Jessica Alba Biography (3)
Alba fell in love with acting at a very early age, becoming active professionally at the age of 12, studying with local Los Angeles acting coaches. Shortly thereafter, she landed her first jobs in the feature film world in Camp Nowhere and in a scene that ended up on the cutting room floor in Leaving Las Vegas. Soon thereafter she was offered a lead role at the age of 14 in an update of the classic family series Flipper, which ran for two seasons in syndication. At 16 Jessica left Los Angeles for the East Coast to study with the Atlantic Theater Company and founders William H. Macy & David Mamet. A flurry of film activity followed her return to Los Angeles, including supporting roles in the studio films Idle Hands and Never Been Kissed with Drew Barrymore. She also traveled to London to star in the independent feature Paranoid for acclaimed British director John Duigan, and to Malaysia to film the title role in The Sleeping Dictionary with Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer and Noah Taylor.
L'Oreal recognized Jessica's talent and beauty, engaging her in a worldwide endorsement contract in early 2001. She has graced the covers on Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Glamour, Seventeen and numerous other publications around the world, and has been on the oft-buzzedabout Maxim Hot 100 List more times than any other actress ...all by the age of 22. Although many describe her as an exotic beauty, Alba was raised in a traditional American family in California. Her mother is from Florida with a French-Danish heritage, while her father is a Californian with Mexican-Indian and Spanish lineage.
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