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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Mark Alba, who is Mexican American (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),and Catherine Jensen, who has French and Danish ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years. 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. Alba was raised in an Air Force family, along with her brother, Joshua, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of Dark Angel, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California. |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | She has also acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood. |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Early life</span></h3> | + | |
| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out. | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney as a child; she was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series Flipper. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia. |
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| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | |
| + | In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and as Layla in an episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy feature P.U.N.K.S.. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet. | ||
| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa. Her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the FOX sci-fi TV series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2002. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four. Jessica went on to host the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission Impossible 3, and The Da Vinci Code. |
| + | On the cover of the March 2006 issue, Playboy magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for Into the Blue) without her 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 donations to two charities that Alba has supported. | ||
| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | In 2006, readers of Askmen.com voted Alba No. 1 on 99 Most Desirable Women, while in 2007, Maxim Magazine placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their Top 100, Both GQ and In Style magazines had Alba on their June covers,and in May, after eight million votes, FHM named Alba the winner as 2007 Sexiest Woman in the World. |
| + | Alba fears being typecast as a sex kitten based on the bulk of parts offered to her. "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to Natalie Portman," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects. | ||
| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to Morgan Freeman, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much." |
| + | Regarding children, Alba said, "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". | ||
| - | <div class="thumb tright"> | + | She has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybug on the back of her neck, the Sanskrit symbol for the lotus flower, padma, on her wrist, and a lower back tattoo of a bow. |
| - | <div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Playboy_0603.jpg" class="internal" title="Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of Playboy magazine."><img alt="Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of Playboy magazine." longdesc="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Playboy_0603.jpg" class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/Playboy_0603.jpg/180px-Playboy_0603.jpg" width="180" height="256" /></a> | + | |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
| + | Alba was raised Catholic and still considers herself "spiritual".In her adolescence, she became a born-again Christian, but left the church - when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of premarital sex and homosexuality, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. | ||
| - | <p>In 2006, readers of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askmen.com" title="Askmen.com">Askmen.com</a> voted Alba No. 1 on <i>99 Most Desirable Women</i>,<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[6]</a></sup> while in 2007, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim Magazine</a></i> placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their <i>Top 100</i>,<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[7]</a></sup> Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle" title="InStyle">In Style</a> magazines had Alba on their June covers,<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[8]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[9]</a></sup> and in May, after eight million votes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a> named Alba the winner as <i>2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World</i>.<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[10]</a></sup></p> | + | As the daughter of conservative parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in Sin City. She remarked of a GQ shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties". |
| - | + | Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez but declined 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". | |
| - | <p>Alba fears being typecast as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_symbol" title="Sex symbol">sex kitten</a> based on the bulk of parts offered to her.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[11]</a></sup> "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Regarding children, Alba said, "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".<sup id="_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#_note-10" title="">[13]</a></sup></p> | + | |
| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-Elle2006">^ <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_2" title=""><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> Dave Itzkoff (November 2006). <a href="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" rel="nofollow">Fashionalba</a>. <i>Elle</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-2"><b><a href="#_ref-2" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" class="external text" title="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jessica Alba Treated For Mental Disorder</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-3"><b><a href="#_ref-3" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" rel="nofollow">AskMen.com - Jessica Alba</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-4"><b><a href="#_ref-4" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" class="external text" title="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" rel="nofollow">Maxim Top 100 for 2007</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-6"><b><a href="#_ref-6" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" rel="nofollow">In Style 6/2007</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-7"><b><a href="#_ref-7" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" class="external text" title="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" rel="nofollow">FHM 2007’s Sexiest Woman</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-8"><b><a href="#_ref-8" title="">^</a></b> WENN (9 Nov. 2005). <a href="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" class="external text" title="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" rel="nofollow">Alba Fears Whore Typecast</a>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-10"><b><a href="#_ref-10" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" rel="nofollow">Alba: 'I want to have lots of kids'</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-11"><b><a href="#_ref-11" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" class="external text" title="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" rel="nofollow">photo</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-12"><b><a href="#_ref-12" title="">^</a></b> Dave Gardetta (April 2005). <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" class="external text" title="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" rel="nofollow">The Sinner</a>. <i>GQ</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | <span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Jessica Alba</strong></span> |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | <strong>Jessica Marie Alba</strong> (born April 28, 1981) is an actress that has risen to fame mostly on her stunning beauty and exotic features, more than her amazing acting ability and her choices of roles. In fact, she is known for her roles in "Dark Angel," <em>Sin City</em>, <em>Fantastic Four</em> and <em>Into the Blue</em>, but nothing recently really of note. She has expressed her staunch stand on not posing nude, or doing any nude scenes in her movies, because of her nerves, but she did grace the cover of Playboy’s 25 Sexiest Celebrities on 2006, and she was named Sex Star of the Year, even though she never posed for the publication and their were no nude pictures of her inside. |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Early life</span></h3> | + | |
| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Early Life</strong></span> | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba, who is of Mexican descent, and Cathy Jensen, who has Danish and French-Canadian ancestry; and was raised in an Air Force family, along with her brother, Joshua Alba, and her grandparents until she was seventeen. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California. |
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| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | |
| + | Although, Alba was exceedingly interested in sports when she was younger, her early life was marred by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, a burst appendix, a cyst on her tonsils and asthma. This served to isolate her from other children at school because, as she claims, she was in the hospital so often that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. Her health improved, however, when her family moved to California. | ||
| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | Alba had expressed interest in acting since the age of five. She took her first acting class at age twelve, and an acting agent signed her nine months later. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on a future show, which was filmed in Australia. |
| + | <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Early Career</strong></span> | ||
| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | Alba's first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature <em>Camp Nowhere</em> as Gail. S he was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out. Young Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney; she was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as the insufferable young snob, Jessica, in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series “The Secret World of Alex Mack.†She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series “Flipper,†where her mother's scuba diving instruction came in handy. |
| + | In the late 1990s she found intermittent work in television. In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama “Brooklyn South,†as Leanne in two episodes of “Beverly Hills 90210†and as Layla in an episode of “The Love Boat: The Next Wave.†| ||
| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/randyquaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <em>P.U.N.K.S.</em>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/williamhmacy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/felicityhuffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/davidmamet">David Mamet</a>. Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/drewbarrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <em>Never Been Kissed</em>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <em>Idle Hands</em>, opposite <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/devonsawa">Devon Sawa</a>. |
| + | Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/jamescameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the Fox sci-fi TV series “Dark Angel.†Co-created by Cameron, Alba was the star in the series which ran for two seasons before being canceled in 2002. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring dancer/choreographer in Honey, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in <em>Sin City</em> and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the <em>Fantastic Four</em>. | ||
| - | <div class="thumb tright"> | + | Jessica went on to host the MTV Movie Awards 2006 and performed sketches spoofing the movies <em>King Kong,</em> <em>Mission Impossible 3</em>, and <strong>The Da Vinci Code</strong>. Playboy magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year in its March 2006 issue, on whose cover she appeared. |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
| + | Alba was involved in litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for Into the Blue) 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 <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/hughhefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported. | ||
| - | <p>In 2006, readers of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askmen.com" title="Askmen.com">Askmen.com</a> voted Alba No. 1 on <i>99 Most Desirable Women</i>,<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[6]</a></sup> while in 2007, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim Magazine</a></i> placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their <i>Top 100</i>,<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[7]</a></sup> Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle" title="InStyle">In Style</a> magazines had Alba on their June covers,<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[8]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[9]</a></sup> and in May, after eight million votes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a> named Alba the winner as <i>2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World</i>.<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[10]</a></sup></p> | + | <strong>Personal Life</strong> |
| + | Unfortunately, Alba has been plagued medical problems that followed her into adulthood. She had a kidney infection in 2001. She suffers from motion sickness, which developed after childhood. | ||
| - | <p>Alba fears being typecast as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_symbol" title="Sex symbol">sex kitten</a> based on the bulk of parts offered to her.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[11]</a></sup> "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects.</p> | + | Alba was engaged to her Dark Angel co-star <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/michaelweatherly">Michael Weatherly</a>, but it was called off. In January 2005, she began dating <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/cashwarren">Cash Warren</a>, a director's assistant on <em>Fantastic Four</em>, whom she met during filming. She regularly goes to watch NBA player <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/barondavis">Baron Davis</a> play basketball when he comes to Los Angeles. Davis and Alba’s boyfriend Warren, are good friends. It seems like the two are going strong, as rerecent pictures surfaced in early 2007, showing Alba and her boyfriend Warren frolicking in the beach in some sunny spot. |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
| + | Regarding children, 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." | ||
| - | <p>Regarding children, Alba said, "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".<sup id="_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#_note-10" title="">[13]</a></sup></p> | + | Alba announced on the UK teen website <em>Teen Today</em> in 2005, prior to the birth of her brother's child, that she was beginning a children's clothing line: "About four of my girlfriends have babies so they have no time for me. I figure if I can do baby clothes maybe they'll have more time to hang out!" |
| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
| + | She has said that she has no problem with one night stands, but that she no longer dates around. But she has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/morganfreeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/seanconnery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/robertredford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/michaelcaine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."She has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybird on it on the back of her neck, and the Sanskrit symbol for lotus flower, "padma", on her wrist. | ||
| - | <p><a name="Religion" id="Religion"></a></p> | + | She has 3 dogs; 2 pugs and a Dogo Argentino named Bowie. Bowie is named after singer David Bowie because, like the dog, David Bowie has two different eye colors. Her brother Joshua Alba appeared with her in "And Jesus Brought a Casserole," the first season finale of “Dark Angel.†He played Krit, one of her X-5 brothers who wanted to help destroy Manticore, also the only 'brother' that shared genetics with Alba's character. |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Religion</span></h3> | + | |
| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
| + | Was "Punk'd" (2003) on the <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/ashtonkutcher">Ashton Kutcher</a>-hosted MTV show in 2003. <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/daxshepard">Dax Shepard</a> 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. | ||
| - | <table align="center" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> | + | Though she does not want to be seen as purely a sex object, she was ranked and Voted #1 by AskMen.com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women of 2006 and Named #2 on MAXIM magazines "Hot 100" list of 2006, and Named #3 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement in 2006. |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
| - | <td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px;">â€</td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
| + | <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Nudity and Her Public Image | ||
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| + | Apparently, Alba fears being typecast as a sex kitten based on the bulk of parts offered to her. "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/natalieportman">Natalie Portman</a>," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects. | ||
| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | During an interview with <em>GQ</em> magazine, Alba said that in her teen years she became a born-again Christian in a rebellion against her parents. She left her church after being accused of being promiscuous and wearing provocative clothing. As the daughter of conservative parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not even allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been at least open to the possibility of appearing nude in <em>Sin City</em>. She remarked of a <em>GQ</em> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties." Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/frankmiller">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/robertrodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a>, but decided to pass up the offer. She told <em>ELLE</em>, "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." |
| - | <p><a name="References" id="References"></a></p> | + | <span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Charity Work </strong></span> |
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| + | </strong></span>Alba displayed hr generous side at the Cannes Film Festival by offering her acting talents for free - to raise money for AIDS charity Amfar. The French industry event, which finished on Saturday, held a benefit for the US research foundation and raised a staggering $3.2 million. Organizers attribute the huge amount to the backing of a galaxy of stars - including <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/beniciodeltoro">Benicio Del Toro</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/pazvega">Paz Vega</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/mickeyrourke">Mickey Rourke</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/brittanymurphy">Brittany Murphy</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/cliveowen">Clive Owen</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/penelopecruz">Penelope Cruz</a> and <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/salmahayek">Salma Hayek</a>. But Alba caused the greatest stir by vowing to star unpaid in one of The Lord Of The Rings producer <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/bobweinstein">Bob Weinstein</a>'s movies, if he agreed to bid $100,000 for tennis lessons with sports stars <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/monicaseles">Monica Seles</a> and <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/borisbecker">Boris Becker</a>. Weinstein was apparently happy to honor Alba's proposal. | ||
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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | <b>Jessica Alba</b>, full name Jessica Marie Alba, is an actress. Born and raised in southern California, Alba has pursued an acting career since she was a young child. Her father's work in the United States Air Force caused Alba to move several times during her first ten years before her family settled back into California. Alba suffered numerous physical conditions in her youth including asthma, a burst appendix, collapsed lungs, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, of which she still has minor problems. As an adult, Alba has continued to undergo physical hardship. In 2001, she suffered from anorexia and a kidney infection. |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | Alba's acting career was started with a small role in the film [[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em>]]. Along with the film, Alba modeled for a number of television commercials for companies such as Nintendo and J.C. Penney. Hoping to pursue a serious acting career, Alba began study at the Atlantic Theater Company under actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at the age of 16. |
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| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | After a string of relatively small roles, Alba caught her break when she was cast in the lead of James Cameron's science-fiction television series [[Television/Dark Angel|"Dark Angel."]] Unfortunately, the series was unable to draw enough viewers to continue past a second season; however, her perfomance on the program was enough to secure future roles in cinema. Her roles in [[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em>]], [[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em>]], and [[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em>]] have since brought her much popularity. | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | <b>[[Filmography]]</b><ul><li>[[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em> (1994)]] |
| - | <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Venus Rising|<em>Venus Rising</em> (1995)]] |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Career</span></h3> | + | <li>[[Filmography/PUNKS|<em>P.U.N.K.S.</em> (1999)]] |
| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Never Been Kissed|<em>Never Been Kissed</em> (1999)]] |
