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Trivia
Birth name: Jessica Marie Alba
Date of birth: 28 April 1981
Place of birth: Pomona,
California, USA
Nickname: Sky Angel
Height: 5' 6˝" (1.69 m)
Sister of Joshua Alba
Her brother Joshua appeared with her in "And Jesus Brought a Casserole," the first season finale of Dark Angel, in which he played Krit, one of her X-5 brothers who wanted to help destroy Manticore.
On E's "101 Sexiest Bodies", Alba was placed at 3rd, behind
Brad Pitt in 2nd and
Angelina Jolie in 1st.
Was #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List. [2001]
Her father is Mexican, her mother is of
French and Danish descent.
Was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star for
2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. She reported plans to wed fiance Michael
Weatherly this summer. [February 2002]
Her show "Dark Angel" (2000) was
canceled after two seasons on Fox.
Vote #4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes in 2002
for her role as Max in "Dark Angel" (2000).
Jessica's image was used in the Need for Speed: Most Wanted computer and video game.
Loves to play golf.
Has started training in dance and Tae Bo two
months prior to the start of scheduled filming on her new film, Honey
(2003). [July 2002]
Voted in at #6 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of
2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]
Nominated worst actress for both Fantastic Four and Into the Blue for the 26th annual Razzie Awards.
Graduated high school at age 16.
Has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybug on it
on the back of her neck.
She has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybird on it on the back of her neck, one of a butterfly just above her lower back and a recently made one in her wrist, a sanskrit character meaning "padma", the sanskrit word for lotus flower.
Her second cousin is skateboarding legend
Steve "Salba" Alba.
Broke off her long engagement to co-star
Michael Weatherly ("Dark Angel" (2000)) in 2003 but has
reconciled recently.
She co-starred in one episode of "Dark
Angel" (2000) with her brother, Joshua Alba, entitled "...And
Jesus Brought a Casserole." He played, Krit, one of her X-5
brothers who wanted to help destroy Manticore in the Season 1 finale.
Engaged to "Dark Angel" (2000)
costar Michael Weatherly. [May 2001]
Mentioned in the D12 song "My
Band".
Was "Punk'd" (2003) on the Ashton
Kutcher-hosted MTV show in 2003. Dax Shepard 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. The soon-to-be Mrs. Michael Weatherly was
a good sport after being informed it was all a practical joke, taped for
the short-lived MTV show.
Though it is common for actresses and female
pop stars to strip down to various states of undress for magazine
layouts and movie/TV scenes, she has stated that she is a very modest
girl and would never do a nude scene or pose topless in a magazine. She
has posed for men's magazines fully dressed, however.
Ranked #12 in Stuff magazine's "102
Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
Said once in an interview that she began
preparing her own meals as a child to control her weight and maintain
her health. She said the food her family prepared led to weight problems
for them, so she avoided that.
After graduating from high school, she
studied with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at David
Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company.
Named one of "50 Most Beautiful
People" by People Magazine. [2005]
Had asthma as a child.
She wanted to become an actress at the age
of five.
Became anorexic the same year she had a
kidney infection.
Measurements: 34-24-34 according to an
interview with Rolling Stone magazine
Has two pug dogs named Nancy (after her
character in Sin City 2005) and Sid.
Named #5 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of
2005 list.
Shares birthday with director Danilo
Beckovic.
Ranked #3 on E! Television's 2006 101
Sexiest Celebrity Bodies
Shares a birthday with Penélope
Cruz.
She and Hayden Christensen visited Bellevue
hospital and spent time with little children, bringing them Christmas
cheer while filming "Awake".
Playboy magazine named Alba among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities, and Sex Star of the Year in its March 2006 issue, on whose cover she appeared. Alba is currently involved in a litigation against Playboy for its use of her image (which was a promotional shot for Into the Blue) without her consent, and making it seem she appears in the issue in a "nude or semi-nude pictorial."
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