Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American television and film actress.

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She has received many awards and notations for her acting and physical appearance.

Alba’s TV and movie appearances began with her child acting in Camp Nowhere (1994) and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence with the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), then expanding her resume to film, predominantly within the confines of action and comedy. Alba later appeared in various films including Honey (2003), Sin City (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) and Good Luck Chuck of the same year.

Alba appears frequently on the “Hot 100″ section of Maxim and was voted AskMen.com’s number one on their list of “99 Most Desirable Women” in 2006, as well as “Sexiest Woman in the World” by FHM in 2007. She also appeared on the cover of Playboy, which was followed by a lawsuit that was later dropped. Alba has won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress (TV) for her acting in the series Dark Angel.

Alba was born in Pomona, California to Catherine (née Jensen) and Mark Alba. Her mother is of Danish and French descent, and her father is Mexican American (though both of his parents were born in California). Alba’s parents married in their teenage years. Her maternal grandfather was a Marine NCO for 30 years, serving in the Pacific during World War II, and later as Assistant Drum Major for the United States Marine Band. Alba was raised in an Air Force family with her brother, Joshua and her grandparents until she was seventeen years old. Her father’s air force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas before settling back in California.

Personal Life:

Alba was raised as a Catholic and still considers herself “spiritual”. In her adolescence, she became a born-again Christian, 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 a woman”.

Alba is engaged to Cash Warren (son of actor Michael Warren), whom she met while making Fantastic Four in 2004. They are expecting their first child in early spring or summer of 2008. Alba, who never learned Spanish as a child, reportedly began mastering the language during her pregnancy, with the intention of speaking only Spanish to her child once he or she is born.

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