Jessica Alba

Jessica Marie Alba is an American television and film actress and model. Jessica Alba began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere iSecret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as an actress in the television series Dark Angel James Cameron (2000-2002), when he was 19 years old . Jessica Alba later appeared in Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005) Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) and Good Luck Chuck (2007).

Jessica Alba was nazwanasymbolem sex. She appears on the " Hot 100 " Maxim and has been recognized as number one on the AskMen.com is the " 99 Most Desirable Women " in 2006, as well as the " sexiest woman in the world " by FHM in 2007. In 2005, TV Guide ranked her # 45 on its " 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time " list. The use of her image on the cover of Playboy in March 2006 sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She also won many awards for its activities, including actress awards Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress in a TV, and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in the television series Dark Angel.

Jessica Alba Eearly life

Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California, Catherine (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Jessica Alba mother is of Danish and French Canadian origin, and her father is of Mexican origin. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi and the Del Rio, Texas, before settling back in Claremont, California, when Jessica Alba was nine years old. Alba described the family as " very conservative family - a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family " and herself as very liberal, she says she is not presented as a " feminist " as early as age five.

Early life Alba was marked by many physical ailments. During childhood, she suffered twice partially collapsed lung, pneumonia four to five times a year, as well as a ruptured appendix and tonsil cyst. Alba became isolated from other children at school because she was in the hospital so often due to her illness, that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. Jessica Alba has also had asthma since she was a child. Alba said that her family is often moving also contributed to her isolation from peers. She admitted that she suffers from obsessive - compulsive disorder in childhood. Alba is a graduate of Claremont High School at the age 16 and she subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company.

Jessica Alba Career

Jessica Alba expressed interest in acting since the age of five. In 1992, 11 -year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to acting competition in Beverly Hills, whose grand prize was free acting classes. Alba won the grand prize, and her first acting lessons. The agent signed Alba nine months later. Her first appearance in film byłamała role in 1994 include Camp Nowhere as Gail. Jessica Alba was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a job two months when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.

Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and JC Penney as a child. Jessica Alba was later featured in several independent films. She took to television in 1994 in the recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. Then he held the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the series Flipper. Under tutelage of her lifeguard mother Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and onacertyfikat PADI scuba diver, skills which were used in the show, which was filmed in Australia.

In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in the first episode of the season with Steven Bochco crime Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of the Beverly Hills, 90210, and as the Layla in an episode of The Love Boat : The Next Wave. In 1999, Jessica Alba appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy PUNKS. After Alba graduated, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize -winning playwright and director David Mamet.


Alba rose to greater importance in Hollywood in 1999 after the appearance of a snobby high school clique member in the romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 film comedy - horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa.

Jessica Alba big break came when writer / director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of genetically super- soldier, Max Guevara, on Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series favorites Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002, earning her critical acclaim and a Golden Globe nomination. Jessica Alba later admitted to suffering from anorexia while in preparation for Dark Angel. In August 2010 it was announced that Alba will appear in Spy Kids 4. The film was wydanyrok later.

In January 2012, Alba and business partner Chris Gavigan launched honest company, a collection of free toxins household goods, hygiene and personal care products. In March 2012, Alba has announced that it will release the book, honest life, based on their experience, creating a natural, non-toxic life for his family. The book is slated for release in early 2013, will be published by Rodale.

Jessica Alba Public Image

In 2001, Alba was ranked 1 on the Hot 100 Maxim magazine. She said " I have to go to certain lengths to use sexuality to my advantage, and lead people to think the way we want. " In 2005, Alba was named one of people magazine 50 most beautiful people, and also appeared in 100 most beautiful list magazine in 2007. In 2002, Alba was elected as the fifth Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll, No. 4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes, # 6 in FHM sexiest girls in the survey, and the place for No.12 in Stuff magazine " 102 sexiest women in the World " 2002 edition. In 2005, Alba took No.5 on the Hot 100 Maxim magazine.