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Idle Hands|<em>Idle Hands</em> (1999)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Paranoid|<em>Paranoid</em> (2000)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Sleeping Dictionary|<em>The Sleeping Dictionary</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Into the Blue|<em>Into the Blue</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Awake|<em>Awake</em> (2006)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Good Luck Chuck|<em>Good Luck Chuck</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Bill|<em>Bill</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Ten|<em>The Ten</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City 2|<em>Sin City 2</em> (2007)]] | ||
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| + | <b>[[Television]]</b><ul><li>[[Television/Flipper|"Flipper" (1995-1996)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Television/Too Soon for Jeff|"Too Soon for Jeff" (1996)]] | ||
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| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | *fansites* |
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| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>In 2006, readers of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askmen.com" title="Askmen.com">Askmen.com</a> voted Alba No. 1 on <i>99 Most Desirable Women</i>,<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[6]</a></sup> while in 2007, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim Magazine</a></i> placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their <i>Top 100</i>,<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[7]</a></sup> Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle" title="InStyle">In Style</a> magazines had Alba on their June covers,<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[8]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[9]</a></sup> and in May, after eight million votes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a> named Alba the winner as <i>2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World</i>.<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[10]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba fears being typecast as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_symbol" title="Sex symbol">sex kitten</a> based on the bulk of parts offered to her.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[11]</a></sup> "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Regarding children, Alba said, "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".<sup id="_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#_note-10" title="">[13]</a></sup></p> | + | |
| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-0"><b><a href="#_ref-0" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" class="external free" title="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-religion07">^ <a href="#_ref-religion07_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-religion07_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" class="external free" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-Elle2006">^ <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_2" title=""><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> Dave Itzkoff (November 2006). <a href="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" rel="nofollow">Fashionalba</a>. <i>Elle</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-2"><b><a href="#_ref-2" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" class="external text" title="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jessica Alba Treated For Mental Disorder</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-3"><b><a href="#_ref-3" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" rel="nofollow">AskMen.com - Jessica Alba</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-4"><b><a href="#_ref-4" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" class="external text" title="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" rel="nofollow">Maxim Top 100 for 2007</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-6"><b><a href="#_ref-6" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" rel="nofollow">In Style 6/2007</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | <b>Jessica Alba</b>, full name Jessica Marie Alba, is an actress. Born and raised in southern California, Alba has pursued an acting career since she was a young child. Her father's work in the United States Air Force caused Alba to move several times during her first ten years before her family settled back into California. Alba suffered numerous physical conditions in her youth including asthma, a burst appendix, collapsed lungs, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, of which she still has minor problems. As an adult, Alba has continued to undergo physical hardship. In 2001, she suffered from anorexia and a kidney infection. |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | Alba's acting career was started with a small role in the film [[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em>]]. Along with the film, Alba modeled for a number of television commercials for companies such as Nintendo and J.C. Penney. Hoping to pursue a serious acting career, Alba began study at the Atlantic Theater Company under actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at the age of 16. |
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| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | After a string of relatively small roles, Alba caught her break when she was cast in the lead of James Cameron's science-fiction television series [[Television/Dark Angel|"Dark Angel."]] Unfortunately, the series was unable to draw enough viewers to continue past a second season; however, her perfomance on the program was enough to secure future roles in cinema. Her roles in [[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em>]], [[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em>]], and [[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em>]] have since brought her much popularity. | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | <b>[[Filmography]]</b><ul><li>[[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em> (1994)]] |
| - | <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Venus Rising|<em>Venus Rising</em> (1995)]] |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Career</span></h3> | + | <li>[[Filmography/PUNKS|<em>P.U.N.K.S.</em> (1999)]] |
| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Never Been Kissed|<em>Never Been Kissed</em> (1999)]] |
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Idle Hands|<em>Idle Hands</em> (1999)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Paranoid|<em>Paranoid</em> (2000)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Sleeping Dictionary|<em>The Sleeping Dictionary</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Into the Blue|<em>Into the Blue</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Awake|<em>Awake</em> (2006)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Good Luck Chuck|<em>Good Luck Chuck</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Bill|<em>Bill</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Ten|<em>The Ten</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City 2|<em>Sin City 2</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four 2|<em>Fantastic Four 2</em> (2007)]]</ul> | ||
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| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | <li>[[Television/Too Soon for Jeff|"Too Soon for Jeff" (1996)]] |
