Jessica Alba

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Actress • Entrepreneur

Birth Date: April 28, 1981

Age: 42 years old

Birth Place: Pomona, California

Jessica Alba's intense beauty both helped and hindered her career. Graduating from early TV roles on "The Secret World of Alex Mack" (Nickelodeon, 1994-98) and "The New Adventures of Flipper" (syndicated, 1994-2000) to the lead in James Cameron's futuristic sci-fi drama, "Dark Angel" (FOX, 2000-02), Alba enjoyed widespread popularity at first. Once she made the leap to the big screen, however, the actress found herself weathering bad reviews, amped-up attention toward her appearance, and intense negative attention from bloggers, who attacked the multi-ethnic Alba for not embracing the Latina aspect of her heritage as much as they felt she should. Despite the naysayers, Alba continued to work steadily, balancing a series of failures like "Honey" (2003) and "Into the Blue" (2005) with strong work in successes like "Sin City" (2005), the "Fantastic Four" franchise (2005, 2007) and the romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" (2010). Alba's determination to grow and willingness to accept challenging roles in films like the hardboiled noir "The Killer Inside Me" (2010) boded well for her future as she matured into a powerful character actress equally at home in dramas and comedies such as "Little Fockers" (2010) and "A.C.O.D." (2012), as well as her trademark action roles in her ongoing colalborations with director Robert Rodriguez.

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Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Stream

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2022

Sunday Sitdown With Willie Geist

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2021

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

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2020

A Little Late With Lilly Singh

Guest
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2019
82%

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

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2019

L.A.'s FinestStream

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Nancy McKenna
TV Show
2019
24%

L.A.'s FinestStream

Executive Producer
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2019
24%

L.A.'s Finest: Extras

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2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

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2019

Killers Anonymous

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Jade
Movie
2019

To Dine For With Kate Sullivan

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2018

Carpool KaraokeStream

Music Performer
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2017

Planet of the Apps

Self
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2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

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2017

The New Celebrity Apprentice

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2017

The New Celebrity Apprentice

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2017

El Camino Christmas

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Beth Flowers
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2017

Mechanic: Resurrection: Extras

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2016

ChelseaStream

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2016
41%

The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60

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2016

The Veil

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Maggie Price
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2016

Mechanic: Resurrection

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Gina
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2016

Dear Eleanor

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Daisy
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2016

Chopped JuniorStream

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2015

Fashionably Late With Rachel ZoeStream

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2015

FABLife

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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2015

Rupaul's Drag Race: RuVealed

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2015

The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

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2015

Barely Lethal

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Victoria Knox
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2015

The Rich Eisen Show

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2014

The Meredith Vieira Show

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2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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2014

The Spoils of BabylonStream

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Dixie Mellonworth
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2014
81%

Spoils of Babylon: Extras

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2014

Stretch

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Charlie
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2014

Some Kind of Beautiful

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Kate
Movie
2014

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

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Nancy Callahan
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2014

The Social

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2013

Take Me to Your Mother

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2013

Escape From Planet Earth

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Lena
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2013

A.C.O.D.

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Michelle
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2013

Machete Kills

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Sartana
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2013

Katie

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2012

Live! With Kelly and Michael

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2012

Entertainment Studios.TV

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2012

Larry King NowStream

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2012

Comedy Bang! Bang!Stream

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2012

Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Stream

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2012

LIVE with Kelly

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2011

The Chew

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2011

Anderson

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2011

Dish Nation

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2011

The Marilyn Denis Show

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2011

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D

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Marissa Cortez Wilson
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2011

ConanStream

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2010

The Talk

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2010

Access Hollywood Live

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2010

The Nate Berkus Show

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2010

On the Red Carpet

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2010

Valentine's Day

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Morley Clarkson
Movie
2010

The Killer Inside Me

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Joyce Lakeland
Movie
2010

Machete

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Sartana
Movie
2010

Little FockersStream

Actor
Andi Garcia
Movie
2010
9%

An Invisible Sign

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Mona Gray
Movie
2010

Lopez Tonight

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2009

ES.TV

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2009

The Jay Leno Show

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2009

The Dr. Oz Show

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2009

Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

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2009

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

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2009

The Doctors

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2008

The Wendy Williams Show

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2008

AFI's 10 Top 10

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2008

Steven and Chris

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2008

The Celebrity Apprentice

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2008

The Eye

Actor
Sydney Wells
Movie
2008

The Love Guru

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Jane Bullard
Movie
2008

The Better Show

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2007

Awake

Actor
Sam Lockwood
Movie
2007

Good Luck Chuck

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Cam
Movie
2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

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Susan Storm/Invisible Woman
Movie
2007

The Ten

Actor
Liz Anne Blazer
Movie
2007

Meet Bill

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Lucy
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2007

Rachael RayStream

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2006

etalk

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2006

Made in Hollywood

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2005

The Tyra Show

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2005

Entertainment Tonight Canada

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2005

The OfficeStream

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Sophie
TV Show
2005
81%

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

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2005

Sin CityStream

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Nancy Callahan
Movie
2005
76%

Fantastic FourStream

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Susan Storm/The Invisible Woman
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2005
28%

Into the BlueStream

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Sam
Movie
2005
21%

Project RunwayStream

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2004

The Insider

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2004

EntourageStream

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2004
33%

Extreme Makeover: Home EditionStream

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2004

Rock Me Baby

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2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

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2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

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2003

The Sleeping Dictionary

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Selima
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2003

Honey

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Honey Daniels
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2003

Talk Asia

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2002

Live With Regis and Kelly

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2001

Dark Angel

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2000
65%

106 & Park: BET's Top 10 Live

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2000

Entertainment Studios.com

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2000

El Ángel de la Noche

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Movie
2000

Paranoid

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Chloe
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2000

The Daily Show With Jon StewartStream

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1999

Never Been KissedStream

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Kirsten Liosis
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1999
55%

Idle Hands

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Molly
Movie
1999

P.U.N.K.S.

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Samantha Swaboda
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1999

Love Boat: The Next Wave

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1998

Brooklyn South

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1997

The View

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TV Show
1997

Access Hollywood

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1996

Flipper: The New Adventures

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1995

Chicago Hope

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1994

Entertainers: With Byron Allen

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1994

Extra

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1994

Late Show With David Letterman

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1993

Cityline

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1993

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

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1992

Beverly Hills, 90210Stream

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1990

Entertainment Tonight

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1981

Good Morning America

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1975

Saturday Night LiveStream

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1975

Afterschool Special

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1972

TodayStream

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1952

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