Jessica Alba is a PADI-certified scuba diver and has been known to be able to swim before she could walk, largely because of her mother who is a lifeguard. The sexy actress has acknowledged suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder during childhood.
Despite constantly moving across the U.S., Jessica Alba knew she wanted to be an actress since the age of 5. In love with the idea of becoming an actress from the age of five, Jessica Alba was 12 before she took her first acting class. Nine months later, she was signed by an agent.
A gifted young actress, Jessica Alba has already played a variety of roles ranging from light comedy to gritty drama since beginning her career. Jessica Alba's first film role, in the 1994 film Camp Nowhere, came her way by chance. She was hired for two weeks but the fates were kind enough to turn it into a two-month job after the actress in one of the prominent roles dropped out.
Jessica Alba cheerfully admits it wasn't her prodigious talent or charm that inspired the director to tap her to take over the part - it was her hair, which matched the original performer's.
After her first movie, Jessica Alba 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.
Her big break came when she was chosen by writer/director James Cameron for the role of the genetically-engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, in the sci-fi series Dark Angel. Her show ran for two seasons then it was unfortunately cancelled in 2002. However she received several awards for her turn as Max including Choice Actress in the Teen Choice Awards 2001.
Jessica Alba's rise to prominence is definitely inevitable. She then starred in varied roles since 2002: as an exotic dancer in the monster hit Sin City, as dancer-choreographer in the funky dance movie Honey, and as Sue Storm in the hugely successful Fantastic Four and its sequel. A promotional picture for her movie Into The Blue was even used by Playboy without consent! A sure sign that Jessica has become a HOT commodity.
More than an actress, the desirable Jessica Alba is also known as a sex symbol (even though she has a no-nudity clause in her contract!). She has graced the March 2006 of Playboy and was named as Sex Star of the Year. She was also among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities. In the website Askmen.com, readers voted her number 1 on the 99 Most Desirable Women list.
She is number 2 in Maxim and is FHM's Sexiest Woman of the World for 2007. She also graced the covers of InStyle and GQ magazines last June. Our darling actress is definitely everywhere! However she is afraid of being typecast as a sex kitten. She truly wants to be known as a serious actress and has related that she'll be more selective in her next projects.
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