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| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>In 2006, readers of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askmen.com" title="Askmen.com">Askmen.com</a> voted Alba No. 1 on <i>99 Most Desirable Women</i>,<sup id="_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#_note-3" title="">[6]</a></sup> while in 2007, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_%28magazine%29" title="Maxim (magazine)">Maxim Magazine</a></i> placed Alba on the number 2 spot of their <i>Top 100</i>,<sup id="_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#_note-4" title="">[7]</a></sup> Both <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InStyle" title="InStyle">In Style</a> magazines had Alba on their June covers,<sup id="_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#_note-5" title="">[8]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#_note-6" title="">[9]</a></sup> and in May, after eight million votes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FHM" title="FHM">FHM</a> named Alba the winner as <i>2007’s Sexiest Woman in the World</i>.<sup id="_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#_note-7" title="">[10]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba fears being typecast as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_symbol" title="Sex symbol">sex kitten</a> based on the bulk of parts offered to her.<sup id="_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#_note-8" title="">[11]</a></sup> "Somehow, I don't think this is happening to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman" title="Natalie Portman">Natalie Portman</a>," laments Alba. In the interview, Alba says she wants to be taken seriously as an actress but believes she needs to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Regarding children, Alba said, "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".<sup id="_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#_note-10" title="">[13]</a></sup></p> | + | |
| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-0"><b><a href="#_ref-0" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" class="external free" title="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-religion07">^ <a href="#_ref-religion07_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-religion07_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" class="external free" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-Elle2006">^ <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_2" title=""><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> Dave Itzkoff (November 2006). <a href="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" rel="nofollow">Fashionalba</a>. <i>Elle</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-1"><b><a href="#_ref-1" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1473931.mostviewed.alist_alba_is_a_real_supergirl.php" class="external free" title="http://www.burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1473931.mostviewed.alist_alba_is_a_real_supergirl.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1473931.mostviewed.alist_alba_is_a_real_supergirl.php</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-2"><b><a href="#_ref-2" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" class="external text" title="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jessica Alba Treated For Mental Disorder</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-3"><b><a href="#_ref-3" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" rel="nofollow">AskMen.com - Jessica Alba</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-4"><b><a href="#_ref-4" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" class="external text" title="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" rel="nofollow">Maxim Top 100 for 2007</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-6"><b><a href="#_ref-6" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" rel="nofollow">In Style 6/2007</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-7"><b><a href="#_ref-7" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" class="external text" title="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" rel="nofollow">FHM 2007’s Sexiest Woman</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-8"><b><a href="#_ref-8" title="">^</a></b> WENN (9 Nov. 2005). <a href="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" class="external text" title="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" rel="nofollow">Alba Fears Whore Typecast</a>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-10"><b><a href="#_ref-10" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" rel="nofollow">Alba: 'I want to have lots of kids'</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-11"><b><a href="#_ref-11" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" class="external text" title="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" rel="nofollow">photo</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-12"><b><a href="#_ref-12" title="">^</a></b> Dave Gardetta (April 2005). <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" class="external text" title="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" rel="nofollow">The Sinner</a>. <i>GQ</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-13"><b><a href="#_ref-13" title="">^</a></b> Contactmusic.com (March 2005). <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed" rel="nofollow">Alba Turns Her Back on Christian Pals Who Made Her Feel Ashamed</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-14"><b><a href="#_ref-14" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" class="external free" title="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" rel="nofollow">http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757</a> <i>Allheadlinenews.com</i></li> | + | |
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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | <b>Jessica Alba</b>, full name Jessica Marie Alba, is an actress. Born and raised in southern California, Alba has pursued an acting career since she was a young child. Her father's work in the United States Air Force caused Alba to move several times during her first ten years before her family settled back into California. Alba suffered numerous physical conditions in her youth including asthma, a burst appendix, collapsed lungs, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, of which she still has minor problems. As an adult, Alba has continued to undergo physical hardship. In 2001, she suffered from anorexia and a kidney infection. |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | Alba's acting career was started with a small role in the film [[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em>]]. Along with the film, Alba modeled for a number of television commercials for companies such as Nintendo and J.C. Penney. Hoping to pursue a serious acting career, Alba began study at the Atlantic Theater Company under actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at the age of 16. |
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| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | After a string of relative small role, Alba received her break when cast in the lead of James Cameron's science-fiction television series [[Television/Dark Angel|"Dark Angel."]] Unfortunately, the series was unable to draw enough viewers to continue past a second season; however, her perfomance on the program was enough to secure future roles in cinema. Her roles in [[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em>]], [[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em>]], and [[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em>]] have since brought her much popularity. | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | <b>[[Filmography]]</b><ul><li>[[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em> (1994)]] |
| - | <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Venus Rising|<em>Venus Rising</em> (1995)]] |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Career</span></h3> | + | <li>[[Filmography/PUNKS|<em>P.U.N.K.S.</em> (1999)]] |
| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Never Been Kissed|<em>Never Been Kissed</em> (1999)]] |
