Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman

Photo by: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:April 28, 1981

Age:45

Zodiac Sign:Taurus

Height:1.76 m (5′9″)

Children:3

Born in:Pomona, United States

Residence:Los Angeles, United States

Languages:English

Businessperson Television Actor Stage Actor Film Actor Philanthropist Actor Voice Actor Model

Links

Wikipedia IMDb Facebook X (Twitter)Instagram YouTube TikTok

Famous For

Notable Work

Sin CityFantastic FourInto the BlueDark Angel

Movies & TV

Sin CityFantastic FourFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferValentine's DayKnocked Up

Awards

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress (2011)ALMA Award (2011)Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2001)

Jessica Alba

American actress and businesswoman

Biography

Jessica Marie Alba ( AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at age 19 for portraying Max Guevara, the lead character in the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Her cinematic breakthrough came shortly after with the lead role in Honey (2003). Alba began her acting career at age 13 in Camp Nowhere, followed by The Secret World of Alex Mack (both 1994). She soon established herself as a Hollywood actress, and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career, including Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Little Fockers (2010), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016). She is a frequent collaborator with director Robert Rodriguez, having starred in Sin City (2005), Machete (2010), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete Kills (2013), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). From 2019 to 2020, Alba starred in the Spectrum action crime series L.A.'s Finest. In 2011, Alba co-founded the Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells baby, personal, and household products. Based in Los Angeles, the company was valued at roughly $550 million as of February 2022, and currently (as of May 2026) has a valuation of around $380 million. Several magazines, including Men's Health, Vanity Fair and FHM, have included Alba on their lists of the world's most beautiful women.

This biography uses content from the Wikipedia article “Jessica Alba”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Quotes

“I am a born builder. I grew up pretty fearless with an understanding that if you want something in life, you have to be creative in going about achieving it. You’re not always going to have an easy path to success, but if it’s important enough you’ll figure out a way to make it work.”

— On being driven even at an early age in “Jessica Alba on Being Brave, Dealing With Self-Doubt and Overcoming Major Breakdowns” in Entrepreneur (2018 Jun 29)

“Every business faces its challenges…It's not realistic to think otherwise. If nothing else, it brings out the best in the team. It's important at that point to be open with the consumer and educate them around the realities of creating a product in bulk.”

— On handling business challenges in “Exclusive: Jessica Alba on overcoming criticism at work” in Harper’s Bazaar (2017 Sep 11)

“I was always in trouble with my parents for speaking up and wanting to be an equal part of the conversation. I started working young so I could get that respect.”

— On working at an early age in order to communicate with her parents in “Jessica Alba's Reinvention” in Redbook (2018 Mar 15)

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Jessica Alba", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Photos

Jessica Alba at Los Angeles Comic Con 2025

Jessica Alba speaking with attendees at a "Black Voters for Harris-Walz Block Party" at Warehouse 215 in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.

Jessica Alba speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.

Actress Jessica Alba introduces President Joe Biden at a Hispanic Heritage Month reception, Wednesday, September 18, 2024, in the East Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)