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Jessica Alba

Acting

Born April 28, 1981 · Pomona, California, USA

Also known as Jessica Marie Alba

Biography

Jessica Marie Alba (/ˈælbə/ AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress, businesswoman, and entrepreneur. She began her acting career at age 13 in Camp Nowhere (1994), followed up by The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 as the lead actress of the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her big screen breakthrough came in Honey (2003). She soon established herself as a Hollywood actress and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career, including Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Little Fockers (2010), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016). She is a frequent collaborator with director Robert Rodriguez, having starred in Sin City (2005), Machete (2010), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete Kills (2013), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). From 2019 to 2020, Alba starred in the Spectrum action crime series L.A.'s Finest. In 2011, Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells baby, personal, and household products. A number of magazines, including Men's Health, Vanity Fair, and FHM, have included Alba on their lists of the world's most beautiful women. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jessica Alba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • ALMA Award · 2011
  • Golden Raspberry AwardWorst Supporting Actress · 2011
  • Saturn AwardBest Actress on Television · 2001
  • Saturn AwardBest Supporting Actress · 2006 · nominated
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actress – Television Series Drama · 2000 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Office

2005as Sophie

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The Secret World of Alex Mack

1994

RuPaul's Drag Race

2009as Self - Guest Judge

Sin City

2005as Nancy

Dark Angel

2000as Max Guevara

Entourage

2004as Jessica Alba

Beverly Hills, 90210

1990as Leanne

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Mad TV

1995as Jessica Simpson

StoryBots: Answer Time

2022

L.A.'s Finest

2019as Nancy McKenna

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Flipper

as Maya Graham

No Activity

2017as The Actress

Awake

2007as Sam Lockwood

The Sleeping Dictionary

2003as Selima

Blue Heelers

1993

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014as Nancy

Finding Your Roots

2012as Self

The Daily Show

1996as Self

Machete

2010as Sartana Rivera

Knocked Up

2007as Self (uncredited)

Project Runway

2004as Self - Guest Judge

Honey

2003as Honey Daniels

Entourage

2015as Jessica Alba

Stretch

2014as Charlie

The Spoils of Babylon

2014as Dixie Melonworth

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012as Self

Never Been Kissed

1999as Kirsten

Idle Hands

1999as Molly

Mechanic: Resurrection

2016as Gina

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self - Guest

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

as Self

Meet Bill

2007as Lucy

Camp Nowhere

1994as Gail

Dear Eleanor

2016as Daisy

Valentine's Day

2010as Morley Clarkson

The Eye

2008as Sydney Wells

Good Luck Chuck

2007as Cam Wexler

Into the Blue

2005as Sam

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self - Guest

Escape from Planet Earth

2013as Lena (voice)

The Killer Inside Me

2010as Joyce Lakeland

Fantastic Four

2005as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman

Trigger Warning

2024as Parker

Barely Lethal

2015as Victoria Knox

Baby, Baby, Baby

2015as Susie

Little Fockers

2010as Andi Garcia