Jessica Alba

She is best known for her roles in Dark Angel, Honey, Sin City, Fantastic Four and Into the Blue.

Alba was born to Mark Alba who is of Mexican descent and Cathy Jensen of Dutch, French, English and Italian descent. Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies, this served to isolate her from other children at school. Alba had expressed interest in acting since the age of five. She took her first acting class at age twelve.

She won the following awards:
2000: Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television — Dark Angel
2001: TV Guide Awards for Breakout Star of the Year — Dark Angel
2001: Teen Choice Awards for Choice Actress — Dark Angel

Alba was engaged to her Dark Angel co-star Michael Weatherly, but it was called off. In January 2005, she began dating Mike Cresswell, a director's assistant on Fantastic Four, whom she met when filming that movie.

The movies she is working on and are planned to appear in 2006 and 2007 are: Fantastic Four 2, Sin City 2, The Ten, and Bill.

Filmography

The Love Guru (2008)
The Eye, 2007
Sin City 2, 2007
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 2007
Mett Bill, 2007
Good Luck Chuck, 2007
The Ten, 2007
Awake, 2007
Into the Blue, 2005
Fantastic Four, 2005
Sin City, 2005
Honey, 2003
"Mad TV" , 1 episode, 2003
The Sleeping Dictionary, 2003
Dark Angel, 2002
"Dark Angel", 43 episodes, 2000-2002
Paranoid, 2000
Idle Hands, 1999
Never Been Kissed, 1999
P.U.N.K.S., 1999
"The Love Boat: The Next Wave", 1 episode, 1998
"Beverly Hills, 90210", 2 episodes, 1998
"Brooklyn South" , 1 episode, 1998
Too Soon for Jeff, 1996
"Chicago Hope" , 1 episode, 1996
"Flipper", 1995
Venus Rising, 1995
"The Secret World of Alex Mack" , 3 episodes, 1994
Camp Nowhere, 1994

Awards

MTV Movie Award Sexiest Performance "Sin City" 2006
ALMA Award Breakthrough Performer "Dark Angel" 2001
Saturn Award Best TV Actress "Dark Angel" 2001

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