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Idle Hands|<em>Idle Hands</em> (1999)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Paranoid|<em>Paranoid</em> (2000)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Sleeping Dictionary|<em>The Sleeping Dictionary</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Into the Blue|<em>Into the Blue</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Awake|<em>Awake</em> (2006)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Good Luck Chuck|<em>Good Luck Chuck</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Bill|<em>Bill</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Ten|<em>The Ten</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City 2|<em>Sin City 2</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four 2|<em>Fantastic Four 2</em> (2007)]]</ul> | ||
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| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | <li>[[Television/Too Soon for Jeff|"Too Soon for Jeff" (1996)]] |
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| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-0"><b><a href="#_ref-0" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" class="external free" title="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-religion07">^ <a href="#_ref-religion07_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-religion07_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" class="external free" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-Elle2006">^ <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_2" title=""><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> Dave Itzkoff (November 2006). <a href="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" rel="nofollow">Fashionalba</a>. <i>Elle</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-2"><b><a href="#_ref-2" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" class="external text" title="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jessica Alba Treated For Mental Disorder</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-3"><b><a href="#_ref-3" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" rel="nofollow">AskMen.com - Jessica Alba</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-4"><b><a href="#_ref-4" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" class="external text" title="http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?imgCollectId=190&src=ad156" rel="nofollow">Maxim Top 100 for 2007</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-6"><b><a href="#_ref-6" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" rel="nofollow">In Style 6/2007</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-7"><b><a href="#_ref-7" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" class="external text" title="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" rel="nofollow">FHM 2007’s Sexiest Woman</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-8"><b><a href="#_ref-8" title="">^</a></b> WENN (9 Nov. 2005). <a href="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" class="external text" title="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" rel="nofollow">Alba Fears Whore Typecast</a>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-10"><b><a href="#_ref-10" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" rel="nofollow">Alba: 'I want to have lots of kids'</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-11"><b><a href="#_ref-11" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" class="external text" title="http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/pictures/20060705/alba%20july/alba7.2a.html" rel="nofollow">photo</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-12"><b><a href="#_ref-12" title="">^</a></b> Dave Gardetta (April 2005). <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" class="external text" title="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" rel="nofollow">The Sinner</a>. <i>GQ</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-13"><b><a href="#_ref-13" title="">^</a></b> Contactmusic.com (March 2005). <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed" rel="nofollow">Alba Turns Her Back on Christian Pals Who Made Her Feel Ashamed</a>.</li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-14"><b><a href="#_ref-14" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" class="external free" title="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" rel="nofollow">http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757</a> <i>Allheadlinenews.com</i></li> | + | |
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| - | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia - Jessica Alba as of July 2007</a> | + | <b>Jessica Alba</b>, full name Jessica Marie Alba, is an actress. Born and raised in southern California, Alba has pursued an acting career since she was a young child. Her father's work in the United States Air Force caused Alba to move several times during her first ten years before her family settled back into California. Alba suffered numerous physical conditions in her youth including asthma, a burst appendix, collapsed lungs, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, of which she still has minor problems. As an adult, Alba has continued to undergo physical hardship. In 2001, she suffered from anorexia and a kidney infection. |
| - | <p><a name="Early_life" id="Early_life"></a></p> | + | Alba's acting career was started with a small role in the film [[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em>]]. Along with the film, Alba modeled for a number of television commercials for companies such as Nintendo and J.C. Penney. Hoping to pursue a serious acting career, Alba began study at the Atlantic Theater Company under actors William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman at the age of 16. |
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| - | <p>Alba was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona%2C_California" title="Pomona, California">Pomona</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, to Mark Alba, who is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_American" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a> (though both of Jessica Alba's paternal grandparents were born in California),<sup id="_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup> and Catherine Jensen, who has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_people" title="Danish people">Danish</a> ancestry; the two married while in their teenage years.<sup id="_ref-religion07_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-Elle2006_0" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup><sup id="_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-1" title="">[4]</a></sup> Her maternal grandfather was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer" title="Non-commissioned officer">NCO</a> for thirty years, serving in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific</a> during <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">WWII</a>, and later as Asst. Drum Major for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Band" title="United States Marine Band">United States Marine Band</a>. Alba was raised in an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a> family, along with her brother, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Alba" title="Joshua Alba">Joshua</a>, an actor who appeared with her in the season one finale of <i>Dark Angel</i>, and her grandparents until she was 17 years old. Her father's Air Force career took the family to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi" title="Biloxi, Mississippi">Biloxi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Rio%2C_Texas" title="Del Rio, Texas">Del Rio</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, before they settled back in California.</p> | + | |
| + | After a string of relative small role, Alba received her break when cast in the lead of James Cameron's science-fiction television series [[Television/Dark Angel|"Dark Angel."]] Unfortunately, the series was unable to draw enough viewers to continue past a second season; however, her perfomance on the program was enough to secure future roles in cinema. Her roles in [[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em>]], [[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em>]], and [[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em>]] have since brought her much popularity. | ||
