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Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981, in Pomona, CA, to Catherine (Jensen) and also Mark David Alba, that offered in the US Air Force. Her mom has Danish, Welsh, German, English, and also French origins, while her father is of Mexican descent (including Spanish as well as Aboriginal Mexican origins). Her family members relocated to Biloxi, MS, when she was an infant. Three years later on her father's career brought the family back to California, then to Del Rio, TX, prior to ultimately settling in Southern California when Jessica was 9. Crazy with the suggestion of coming to be a starlet from the age of five, she was 12 before she took her first acting course. 9 months later on she was signed by an agent. She researched at the Atlantic Theater Business with creators William H. Macy and David Mamet.
A gifted young starlet, Jessica has actually played a range of functions ranging from light funny to sandy drama since starting her job. She made her function film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Photo' comedy Camp No place (1994 ). Initially employed for 2 weeks, she obtained her break when an actress in a major duty unexpectedly dropped out. Jessica happily confesses wasn't her vast talent or beauty that influenced the director to touch her to take over the component-- it was her hair, which matched the original entertainer's. The two-week task stretched to 2 months, and Jessica finished the film with an impressive very first credit score. Two nationwide TV commercials for Nintendo and also J.C. Penney rapidly adhered to before Jessica was included in several independent movies. She branched out into TELEVISION in 1994 with a recurring duty in Nickelodeon's prominent funny series The Secret Globe of Alex Mack (1994 ). She played an insufferable young snob, committed to making life miserable for the the title personality, played by Larisa Oleynik. That very same year, she won the role of "Maya" in Fin (1995) and also filmed the pilot for the series. She invested 1995 firing the initial season's episodes in Australia. An enthusiastic swimmer and also PADI-certified SCUBA diver, Jessica was happy to be doing a show that allowed her to play with dolphins. The show's success ensured it a 2nd period, which she additionally starred in. Her participation in the show lasted from 1995 to 1997.
In 1996 she appeared in Venus Increasing (1995) as "Young Eve". The following year she showed up on The Dini Petty Show (1989 ), a Canadian talk program, as well as discussed her duty in "Fin" and also her basic acting career. She started servicing P.U.N.K.S. (1999 ), featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. In very early 1998 she showed up in Brooklyn South (1997) as "Melissa". That exact same year she remained in two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as "Leanne" and in 2 episodes of Love Watercraft: The Next Wave (1998 ).
She showed up in "Teenager Publication" in 1995 and various European magazines over the following years. Extra notably, she was included in the February 1999 concern of "Vanity Fair" publication. She additionally had major functions in two flicks that year: Never ever Been Kissed (1999) and also Still Hands (1999 ). In 2000 she had functions in Paranoid (2000) as well as starred in the sci-fi TV series Dark Angel (2000 ), obtaining globally acknowledgment.
Her first starring duty in a significant studio movie was the Honey (2003 ), Universal Photo' contemporary urban dramatization that earned over $60 million worldwide. She has given that transformed 25 attribute movies that have actually gained a consolidated box-office total of over $800 million, including funnies as well as dramas, from abrasive independents to major workshop hits. In 2005 she starred contrary Bruce Willis as well as an all-star cast in the intriguing and also critically well-known Transgression City (2005 ), guided by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. She next off starred as Sue Tornado--"The Unnoticeable Lady"-- in Wonder's action-franchise hit Wonderful Four (2005 ), which was launched by 20th Century-Fox in July 2005 as well as ended up being a worldwide box-office success with over $300 million in profits.
Jessica belonged to Garry Marshall's all-star set charming funny, Valentine's Day (2010 ), which broke box-office documents with the largest opening on a four-day Head of state's Day weekend in background. She starred opposite Casey Affleck and also Kate Hudson in director Michael Winterbottom's debatable screen adjustment of The Killer Inside Me (2010 ), based on Jim Thompson's unique, in addition to Robert Rodriquez's Machete (2010 ). She co-starred in the 3rd installment of the hit "Meet the Moms and dads" franchise business Little Fockers (2010 ), in addition to the 4D family journey Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World (2011 ), noting her third of five cooperations with Robert Rodriguez. Jessica was part of an all-star voice actors for The Weinstein Firm's animated celebrities past and present experience, Retreat from Planet Earth (2013 ), additionally featuring Sarah Jessica Parker, Brendan Fraser as well as James Gandolfini.
She showed up in the funny A.C.O.D. (2013 ), which premiered at the Sundance Film Celebration and also starred Adam Scott, Jane Lynch and Amy Poehler. She made a cameo appearance in Machete Eliminates (2013) and also co-starred in Robert Rodriquez's highly-anticipated, star-studded sequel Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014 ). That year she had a complete slate of acting tasks, including the period drama Precious Eleanor (2016 )"; The Englishman contrary Pierce Brosnan and also Salma Hayek; the IFC parody mini-series The Spoils of Babylon (2014 ), produced by Funny or Pass away, with a stellar cast including Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Tobey Maguire, Michael Shine as well as Tim Robbins; and Stretch (2014 ), co-starring Patrick Wilson, Chris Pine, Ray Liotta, Ed Helms and Brooklyn Decker.
Jessica has gotten Golden Globe as well as Individuals's Option Award nominations, was voted TV Guide readers' Breakout Star of the Year, and won Fave TELEVISION Starlet at the 2001 Teenager Selection Honors for "Dark Angel." She won the Nickelodeon Children' Option Award for Favorite Female Actress for her performance in "Great Four" and an MTV Film Award for Sexiest Performance in "Wrong City." She obtained an additional Teenager Option Award for Choice Movie Starlet in a Horror/Thriller for The Eye (2008) as well as was honored by the Young Hollywood Honors as Superstar of Tomorrow in 2005. She has obtained ALMA Honors for her performances in "Dark Angel" and "Machete," as well as a Style Symbol in 2009.