The Rising Dark Angel - Jessica Alba

Jessica Marie Alba was born on April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California to Mark Alba, an Air Force officer who is Mexican American and Catherine, a lifeguard who is part French and Danish. Her father"s profession relocated the family to many places like Biloxi, Mississippi and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California.

Alba was interested in acting since her childhood in fact. She even took acting classes when she was just 12 years old and was promptly rewarded with her first acting assignment just after nine months. Jessica Alba though wasn"t popular among her mates due to her obsessive compulsive disorder which later got settled down.

She debuted as a child actress with a small role in 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail following it up by appearing in two national TV commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penney. There were some more television appearances like in The Secret World of Alex Mack, Flipper, Brooklyn South, Beverly Hills 90210, and The Love Boat: The Next Wave.

Jessica Alba was managing all this with her academics. But soon after her graduation she joined the Atlantic Theater Company which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet. Tits and bits roles in the movies followed for this actress in the form of Never Been Kissed (1999) and comedy-horror film Idle Hands.

Her career"s crowning glory came as a lead role of genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the FOX sci-fi TV series Dark Angel produced by famed director, James Cameron in 2000. She successfully played the character for 2 years before the series got cancelled in 2002. Jessica later revealed that while preparing for the role she went through obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Jessica Alba took this end of her golden role in her stride and went on to work in movies with a renewed spirits. Some of her famous roles are dancer-choreographer in Honey, exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City and as the classic Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman in the Fantastic Four.

She has graced the covers of various renowned magazines like GQ, and In Style and has been voted as the 2007"s Sexiest Woman in the World in FHM.

With her kitty full of certain potential projects Jessica Alba will surely pave the path for more great work in the coming future!

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Wall Papers of Jessica Marie Alba

Date of Birth :- 28 April 1981
Pomona
California
USA
Birth Name :- Jessica Marie Alba
Nickname :- Sky Angel Albz
Height :- 5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981. Jessica’s family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi while Jessica was very young.

Her father, who was in the Air Force, moved the family to Del Rio, Texas, later. Eventually, the family settled in southern California when Jessica was nine.

Jessica had always wanted to be an actress from the age of five. She took her first acting class at the age of 12. Shortly later, Jessica was signed by an agency.

In 1993, Jessica made her movie debut in Camp Nowhere. She was originally hired for a short time but got lucky when one of the main actresses dropped out.

Jessica, who had the same color hair as the actress, eagerly took over the spot. After her first movie, Jessica appeared in two commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penny and a few independent films.

In 1994, she landed a reoccurring role in "The Secret World of Alex Mac." She played a snob who made life hard for the main character with magical powers.

In 1994, she landed the role of Maya for a pilot of "Flipper." Jessica spent 1995 filming the first season of "Flipper" in Australia.

Jessica is a PADI-certified diver and the "Flipper" show allowed her to have fun and play with the dolphins.

The success of the first season of "Flipper" lead to the filming of the second season, which Jessica also starred in.

In 1996, Jessica appeared in Venus Rising as Young Eve. Also in 1996, she appeared in an episode of "Chicago Hope", as Maria.

In 1997, Jessica appeared on the "Dini Petty Show", a Canadian talk show, and talked about her role in Flipper and her general acting career.

She began working on P.U.N.K.S., featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. P.U.N.K.S. was just recently released on video in early January, 1999.

In 1998, Jessica appeared in several TV shows for an episode or two. In early 1998, she appeared in "Brooklyn South", as Melissa.

A few months later, she appeared in two episodes of "Beverly Hills 90210", as Leanne. And finally, she appeared in an episode of "Love Boat: The Next Wave."

In 1999 she appeared a huge number of magazines. She had a small role in Never Been Kissed which was released in the Spring.

A month later she could be found with a larger role in Idle Hands. Her two performances in those movies started a buzz in the entertainment industry.

Many more magazines would come knocking on her door. Shortly after the release of those two movies, she landed the starring role in Paranoia. She finished filming Paranoia in June. The movie is in post-production now.

Shortly later she started working on what will potentially be her biggest work ever. She auditioned for the leading role in Dark Angel.

She caught the eye of James Cameron and will now star in the post anticipated TV show of 2000, Dark Angel. With the huge success of Dark Angel and its legion of fans, Jessica will no longer be a rising star, she will be among the hollywood elite, a star.

Jessica made a comeback in 2003 with the title role in Honey. In 2005 she appeared opposite Bruce Willis in the movie "Sin City", the down-and-dirty feature-film version of Frank Miller's popular graphic novels.

Alba played Nancy, a stripper with a tortured past who's about as close to innocence as it gets in a grisly black-and-white world.