On the cover of the March 2006 issue of Playboy named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities and Sex Star of the Year. Jessica Alba was involved in litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for Into the Blue) without Jessica Alba consent, which she contends gave the appearance that she was featured in the issue in a " nude pictorial ". However, she later dropped the lawsuit after receiving a personal apology from Playboy owner Hugh Hefner, who agreed to make the donations to two charities that Alba has supported. When reports surfaced, 21 year old Chinese woman looking for plastic surgery to resemble Alba in order to win back an ex-boyfriend, the star spoke out against the perceived need to change their appearance for love.

Jessica Alba Personal life

Jessica Alba was raised as a Catholic throughout her teenage years, but left church after four years because she felt that her judged on her appearance, explaining : " Older people hit me, and my youth pastor said it was because he had wearing provocative clothing, when I was not. I just feel like if I was at all desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault the way, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman".

Alba also had objections to the Church's condemnation of premarital sex and homosexuality, and what Jessica Alba saw as a lack of strong female role models in the Bible, explaining " I thought tomiły guide, but it certainly was not how I was going to live your life. " Her " religious devotion to wane " at the age of 15, when he guest starred as a teenager with gonorrhea in the throat in a 1996 episode of Chicago Hope. Jessica Alba friends at church reacted negatively to the role, making her lose faith in the church. However, she said that still holds her belief in God despite leaving the church.

While filming Dark Angel in January 2000, Alba began a three years relationship with her play Michael Weatherly, which caused controversy due to their 12 year age difference. Weatherly proposed to Jessica Alba on her twentieth birthday, which was adopted. In August 2003, Alba and Weatherly announced that they had ended their relationship. In July 2007, Jessica Alba spoke out about  breakup, saying " I do not know. Byłamdziewicą. Had 12 years older than me. Thought he knew better. My parents were not happy. They are very religious. Believe that God does not pozwoliBiblia be written if not for what they believe. 'm completely different. " Alba had once said that she expected to be much older man in her ideal partner, referring to Morgan Freeman, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine. She said : " I have something for older men. Were around and know so much. "


Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren, while filming Fantastic Four in 2004. Alba married Warren in Los Angeles in May 2008. They have two daughters : Honor Marie Warren (born 2008) and Haven Garner Warren (born 2011). First pictures of Honor Marie appeared in the July 2008 issue of OK ! Magazine, which paid $1.5 million.

In 2005, Alba offered her acting talents for free, to raise money for AIDS charity amfAR at Cannes Film Festival. Industry has ruled in favor of the Research Foundation in the U.S.. Alba has caused "the greatest stir " by promising to star as an unpaid actress in one of the films Lord of the Rings producer Bob Weinstein, if Weinstein agreed to bid $100,000 for tennis lessons with sports stars Monica Seles and Boris Becker.

Jessica Alba charity work includes participation with the clothes back, Habitat for Humanity, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Project HOME, RADD, Revlon Run / Walk for Women, SOS Children Villages, Soles4Souls, and Step up. Alba openly endorsed and supported Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama during the primary season of 2008. Alba jestambasadorem traffic 1GOAL to ensure the education of children in Africa. It takżezwolennikiem gay rights and 27 June 2013, expressed joy at the decision of the Supreme Court to strike down Doma on her Twitter account. She Entries " # equality # love."


Alba posed for a print advertising campaign Declare Yourself bondage -style, by a campaign encouraging voter registration among youth for the presidential election in the U.S. in 2008. Ads photographed by Mark Liddell, which feature Alba wrapped in and gagged with black tape, drew the attention of the media. National ads were described by some as " shocking ". Alba said doing advertisements that "it did not scare me at all. "Alba also said " I think it is important that young people are aware of the need we have in this country to get them more active politically," and " People respond to things that are shocking. "

In June 2009, while filming The Killer Inside Me in Oklahoma City, Alba was involved in a controversy with the inhabitants, while the pasted posters of sharks around town. Alba said that he tried to pay attention to the diminishing population of great white sharks. Media have speculated that Alba will be conducted on suspicion of vandalism. On 16 June 2009, Oklahoma City police said that they will continue the charges against Alba, because none of the owners wanted to pursue it. Jessica Alba apologized in a statement to People magazine and said that he regrets his actions. Later donated an undisclosed amount of money (over $500) to the United Way, whose table was covered with one of the posters of sharks. In 2011, Jessica Alba participated in a two-day lobbying in Washington for the Safe Chemicals Act on the amendment to the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.