Jessica Alba: Fashion Celebrity Guide

Dark Angel lead, Sin City and Fantastic Four star — directory, style and glam coverage

Jessica Marie Alba (born 1981) is an American television and film actress and model. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002). 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 and Good Luck Chuck, both in 2007. She appears on the 'Hot 100' section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of '99 Most Desirable Women' in 2006, as well as 'Sexiest Woman in the World' by FHM in 2007; in 2005, TV Guide ranked her #45 on its '50 Sexiest Stars of All Time' list. The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped. She has won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in Dark Angel. In 2010, Alba starred in five films: The Killer Inside Me, in which she played Joyce Lakeland and which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival; the hit romantic comedy Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall, released on February 12, 2010; the action film Machete; An Invisible Sign of My Own; and Little Fockers, reuniting with Robert De Niro. In August 2010 it was announced that Alba would appear in Spy Kids 4, and the film was released a year later. Readers can learn more at the Jessica Alba Fashion Blog page linked here.

Photo of Jessica Alba in a stunning swimsuit.  Jessica Alba staring in the MGM movie Into The Blue.  This movie is from 2005 and is definately worth seeing.Jessica Marie Alba (born 1981) is an American television and film actress and model. She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002).  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 and Good Luck Chuck both in 2007.  Alba has been called a sex symbol.  She appears on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007.  In 2005, TV Guide ranked her # 45 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list.  The use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a lawsuit by her, which was later dropped.  She has also won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.

In 2010, Alba starred in five films. She played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute in The Killer Inside Me, film adaption of the book of the same name which co-starred Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film of the year was the hit romantic comedy Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall.  She portrayed Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend, Morley Clarkson, in the ensemble film that included Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Garner, among others. It was released on February 12, 2010.  Later in the year, she appeared in action film Machete, in An Invisible Sign of My Own and in Little Fockers, reuniting with Robert De Niro who was also in Machete. In August 2010, it was announced that Alba would appear in Spy Kids 4. The film was released a year later.

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Dark Angel to the Big Screen

Alba's career turns on a two-year television run: Dark Angel (2000–2002), in which her lead performance brought a Saturn Award, a Teen Choice Award and a Golden Globe nomination. The film work that followed is the blockbuster list of the mid-2000s — Honey (2003), Sin City and Fantastic Four and Into the Blue (all 2005), the Fantastic Four sequel and Good Luck Chuck in 2007 — and the magazine standings of the same years (AskMen.com's #1 in 2006, FHM's 'Sexiest Woman in the World' in 2007, TV Guide's '50 Sexiest Stars of All Time' in 2005) show how completely her image led the coverage.

A Busy 2010 and a Fashion Blog

Five starring films in a single year — The Killer Inside Me at Sundance, Valentine's Day, Machete, An Invisible Sign of My Own and Little Fockers in 2010, with Spy Kids 4 announced that August and released a year later — is the workload behind the style coverage gathered on this page, which also carries her photograph from Into the Blue (2005) and points to the Jessica Alba Fashion Blog page for ongoing coverage. The J-letter directory links her with the other two Jessicas, Biel and Simpson, whose careers pair acting with modelling and fashion design respectively.

Common Questions

What role made Jessica Alba prominent?

Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), after beginning her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994).

What awards has Jessica Alba won for Dark Angel?

Alba won the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, and received a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in Dark Angel.

How many films did Jessica Alba star in during 2010?

In 2010, Alba starred in five films: The Killer Inside Me, Valentine's Day, Machete, An Invisible Sign of My Own, and Little Fockers.

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