The Jessica Alba Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jessica Alba

Scott Blackwell

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Jessica Alba Fan this is your ultimate resource for the talented Jessica Alba. Here you'll find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career, Personal life, TV- and Filmography right away: Camp Nowhere, Venus Rising, P.U.N.K.S., Never Been Kissed, Idle Hands, Paranoid (2000 film), The Sleeping Dictionary, Honey (2003 film), Sin City (film), Fantastic Four (film), Into the Blue, Knocked Up, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Ten, Good Luck Chuck, Awake (film), The Eye (2008 film), Meet Bill, The Love Guru, Valentine's Day (film), Machete (film), The Killer Inside Me (2010 film), An Invisible Sign of My Own, Little Fockers, Flipper (1995 TV series), Dark Angel (TV series), The Secret World of Alex Mack, ABC Afterschool Special, Chicago Hope, Brooklyn South, Beverly Hills, 90210, The Love Boat: The Next Wave, MADtv, Entourage (TV series), Trippin', The Office (U.S. TV series), Stress Relief

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• Performing Arts
• Biography
• Entertainment
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486433346
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Contents Articles Jessica Alba Camp Nowhere Venus Rising P.U.N.K.S. Never Been Kissed Idle Hands Paranoid (2000 film) The Sleeping Dictionary Honey (2003 film) Sin City (film) Fantastic Four (film) Into the Blue Knocked Up Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer The Ten Good Luck Chuck Awake (film) The Eye (2008 film) Meet Bill The Love Guru Valentine's Day (film) Machete (film) The Killer Inside Me (2010 film) An Invisible Sign of My Own Little Fockers Flipper (1995 TV series) Dark Angel (TV series) The Secret World of Alex Mack ABC Afterschool Special Chicago Hope Brooklyn South Beverly Hills, 90210 The Love Boat: The Next Wave MADtv

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Jessica Alba

Alba at the Declare Yourself Inauguration Ball in 2009 Born Jessica Marie Alba April 28, 1981 Pomona, California, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1994 – present Spouse(s)Cash Warren (m. 2008 – present)

[1] Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 inCamp NowhereandThe Secret World of Alex Mack(1994). Alba rose to prominence [2] [3] as the lead actress in the television seriesDark Angel(2000–later appeared in various films2002). Alba includingHoney(2003),Sin City(2005),Fantastic Four(2005),Into the Blue(2005),Fantastic Four: Rise of the [4] [5] Silver SurferandGood Luck Chuckboth in 2007. Alba is considered a sex symbol and often generates media attention for her looks. She appears frequently on the "Hot 100" section ofMaximand was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in [6] [7] [8] 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" byFHMThe use of her image on the cover of thein 2007. [9] March 2006Playboysparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV), and a Golden [4] Globe nomination for her lead role in the television seriesDark Angel.

Early life [1] Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba and Catherine (néeJensen). Her mother is of Danish and [10] French Canadian descent and her father is Mexican American, though both of his parents were born in California [11] (on the December 1, 2009 episode ofLopez Tonight, George Lopez announced that a DNA test showed Alba to be [12] 87% European and 13% Indigenous American). She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas before settling back in California when she was [3] [11] nine years old. Alba described her family as being a "very conservative family—a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family" and herself as very liberal; she says she had identified herself as a "feminist" as early as age [13] five. Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies. During childhood, she suffered from collapsed [3] lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, as well as a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst. Alba became isolated from other children at school, because she was in the hospital so often due to her illnesses that no one knew

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Jessica A  lba 2 [14] [3] her well enough to befriend her. Alba has also had asthma since she was a child. Alba has said that her family's [13] frequent moving also contributed to her isolation from her peers. She has also acknowledged that she has suffered [15] [16] [17] from obsessive-compulsive disorder during her childhood. Alba graduated from high school at age 16, and [18] she subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company. Career Alba expressed interest in acting since the age of five. In 1992, the 11-year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, California whose grand prize was free acting classes. Alba won the grand prize, [3] [18] and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed Alba nine months later. [19] Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 featureCamp Nowhereas Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job in a leading role when one of the prominent actresses dropped [2] out. Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney as a child. She was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy seriesThe Secret World of Alex [3] Mackthen performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the. She [2] [3] television seriesFlipper. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba Alba at the 2008 Paris premiere for learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba [3] The Eye . diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia. [20] In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-dramaBrooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes ofBeverly Hills, 90210, and as Layla in an episode ofThe Love Boat: The Next Wave. In [2] 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy featureP.U.N.K.S.Alba graduated from high school, she. After studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was [18] [21] developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet. 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 comedyNever Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film [5] 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 television seriesDark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002, earning her critical acclaim as well as a Golden [5] [22] Globe nomination. Alba later revealed that she had suffered from an eating disorder while in preparation for [23] Dark Angel.

