican, her mother's is French and Danish.
Was voted the fifth
Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. Also, formerly engaged to Michael Weatherly. [February 2002]
Her show "Dark Angel" (2000) was canceled after two seasons
on Fox.
Vote #4 in the Top
10 Sci-Fi Babes in 2002 for her role as Max in "Dark Angel" (2000).
Loves to play golf.
Voted in at #6 in
FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]
Graduated high
school at age 16.
Has a tattoo of a
daisy with a ladybug on it on the back of her neck.
Her second cousin is
skateboarding legend Steve Alba (aka "Salba").
Broke off her long
engagement to co-star Michael
Weatherly ("Dark Angel" (2000)) in 2003 but has reconciled
recently.
She co-starred in
one episode of "Dark
Angel" (2000) with her
brother, Joshua Alba, titled
"...And Jesus Brought a Casserole." He played, Krit, one of her X-5
brothers who wanted to help destroy Manticore in the Season 1 finale.
Mentioned in D12's song, "My Band".
Was "Punk'd" (2003) on the Ashton Kutcher-hosted MTV show in
2003. Dax Shepard showed up fully nude at a clothing
store Jessica was patronizing, following Miss Alba around the store and
exposing his "business" to the blushing actress as she tried to shop
for clothes. Jessica was a good sport after being informed it was all a
practical joke, taped for the popular hidden- camera show.
Though it is common
for actresses and female pop stars to strip down to various states of undress
for magazine layouts and movie/TV scenes, she has stated that she is a very
modest girl and would never do a nude scene or pose topless in a magazine. She
has posed for men's magazines fully dressed, however.
Ranked #12 in Stuff
magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
Said once in an
interview that she began preparing her own meals as a child to control her
weight and maintain her health. She said the food her family prepared led to
weight problems for them, so she avoided that.
After graduating
from high school, she studied with William
H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at David Mamet's Atlantic Theater
Company.
Named one of
"50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. [2005]
Had asthma as a
child.
She wanted to become
an actress at the age of five.
Became anorexic the
same year she had a kidney infection (2001).
Has two pug dogs,
named Nancy and Sid.
Named #5 on the
Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Ranked #3 on E!
Television's 2006 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies.
She and Hayden Christensen visited Bellevue hospital and spent
time with little children, bringing them Christmas cheer while filming Awake(2007). .
Ranked and Voted #1
by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006.
Threatened to sue
Playboy Magazine for using her picture on the cover of the March 2006 issue
without her permission. She said it misled people to believe she appeared nude
in the magazine, which she did not. Hugh
M. Hefner apologized for the
confusion and made a charity contribution on her behalf, to the satisfaction of
all parties.
On E's "101
Sexiest Bodies", she was placed at 3rd, behind Brad Pitt in 2nd and Angelina Jolie in 1st.
Playboy magazine
named her among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year in its
March 2006 issue, on whose cover she appeared. Alba was involved in a
litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (from a promotional shot
for Into the Blue (2005)) without her consent, which she
contends gave the appearance that she was featured in the issue in a "nude
or semi-nude pictorial." However she later dropped the lawsuit after
receiving a personal apology from Playboy owner Hugh M. Hefner, who also agreed to
make donations to two charities that she has supported.
Despite her Mexican
ancestry, she isn't fluent in Spanish. She hardly understands anything in that
language.
Named #22 in FHM's
"100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement (2005).
Was featured as #5
in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002).
Named #2 on Maxim
Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2006" supplement (2006).
Loves to cook. Her
specialty is chicken enchiladas and homemade tortillas.
Loves Harley
Davidson motorcycles.
Named #3 in FHM
magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Went to strip clubs
as a part of her research for her character in Sin City (2005). However, she said that it
didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get
tips".
Regularly goes to
watch NBA player Baron Davis when he plays in Los Angeles as her
boyfriend, Cash Warren, is a
close friend of Davis.
The bra that she
wore in Sin City (2005) drew a winning bid of $1,025 in
an eBay auction.
Named #2 on Maxim Magazine's
"Hot 100 of 2007" supplement (2007).
Was ranked #2 on
Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100" of the year lists, two years in a row.
(2006 and 2007).
Named the
"Sexiest Woman Celebrity" by Victoria's Secret. (2007).
Grew up in same town
as Gilbert Joseph.
Learned how to play
the violin for her role in The
Eye (2008).
Voted #1 as the most
sexy woman in the world by the Norwegian FHM in 2006 and 2007.
Mentioned in Ashley Tisdale's song "He Said
She Said".
Her father was a
pro-circuit tennis player before joining the Air Force.
She has the
Sankskrit word for "lotus" tattooed on the inside of her wrist.
Her maternal
grandfather was a Marine NCO for thirty years, serving in the Pacific during
WWII, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the United States Marine Band.
Good friends with Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria, Eva Mendes and Kate
Hudson.
Started training in
dance and Tae Bo two months prior to the start of scheduled filming on Honey (2003) (July 2002).
Frightened of flying
birds.
Voted in at #1 in
FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2007 poll, Latvian edition.
Engaged to Cash Warren [December 27, 2007].
Named #4 on Empire
Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).
In 2007, Forbes
Magazine estimated her earnings for the year to be $9 million.
Has co-starred with
actor Sean Whalen in Never
Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999) but has never appeared on
screen with him.
Her parents were
only 20 when she was born.
Paid $4,050,000 for
a 4,686-square-foot house in Beverly Hills, California. [2008]
Daughter-in-law of Michael Warren.
Married her husband,Cash
Warren, at a private ceremony on May 19th, 2008. Even her closest friends were
not invited.
Ranked #34 on the
Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Ranked #2 on Wizard
magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list (March 2008).
Gave birth to her
daughter Honor Marie Warren, with husband Cash
Warren, via natural delivery, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (7
June 2008).
Named to GQ
Magazines' 25 Sexiest Women in film of all time.
Has portrayed a
character named Sam or Samantha in four different movies.
Returned to work 4
months after giving birth to her daughter Honor to begin filming An Invisible Sign (2010).
Is mentioned in Eminem's song "We Made You".
Born at 1:51 PM
(PDT).
Was considered to
replace Emily Blunt in Iron
Man 2 (2010) but the role went to Scarlett Johansson.
Was ranked #34 on
Maxim magazine's Hot 100 of 2010 list.
Her nude scene in Machete (2010) was fake. She actually wore
underwear that were later digitally removed. Alba has stated that she would
never do a nude scene and in fact has a "no nudity" clause as a
standard part of all of her contracts.
Second daughter,
Haven Garner Warren, was born on August 13, 2011, weighing in at 7 lbs and
measuring 19 inches long.
Appeared twice on
the cover of GQ magazine: April '05 and June '07.
Mentioned on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (2003) that, during her 2nd pregnancy,
she had an insatiable craving for watermelons. [August 2011]
