Jessica Alba
American actress and businesswoman (born 1981)
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.
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