History Creator / JessicaAlba

** Although given that her win coincided with ''The Killer Inside Me'' - which got her some of her best reviews - this could be argued with.

Although she appeals a bit ''too'' much to males to have any chick flicks in the foreseeable future, ''Film/ValentinesDay'' notwithstanding and she barely appears in this one (see also Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/MeganFox[[hottip:*: although they're in ''HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' and ''Friends With Kids'' respectively, they're not so much the main characters as each film's MsFanservice]]), she has almost certainly won some female fans by not hiding how difficult it was for her to get back in shape after having her daughters Honor and Haven. She and their father Cash Warren married in 2008; in recent years she's devoted more time to motherhood than acting, starting a company called The Honest Company (specialising in non-toxic household goods) and authoring ''The Honest Life'', a book about this lifestyle.

* SpicyLatina: Averted--Alba has never played a Spicy Latina. Or at least until ''Film/{{Machete}}''.
* StarMakingRole: ''Fantastic 4'' and ''SinCity''. ''DarkAngel'' also brought her to a lot of people's attention.

* StarMakingRole: ''Fantastic 4'' and ''SinCity''.

* PlayingAgainstType: See ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' and ''Film/Awake''.

* SpicyLatina: Averted--Alba has never played a SpicyLatina.

[[http://twitter.com/#!/jessicaalba She also tweets pretty often.]]

* DullSurprise: Most of acting consists of only 3 facial expressions: her serious face where she shows no emotion, her "scared face" where she just widens her eyes and her "being casual" where she just smiles, shakes her head and shrugs her shoulders.

* OldShame: She's not too fond of "Film/TheSleepingDictionary".

* HotMom

Although she appeals a bit ''too'' much to males to have any chick flicks in the foreseeable future, ''Film/ValentinesDay'' notwithstanding and she barely appears in this one (see also ScarlettJohansson and MeganFox[[hottip:*: although they're in ''HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' and ''Friends With Kids'' respectively, they're not so much the main characters as each film's MsFanservice]]), she has almost certainly won some female fans by not hiding how difficult it was for her to get back in shape after having her daughters Honor and Haven. She and their father Cash Warren married in 2008; in recent years she's devoted more time to motherhood than acting, starting a company called The Honest Company (specialising in non-toxic household goods) and authoring ''The Honest Life'', a book about this lifestyle.

Despite looking entirely different and both having been in ''ValentinesDay'' (although never in the same scene), is sometimes somehow confused with JessicaBiel.

* TakeThat: Alba on living healthy: “AliciaSilverstone is a vegan, so she’s the extreme side of it. Gwyneth Paltrow probably lives a very similar lifestyle, '''but I didn’t grow up with a bunch of money, so my tips are much more grounded''': repurposing things and making things at home.” (Compared to what numerous other people have said about GOOP (Paltrow's website), that's almost a compliment.)

Although she appeals a bit ''too'' much to males to have any chick flicks in the foreseeable future, ''Film/ValentinesDay'' notwithstanding and she barely appears in this one (see also ScarlettJohansson and MeganFox[[hottip:*: although they're in ''HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' and ''Friends With Kids'' respectively, they're not so much the main characters as each film's MsFanservice]]), she has almost certainly won some female fans by not hiding how difficult it was for her to get back in shape after having her daughters Honor and Haven. She and their father Cash Warren married in 2008.

Over time it's come to light that [[OldShame she dislikes most of her CV]]. She thought ''GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''The Killer Inside Me'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it), and hated working on the ''Film/FantasticFour'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

Despite looking entirely different and both having been in ''ValentinesDay'' (although never in the same scene), is sometimes somehow confused with ''JessicaBiel''.

Jessica Marie Alba, born April 28, 1981, started out playing in a few independent films and a couple of seasons of ''{{Flipper}}''. Then she grew up and starred in ''DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''FantasticFour'', and wore a bikini in ''IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. At least not completely.

Over time it's come to light that [[OldShame she dislikes most of her CV]]. She thought ''GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''The Killer Inside Me'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it), and hated working on the ''FantasticFour'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

* ''SinCity'' (2005)

* ''{{Machete}}'' (2010)

Over time it's come to light that she dislikes most of her CV. She thought ''GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''The Killer Inside Me'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it), and hated working on the ''FantasticFour'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

* SpicyLatina: Averted--some comments by Alba about how she didn't really identify as Hispanic ruffled some feathers and led her to apologize.

* {{Fanservice}}: Her personal code against nudity notwithstanding, directors can't seem to resist having at least one scantily-dressed/suggested-nude scene in any film she does, regardless of whether it makes sense or not. The ''Fantastic Four'' movies may be the most notorious in that regard -- in the first, she initially has to strip to completely disappear (a limitation that was never present in the comics), while in the second, she has her clothes burned off after accidentally receiving the Human Torch's powers. Both scenes, of course [[NakedPeopleAreFunny are in public.]]

* BikiniBar: Alba's refusal to do nude scenes led to this when she was cast as a stripper in ''Film/SinCity''.

* {{Fanservice}}: Her personal code against nudity notwithstanding, directors can't seem to resist having at least one scantily-dressed/suggested-nude scene in any film she does, regardless of whether it makes sense or not. The Fantastic Four movies may be the most notorious in that regard -- in the first, she initially has to strip to completely disappear (a limitation that was never present in the comics), while in the second, she has her clothes burned off after accidentally receiving the Human Torch's powers. Both scenes, of course [[NakedPeopleAreFunny are in public.]]

Although she appeals a bit ''too'' much to males to have any chick flicks in the foreseeable future, ''Film/ValentinesDay'' notwithstanding [[spoiler: and she barely appears in this one]] (see also ScarlettJohansson and MeganFox[[hottip:*: although they're in ''HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' and ''Friends With Kids'' respectively, they're not so much the main characters as each film's MsFanservice]]), she has almost certainly won some female fans by not hiding how difficult it was for her to get back in shape after having her daughters Honor and Haven. She and their father Cash Warren married in 2008.

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