History Creator / JessicaAlba

Despite looking entirely different and both having been in ''Film/ValentinesDay'' (although never in the same scene), not to be confused with Creator/JessicaBiel.

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Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, UsefulNotes/{{California}}) is an American actor. She's of Mexican and Danish descent. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

She married Cash Warren in 2008, with whom she has two daughters, Honor and Haven, and a son, Hayes. (Yes, [[ThemeNaming all of their names start with H]].) 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. The company became highly successful, and Alba's net worth's [[http://www.forbes.com/profile/jessica-alba/ estimated to be $340 million]].

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Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, UsefulNotes/{{California}}) is an American actor. She is of Mexican and Danish descent. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

She married Cash Warren in 2008, with whom she has two daughters, Honor and Haven, and a son, Hayes. (Yes, [[ThemeNaming all of their names start with H.]]) 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. The company became highly successful, and Alba's net worth is [[http://www.forbes.com/profile/jessica-alba/ estimated to be $340 million.]]

! Selected Filmography

** After ''Honey'' became a hit, Alesia Glidewell, who sounds like Jessica is picked to voice Carmelita Fox for ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. Fitting that Carmelita and Jessica are sexy women of Mexican ancestry and that both of them are born in 1981.
** In a ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' book, there is a fish named Jessica [[{{Pun}} Albacore]]. Funny enough, she is a fan of the cartoon.

* MsFanservice: [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl 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. She was apparently nude in two movies, but ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' used body doubles and her ShowerScene in ''Film/{{Machete}}'' involved [[DigitalBikini digitally removed underwear.]]

** In an interview with the British magazine ''Arena'' promoting ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' she badmouthed two of her pre-''Series/DarkAngel'' movies, ''Film/Paranoid2000'' and ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' - ''and'' her performances in them.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Jessica Alba is a fan of Creator/JamesCameron's work, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and hip-hop dancing. See her Instagram and [=TikTok=] for proof.

* ''Series/TheOffice'' (2009) as Sophie

* StarDerailingRole: ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' dealt a fatal blow to her already declining big-screen career, not helped by the lukewarm responses to ''Film/{{Machete}}'' and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''. ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' bombing at the box office was the last nail on her major movie career. In 2019 she returned to series on television[[note]]or streaming television if you're in the US due to it being made for Crackle[[/note]] in the ''Film/BadBoys'' spinoff - ''Series/LAsFinest'' playing Nancy [=McKenna=] (the partner of the sequel's Syd Burnett). [[MeaningfulName Syd and Nancy]] Fortunately her billion dollar household goods company was taking off around this time, giving her a net worth around $300 million, so don't worry, [[EarnYourHappyEnding she's doing just fine]].

** In an interview with the British magazine ''Arena'' promoting ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' she badmouthed two of her pre-''Series/DarkAngel'' movies, ''Film/{{Paranoid}}'' and ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' - ''and'' her performances in them.

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California) is an American actor. She is of Mexican and Danish descent. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

* ''Film/Paranoid2000'' as Chloe

* ''Film/{{Paranoid}}'' (2000) as Chloe

** She would state that she thought ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it, and with good reason), and, much later, would admit that she hated working on the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

* DyeingForYourArt: She dyed her hair blonde for the first ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' film, but wore a wig for the second.

** She was in a relationship with co-star Creator/MichaelWeatherly during ''Dark Angel'', they were even engaged for a while but they ultimately ended the relationship in 2003.

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California) is an American actor. [[MixedAncestry She is of Mexican and Danish descent]]. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

* FakeNationality: She's [[MixedAncestry half-English, half-Malaysian]] in ''The Sleeping Dictionary''.

* StarDerailingRole: ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' dealt a fatal blow to her already declining big-screen career, not helped by the lukewarm responses to ''Film/{{Machete}}'' and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''. ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' bombing at the box office was the last nail on her major movie career. In 2019 she returned to series on television[[note]]or streaming television if you're in the US due to it being made for Crackle[[/note]] in the ''Film/BadBoys'' spinoff - ''Series/LAsFinest'' playing Nancy [=McKenna=] (the partner of the sequel's Syd Burnett). [[MeaningfulName Syd and Nancy - get it?]] Fortunately her billion dollar household goods company was taking off around this time, giving her a net worth around $300 million, so don't worry, [[EarnYourHappyEnding she's doing just fine]].

Film/TheKillerInsideMe goes in [[{{FanDisservice}} the other direction]].

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California) is an American actor. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

* FakeNationality: She's half Malaysian in ''The Sleeping Dictionary''.

* MixedAncestry: Jessica is of Mexican and Danish descent.

* PlayingAgainstType: ''An Invisible Sign'' - a rare non-{{Fanservice}}y role for her as a mousy, withdrawn math teacher.

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California) is an American actress. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] While she's certainly not the first Hollywood celebrity to launch a lifestyle brand, The Honest Company's success targeting young mothers combined with her relatively young fame meant a lot of actresses began following suit by launching lifestyle websites.

* FakeNationality: Malaysian in ''The Sleeping Dictionary''.

* JustForFun/OneOfUs: [[invoked]] Jessica Alba is a fan of Creator/JamesCameron's work, ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and hip-hop dancing.

