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Born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, Jessica Alba
and her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, when she was an infant. Three years
later, her Air Force father brought the family back to California, then to Del
Rio, Texas, before finally settling in Southern California when Jessica was
nine. In love with the idea of becoming an actress from the age of five, she
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.
She made her feature film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Pictures' comedy Camp Nowhere
(1994). 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. Penney quickly followed
before Jessica was featured in several independent films. She branched out into
TV in 1994 with a recurring role in Nickelodeon's popular comedy series "The
Secret World of Alex Mack" (1994). She played an insufferable young snob, devoted
to making life miserable for the the title character, played by Larisa Oleynik.
That same year she won the role of Maya in "Flipper" (1995) and filmed the pilot
for the series. She spent 1995 shooting the first season's episodes in Australia.
An avid swimmer and PADI-certified scuba diver, Jessica was delighted to be
doing a show that allowed her to play with dolphins. The show's success guaranteed
it a second season, which she also starred in. Her involvement in the show lasted
from 1995 to 1997. Since the show ended, Jessica has appeared in a number of
television shows and movies. In 1996 she appeared in Venus Rising (1995) as
Young Eve. In 1997 she appeared on the "The Dini Petty Show" (1989), a Canadian
talk show, and spoke about her role in "Flipper" and her general acting career.
She began working on P.U.N.K.S. (1999), featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. In early
1998 she appeared in "Brooklyn South" (1997), as Melissa. The same year she
was in two episodes of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) as Leanne and in two episodes
of "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1998). She appeared in "Teen Magazine" in
1995 and various European magazines in the following several years. More importantly,
she was featured in the February 1999, issue of "Vanity Fair". She also had
major roles in two movies that year: Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands
(1999). In 2000 she had roles in Paranoid (2000/I) and _Dark Angel (2000) (TV)_
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