| - | <p>She has also acknowledged suffering from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive-compulsive_disorder" title="Obsessive-compulsive disorder">obsessive-compulsive disorder</a> during childhood.<sup id="_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-2" title="">[5]</a></sup></p> | + | <b>Filmography</b><ul><li>[[Filmography/Camp Nowhere|<em>Camp Nowhere</em> (1994)]] |
| - | <p><a name="Career" id="Career"></a></p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Venus Rising|<em>Venus Rising</em> (1995)]] |
| - | <h3><span class="mw-headline">Career</span></h3> | + | <li>[[Filmography/PUNKS|<em>P.U.N.K.S.</em> (1999)]] |
| - | <p>Her first appearance on film was a small role in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a> feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nowhere" title="Camp Nowhere">Camp Nowhere</a></i> as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two month job when the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.</p> | + | <li>[[Filmography/Never Been Kissed|<em>Never Been Kissed</em> (1999)]] |
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Idle Hands|<em>Idle Hands</em> (1999)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Paranoid|<em>Paranoid</em> (2000)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Sleeping Dictionary|<em>The Sleeping Dictionary</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Honey|<em>Honey</em> (2003)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City|<em>Sin City</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four|<em>Fantastic Four</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Into the Blue|<em>Into the Blue</em> (2005)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Awake|<em>Awake</em> (2006)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Good Luck Chuck|<em>Good Luck Chuck</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Bill|<em>Bill</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/The Ten|<em>The Ten</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Sin City 2|<em>Sin City 2</em> (2007)]] | ||
| + | <li>[[Filmography/Fantastic Four 2|<em>Fantastic Four 2</em> (2007)]]</ul> | ||
| - | + | <b>[[Television]]</b><ul><li>[[Television/Flipper|"Flipper" (1995-1996)]] | |
| - | <p>Alba appeared in two national TV commercials for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.C._Penney" title="J.C. Penney">J.C. Penney</a> as a child; she was later featured in several <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_film" title="Independent film">independent films</a>. She branched out into TV in 1994 with a recurring role as Jessica in three episodes of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_%28TV_channel%29" title="Nickelodeon (TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> comedy series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_World_of_Alex_Mack" title="The Secret World of Alex Mack">The Secret World of Alex Mack</a></i>. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipper_%281995_TV_series%29" title="Flipper (1995 TV series)">Flipper</a></i>. Under the tutelage of her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeguard" title="Lifeguard">lifeguard</a> mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Association_of_Diving_Instructors" title="Professional Association of Diving Instructors">PADI</a>-certified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scuba_diver" title="Scuba diver">scuba diver</a>, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>.</p> | + | <li>[[Television/Too Soon for Jeff|"Too Soon for Jeff" (1996)]] |
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| - | <p>In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bochco" title="Steven Bochco">Steven Bochco</a> crime-drama <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_South" title="Brooklyn South">Brooklyn South</a></i>, as Leanne in two episodes of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Hills_90210" title="Beverly Hills 90210">Beverly Hills 90210</a></i> and as Layla in an episode of <i>The Love Boat: The Next Wave</i>. In 1999, she appeared in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Quaid" title="Randy Quaid">Randy Quaid</a> comedy feature <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.U.N.K.S." title="P.U.N.K.S.">P.U.N.K.S.</a></i>. After graduating from high school, Alba studied acting with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Macy" title="William H. Macy">William H. Macy</a> and his wife, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicity_Huffman" title="Felicity Huffman">Felicity Huffman</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Theater_Company" title="Atlantic Theater Company">Atlantic Theater Company</a>, which was developed by Macy and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a>-winning playwright and film director, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba rose to greater prominence in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_California" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles, California">Hollywood</a> in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Barrymore" title="Drew Barrymore">Drew Barrymore</a> romantic comedy <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Been_Kissed" title="Never Been Kissed">Never Been Kissed</a></i>, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle_Hands" title="Idle Hands">Idle Hands</a></i>, opposite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Sawa" title="Devon Sawa">Devon Sawa</a>. Her big break came when writer/director <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron" title="James Cameron">James Cameron</a> picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">FOX</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">sci-fi</a> TV series <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28TV_series%29" title="Dark Angel (TV series)">Dark Angel</a></i>. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons before being canceled in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>. Since then her most notable roles have been as an aspiring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">dancer</a>-<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreographer</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_%282003_film%29" title="Honey (2003 film)">Honey</a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_dancer" title="Exotic dancer">exotic dancer</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Callahan" title="Nancy Callahan">Nancy Callahan</a> in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin_City_%28film%29" title="Sin City (film)">Sin City</a></i> and as the classic <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> character Sue Storm, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Woman" title="Invisible Woman">Invisible Woman</a> in the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four_%282005_film%29" title="Fantastic Four (2005 film)">Fantastic Four</a></i>. Jessica went on to host the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_MTV_Movie_Awards" title="2006 MTV Movie Awards">2006 MTV Movie Awards</a> and performed sketches spoofing the movies <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong" title="King Kong">King Kong</a></i>, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Impossible_3" title="Mission Impossible 3">Mission Impossible 3</a></i>, and <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code_%28film%29" title="The Da Vinci Code (film)">The Da Vinci Code</a></i>.</p> | + | |
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| - | Alba on the controversial cover of the March 2006 issue of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine.</div> | + | |