* StarDerailingRole: ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' dealt a fatal blow to her already declining big-screen career, not helped by the lukewarm responses to ''Film/{{Machete}}'' and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''. ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' bombing at the box office was the last nail on her major movie career. In 2019 she returned to series television[[note]]or streaming television if you're in the US due to it being made for Crackle[[/note]] in the ''Film/BadBoys'' spinoff - ''Series/LAsFinest'' playing Nancy [=McKenna=] (the partner of the sequel's Syd Burnett). [[MeaningfulName Syd and Nancy - get it?]] Fortunately her billion dollar household goods company was taking off around this time, giving her a net worth around $300 million, so don't worry, [[EarnYourHappyEnding she's doing just fine]].

** After Honey became a hit, Alesia Glidewell, who sounds like Jessica is picked to voice Carmelita Fox for ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves''. Fitting that Carmelita and Jessica are sexy women of Mexican ancestry and that both of them are born in 1981.

** In an interview with the British magazine ''Arena'' promoting ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' she badmouthed two of her pre-''Series/DarkAngel'' movies, ''Paranoid'' and ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' - ''and'' her performances in them.

* StarDerailingRole: ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' dealt a fatal blow to her already declining big-screen career, not helped by the lukewarm responses to ''Film/{{Machete}}'' and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''. ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' bombing at the box office was the last nail on her major movie career. In 2019 she returned to series television[[note]]or streaming television if you're in the US due to it being made for Crackle[[/note]] in the ''Film/BadBoys'' spinoff - ''L.A.'s Finest'' playing Nancy [=McKenna=] (the partner of the sequel's Syd Burnett). [[MeaningfulName Syd and Nancy - get it?]] Fortunately her billion dollar household goods company was taking off around this time, giving her a net worth around $300 million, so don't worry, [[EarnYourHappyEnding she's doing just fine]].

* CreatorBacklash: You don't like the second season of ''Series/DarkAngel''? She doesn't ''either'', bashing it in the commentary for the season one finale.

* RomanceOnTheSet: She was in a relationship with co-star Creator/MichaelWeatherly during ''Dark Angel'', they were even engaged for a while but they ultimately ended the relationship in 2003.

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress. She started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

** She world state that she thought ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it, and with good reason), and, much later, would admit that she hated working on the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

* ProductionPosse: Has now done five films with Creator/RobertRodriguez.
* RomanceOnTheSet: Was in a relationship with co-star Creator/MichaelWeatherly during ''Dark Angel'', they were even engaged for a while but they ultimately ended the relationship in 2003.

Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, UsefulNotes/{{California}}, UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates) started her acting career in the '90s, playing in a few independent films, making a few appearances on ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack,'' and doing a couple of seasons of the revived ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' series. Then she grew up and starred in ''Series/DarkAngel''. And ''then'' she played a [[MsFanservice stripper]] in ''Film/SinCity'', and Invisible Woman in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'', and wore a bikini in ''Film/IntoTheBlue''. She has a personal code about never appearing nude. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl At least not completely.]]

Over time it's come to light that [[OldShame she dislikes most of her CV]]. She thought ''Film/GoodLuckChuck'' was borderline pornographic, ''Film/TheKillerInsideMe'' was gratuitously violent (she's stated she doesn't want her daughters to see it, and with good reason), and hated working on the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' movies so much that she almost quit acting.

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[[note]]although they're in ''Film/HesJustNotThatIntoYou'' and ''Friends With Kids'' respectively, they're not so much the main characters as each film's MsFanservice[[/note]]), 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 [[ThemeNaming 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. The company became highly successful, and Alba's net worth is [[http://www.forbes.com/profile/jessica-alba/ estimated to be $340 million.]]

Despite looking entirely different and both having been in ''Valentine's Day'' (although never in the same scene), she is sometimes confused with Creator/JessicaBiel.

She had her third child on New Year's Eve 2017, a son. [[ThemeNaming And yes, his name starts with H as well - Hayes]].

!!Tropes associated with her:

* MarilynManeuver: She had a WardrobeMalfunction of this type, complete with PantyShot, on August 13, 2004, as seen [[https://www.gotceleb.com/jessica-alba-leaves-the-trump-soho-hotel-in-nyc-2014-08-14.html/jessica-alba-skirt-flew-up-marilyn-monroe-moment-05/full-image here]].
* OldShame: In an interview with the British magazine ''Arena'' promoting ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' she badmouthed two of her pre-''Series/DarkAngel'' movies, ''Paranoid'' and ''The Sleeping Dictionary'' - ''and'' her performances in them.
* PlayingAgainstType: ''An Invisible Sign'' - a rare non-[[{{Fanservice}} fanservicy]] role for her as a mousy, withdrawn math teacher.

* StarDerailingRole: ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' dealt a fatal blow to her already declining big-screen career, not helped by the lukewarm responses to ''Film/{{Machete}}'' and ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''. ''Film/SinCityADameToKillFor'' bombing at the Box Office was the last nail on her major movie career. In 2019 she returned to series television[[note]]or streaming television if you're in the US due to it being made for Crackle[[/note]] in the ''Film/BadBoys'' spinoff - ''L.A.'s Finest'' playing Nancy [=McKenna=] (the partner of the sequel's Syd Burnett). [[MeaningfulName Syd and Nancy - get it?]]
** Fortunately her billion dollar household goods company was taking off around this time, giving her a net worth around $300 million, so don't worry, [[EarnYourHappyEnding she's doing just fine]].
* StarMakingRole: ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' and ''Film/SinCity''. ''Series/DarkAngel'' also brought her to a lot of people's attention ([[TestosteroneBrigade especially the male variety]]).

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!!''Tropes associated with her'':