 Jessica Alba 3 Alba has been well-received in popular culture. She received the Teen Choice Award forChoice Actressand Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV) for her role inDark Angel. She has frequently appeared on Maxim's Hot 100 list. In 2006, Alba received an MTV Movie Award [4] [8] [24] for "Sexiest Performance" forSin City. Her acting has also drawn criticism, however, as she was nominated for a 2007 Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performances inAwake,Good Luck [25] Chuck, andFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. She was also nominated for the same award in 2005 for her performances in Alba on the set ofFantastic Four: Rise of the [26] Fantastic FourandInto the Blue. Silver Surfer Alba's most notable film roles have included an aspiring dancer-choreographer inHoney, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan inSin City, and as the Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman inFantastic Four, of which movie critic Mick LaSalle said that her performance while talking for long periods of time was on "shaky ground". She then appeared in its sequel, inInto the Bluelater that [4] [27] [28] year, andGood Luck Chucka few years later. Alba went on to host the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and [29] performed sketches spoofing the moviesKing Kong,Mission: Impossible 3, andThe Da Vinci Code. In February, [30] she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba has been [31] [9] represented by talent agents Patrick Whitesell and Brad Cafarelli. [11] In 2008, Alba made her acting transition to the horror-film genre inThe Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. [32] [33] The film was released on February 1, 2008. Though the film was not well received by critics, Alba's performance was both positively and negatively received. Alba won a Teen Choice for Choice Movie Actress: [34] Horror/Thriller and a Razzie Award for Worst Actress-nomination. Also in 2008, Alba starred alongside Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake in "box office bomb"The Love Guru. Both the film and Alba's performance were [4] panned by critics. Alba was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actress. [35] In late 2008, Alba signed on to star as the lead role inAn Invisible Sign of My Own. The movie finished filming in [36] [35] [37] [38] [39] [40] November, 2008. The film is in post-production and set to be released in 2010.Ugly Bettystar America Ferrera was originally set to star as the lead but had to pull out due to filming commitments with her [41] [42] [43] television showUgly Betty. Alba starred alongside Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck in the film adaption of the book of the same name,The Killer [44] [45] [46] Inside Me. In The film is set to be released inthe movie, Alba played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute. [45] [47] [48] [49] [50] 2010. Also in 2010, Alba starred in the romantic comedyValentine's Day, alongside Julia Roberts, [49] [51] [52] Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Emma Roberts, Ashton Kutcher, and Jennifer Garner. The film was [52] released on February 12, 2010.

Jessica Alba Public image

Cover of the March 2006 issue of Playboymagazine.Alba objected to being on the cover of the magazine and filed suit, but later dropped the action.

In 2001, Alba was ranked No. 1 onMaximmagazine's Hot 100 list. She said that "I have to go to certain lengths to use sexuality to my advantage, while guiding [53] people to thinking the way I want them to." In 2005, Alba was named one of Peoplemagazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, and also appeared in the magazine's 100 Most Beautiful list in 2007. In 2002, Alba was voted as the fifth Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll, #4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes, #6 inFHM's Sexiest Girls for their poll, and ranked at #12 inStuff [54] magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" 2002 edition. In 2005, Alba [55] was ranked at #5 on theMaximmagazine's Hot 100 list.

On the cover of the March 2006 issue,Playboymagazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and the Sex Star of the Year. Alba was involved in litigation againstPlayboyfor 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 fromPlayboyowner Hugh Hefner, [9] who agreed to make donations to two charities that Alba has supported.

When reports surfaced that a 21-year-old Chinese girl was seeking plastic surgery to resemble Alba in order to win back an ex-boyfriend, the star spoke out against the perceived need to [56] change one's appearance for love.

In 2006, Alba ranked #3 on E! Television's 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies. In [7] 2006 readers of AskMen.com voted Alba No. 1 on99 Most Desirable Women, while in 2007,Maxim Magazineplaced Alba on the number 2 spot of their "Top [8] [57] [58] 100". BothGQandIn Stylehad Alba on their June covers, and in May, after eight million votes,FHM(UK and USA editions) named Alba the winner as [6] "2007 ‘ Alba has been regarded as one of thes Sexiest Woman in the World". [59] world's most attractive women, being named to Maxim's Hot 100 in 2008. In 2007 Alba was ranked in at #1 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2007 poll, in the magazine's Latvian edition. Alba was ranked #4 on Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in 2007. In 2006 and 2007 Alba was voted #1 as the most [55] sexy woman in the world by the Norwegian FHM. Alba appeared in the 2009 Campari calendar. Campari printed 9,999 copies of the calendar featuring photos [60] of Alba posing sexually in swimsuits, and high heels. In 2008, Alba was ranked #34 onMaximmagazine's Hot 100 list, was ranked #2 onWizard magazine's "Sexiest Women of TV" list, and was named inGQMagazine one of [55] the 25 Sexiest Women in film of all time.