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| - | <p>On the cover of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2006" title="March 2006">March 2006</a> issue, <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy" title="Playboy">Playboy</a></i> magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation against <i>Playboy</i> for its use of her image (from a promotional shot for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Blue" title="Into the Blue">Into the Blue</a></i>) without her 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 <i>Playboy</i> owner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hefner" title="Hugh Hefner">Hugh Hefner</a> who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba has revealed that she envisions a much older man as her ideal partner, making references to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Freeman" title="Morgan Freeman">Morgan Freeman</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a>. "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much."<sup id="_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#_note-9" title="">[12]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>She has a tattoo of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy" title="Daisy">daisy</a> with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladybug" title="Ladybug">ladybug</a> on the back of her neck, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> symbol for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo_nucifera" title="Nelumbo nucifera">lotus flower</a>, <i>padma</i>, on her wrist,<sup id="_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#_note-11" title="">[14]</a></sup> and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_back_tattoo" title="Lower back tattoo">lower back tattoo</a> of a bow.</p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was raised <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> and still considers herself "spiritual".<sup id="_ref-religion07_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-religion07" title="">[2]</a></sup> In her adolescence, she became a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_again" title="Born again">born-again</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>,<sup id="_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#_note-12" title="">[15]</a></sup> but left the church -</p> | + | |
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| - | <td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px;">"'when older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault, and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman.' She also [...] disagrees with the church's condemnations of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premarital_sex" title="Premarital sex">premarital sex</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuality</a>, and was bothered by the lack of strong female role models in the Bible. '[…] it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life.'"<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_1" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></td> | + | |
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| - | <p>As the daughter of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">conservative</a> parents, Alba, whose grandparents did not allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house, maintains a no-nudity clause in her contract, though she has claimed she had been open to the possibility of appearing nude in <i>Sin City</i>. She remarked of a <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a></i> shoot in which she was scantily clad: "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties".<sup id="_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#_note-13" title="">[16]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <p>Alba was given the option to appear naked by the film's directors, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Miller_%28comics%29" title="Frank Miller (comics)">Frank Miller</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Rodriguez" title="Robert Rodriguez">Robert Rodriguez</a> but declined 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".<sup id="_ref-Elle2006_2" class="reference"><a href="#_note-Elle2006" title="">[3]</a></sup></p> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-0"><b><a href="#_ref-0" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" class="external free" title="http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.mediatakeout.com/7187/jessica_alba_dont_call_me_a_latina.html</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-religion07">^ <a href="#_ref-religion07_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-religion07_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" class="external free" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/you/article.html?in_article_id=460832&in_page_id=1908</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-Elle2006">^ <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_0" title=""><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_1" title=""><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#_ref-Elle2006_2" title=""><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> Dave Itzkoff (November 2006). <a href="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" class="external text" title="http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html" rel="nofollow">Fashionalba</a>. <i>Elle</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-2"><b><a href="#_ref-2" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" class="external text" title="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Jessica-Alba-Treated-For-Mental-Disorder-8602.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jessica Alba Treated For Mental Disorder</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-3"><b><a href="#_ref-3" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" class="external text" title="http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html" rel="nofollow">AskMen.com - Jessica Alba</a>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-6"><b><a href="#_ref-6" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" class="external text" title="http://www.instyle.com/instyle/about/inthisissue/0,24000,,00.html" rel="nofollow">In Style 6/2007</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-7"><b><a href="#_ref-7" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" class="external text" title="http://www.fhm.com/100sexiestwinner/" rel="nofollow">FHM 2007’s Sexiest Woman</a></li> | + | |
| - | <li id="_note-8"><b><a href="#_ref-8" title="">^</a></b> WENN (9 Nov. 2005). <a href="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" class="external text" title="http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html" rel="nofollow">Alba Fears Whore Typecast</a>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-10"><b><a href="#_ref-10" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" class="external text" title="http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/alba%20i%20want%20to%20have%20lots%20of%20kids_1025504" rel="nofollow">Alba: 'I want to have lots of kids'</a></li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-12"><b><a href="#_ref-12" title="">^</a></b> Dave Gardetta (April 2005). <a href="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" class="external text" title="http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847" rel="nofollow">The Sinner</a>. <i>GQ</i>.</li> | + | |
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| - | <li id="_note-14"><b><a href="#_ref-14" title="">^</a></b> <a href="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" class="external free" title="http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757" rel="nofollow">http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007610757</a> <i>Allheadlinenews.com</i></li> | + | |
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