Jessica Alba
born in Pomona, CA on April 28, 1981. Jessica and her family
moved to Bilox, Mississippi when she was an infant. Three
years later, her Air Force father brought the family back to
CA, then to Del Rio, Texas, before finally settling in
southern CA when Jessica was nine. In love with the idea of
becoming an actress from the age of five, Jessica was 12
before she took her first acting class. Nine months later,
she was signed by an agent.
A gifted young actress, Jessica
has already played a variety of roles ranging from light
comedy to gritty drama since beginning her career 3 and a
half years ago. She was in an episode of the acclaimed
medical drama ''Chicago Hope''. This fall, she was also be
seen starring opposite Freddie Prinze, Jr. as a pregnant
teen in a difficult relationship in the ABC TV movie ''Too
Soon For Jeff''. Jessica made her feature film debut in 1993
in Hollywood Pictures comedy ''Camp Nowhere''. Originally
hired for two weeks, she got her break when an actress in a
principal role suddenly dropped out. Jessica cheerfully
admits it wasn't her prodigious talent or charm that
inspired the director to tap her to take over the part. It
was her hair, which matched the original performer's. The
two week job stretched to two months, and Jessica ended the
film with an impressive first credit. Two National TV
commercials for Nintendo and J.C. Penny quickly followed
before Jessica was featured in several independent films.
She branched out into TV in 1994 with recurring role in
Nickelodeon's popular comedy series ''The Secret World of
Alex Mack''. She played an insufferable young snob, devoted
to making life miserable for the the title character, played
by Larisa Oleynick. That same year, she won the role of Maya
in ''Flipper'' and filmed the pilot for the series. Jessica
spent 1995 shooting the first season's episodes in
Australia. An avid swimmer and PADI-certified scuba diver,
Jessica is delighted to be doing a show which allows her to
play with dolphins. The success of the first season of ''Flipper''
lead to the filming of the second season, which Jessica also
starred in. Jessica involvement in ''Flipper'' lasted from
1995-1997. Since ''Flipper'' Jessica has appeared in a
number of television shows and movies.
In 1996, Jessica appeared in Venus Rising as Young Eve. In
1997, Jessica appeared on the ''Dini Petty Show'', a
Canadian talk show, and talked about her role in Flipper and
her general acting career. She began working on P.U.N.K.S.,
featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. P.U.N.K.S. was just recently
released on video in early January, 1999.In 1998, Jessica
appeared in several TV shows for an episode or two. In early
1998, she appeared in ''Brooklyn South'', as Melissa. A few
months later, she appeared in two episodes of ''Beverly
Hills 90210'', as Leanne. And finally, she appeared in two
episodes of ''Love Boat: The Next Wave.''She appeared in ''Teen
Magazine'' in 1995 and various European magazines in the
past several years. More importantly, she was just featured
in the February, 1999, issue of ''Vanity Fair''.She also had
recently major roles in two movies this spring. Never Been
Kissed released on April 9 and Idle Hands on April 23.