Alba at the 2007 Spike TV Awards

"I think there are ambitious girls who will do anything to be famous, and they think men in this business are used to women doing that. Contrary to how people may feel, I've never used my sexuality. That's not part of it for me. When I'm in a meeting, I want to tell you why I'm an asset, how I'm a commodity, how I can put asses in the seats, not, 'There's a chance you're going to be able to f*** me.' That's never been my deal." [61] Alba on not using her sex appeal in order to get her goals in her acting career, 2008

Alba fears being typecast as a sex kitten based on the bulk of parts offered to her, commenting, "Somehow, I don't [62] think this is happening to Natalie Portman." In the interview, Alba said 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 [62] that eventually she hopes to be more selective in her film projects. Alba also maintains a strict no-nudity clause in

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5 Jessica Alba her contract. She was given the option to appear nude inSin Cityby 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 [63] I won't get hired in some things. But I have too much anxiety". She remarked of aGQshoot 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 [64] granny panties." Personal life Religion [65] [66] Alba was raised as a Christian in the Catholic denomination throughout her teenage years, but left the church after four years because she felt she was being judged for her appearance, explaining: "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 [67] a woman". Alba also had objections to the church's condemnations of premarital sex and homosexuality, and the lack of strong female role models in the Bible, explaining "I thought it was a nice guide, but it certainly wasn't how I was going to [63] live my life." Her "religious devotion [began] to wane" at the age of 15 when she guest-starred as a teenager with gonorrhea in the throat in a 1996 episode of the television series Chicago Hope. Her friends at church reacted [3] negatively to her role, making her lose faith in the church. However, she has stated that she still holds her belief in [68] God despite leaving the church. Relationships While filmingDark Angelin January 2000, Alba began a three year relationship with her co-star Michael Weatherly, which caused [69] controversy due to their twelve year age gap. Weatherly proposed to [11] Alba on her twentieth birthday, which she accepted. In August 2003, Alba and Weatherly announced that they'd ended their [3] relationship. In July 2007, Alba spoke out about the break up, saying "I don't know [why I got engaged]. I was a virgin. He was 12 years older than me. I thought he knew better. My parents weren't happy. They're really religious. They believe God wouldn't allow the Bible to be written if it wasn't what they are supposed to believe. I'm [70] completely different." Alba had at one time said she envisioned a Alba in 2007 at the London première ofFantastic much older man as her ideal partner, making references to Morgan Four Freeman, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, and Michael Caine. She said, [71] "I have this thing for older men. They've been around and know so much." [72] [73] Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren, while makingFantastic Fourin 2004. On December [72] 27, 2007, Alba and Warren announced that they were engaged. Alba married Warren in Los Angeles on Monday, [74] [75] [76] May 19, 2008. On June 7, 2008, Alba gave birth to a baby girl, Honor Marie Warren, at Cedars-Sinai [77] Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. The first pictures of Honor Marie appeared inOK!magazine, which [78] [79] [80] paid a reported $1.5 million for them. Alba has said that she would like to have more children.

sica Alb Jes a 6 Charity and politics In 2005 Alba offered her acting talents for free, to raise money for AIDS charity Amfar at the Cannes Film Festival. The Industry had held a benefit for the US research foundation. Alba had caused "the greatest stir" by promising to star as an unpaid actress in one ofThe Lord of the Ringsproducer Bob Weinstein's movies, if Weinstein agreed to [81] bid $100,000 for tennis lessons with sports stars Monica Seles and Boris Becker. Alba's charity work includes participation with Clothes Off Our Back, Habitat for Humanity, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Project HOME, RADD, Revlon Run/Walk for Women, SOS Children Villages, [82] Soles4Souls, and Step up. Alba openly endorsed and supported Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama [83] during the 2008 primary season. Together with Bono, Alba is an ambassador for the 1Goal movement to provide education to children in Africa. Alba posed for a bondage-themed print advertising campaign by Declare Yourself, a campaign encouraging voter [84] registration among youth for the 2008 United States presidential election. The ads photographed by Mark Liddell, [85] which feature Alba wrapped in and gagged with black tape, drew national media attention. The ads were [85] described by some as being "Shocking". Alba said of doing the advertisements that "it didn't freak me out at all." Alba also said "I think it is important for young people to be aware of the need we have in this country to get them more active politically," and "People respond to things that are shocking." In June 2009, while filmingThe Killer Inside Mein Oklahoma City, Alba was involved in a controversy with [86] residents when she pasted posters of sharks around town. Alba said that she was trying to bring attention to the diminishing population of great white sharks. Media outlets speculated that Alba would be pursued and charged with [87] [88] vandalism. On June 16, 2009, Oklahoma City police said that they wouldn't pursue criminal charges against [89] [90] [91] [92] Alba, because none of the property owners wanted to pursue it. Alba apologized in a statement to [89] People Magazine and said that she regretted her actions. She later donated an undisclosed amount of money (over [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] $500 ) to the United Way, whose billboard she had obscured with one of the shark posters. Filmography Film Year Film RoleNotes 1994Camp NowhereGailFilm debut 1995Venus RisingYoung Eve oda1999P.U.N.K.S.Samantha Swob Never Been KissedKirsten Liosis Idle HandsMolly 2000ParanoidChloe 2003The Sleeping DictionarySelimaDVD Exclusive Award for Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie HoneyHoney Daniels