Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba's nude scene in Machete (2010) was faked; she was actually wearing underwear that was digitally removed. Alba has stated that she will never do a nude scene and that a "no nudity" clause is a standard part of all her contracts.

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Jessica Alba has three children with her estranged husband Cash Warren: daughters Honor Marie Warren (b. June 7, 2008) and Haven Garner Warren (b. August 13, 2011), and son Hayes Alba Warren (b. December 31, 2017).

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Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen visited Bellevue hospital and spent time with young children, bringing them Christmas cheer during the filming of Awake (2007).

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In an interview, Jessica Alba said that as a child she began preparing her own meals to control her weight and stay healthy. She said the food her family prepared led to weight problems, so she avoided it.

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Jessica Alba graduated from high school at age 16.

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Jessica Alba learned to play the violin for her role in The Eye (2008).

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Jessica Alba's maternal grandfather served as a Navy Petty Officer for thirty years, was stationed in the Pacific during World War II, and later became a Drum Major for the United States Navy Band.

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Jessica Alba's father's family is Mexican, while her mother is of Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish and French descent. A DNA test on the television series Finding Your Roots (2012) described her as 72.7% European, 22.5% Indigenous (Indigenous Mexican, including Maya), 2% Sub-Saharan African, 0.3% Middle Eastern/North African and 0.1% South Asian, with an additional 2.4% unaccounted for. Her "Middle Eastern" roots were attributed by the series to distant Sephardic Jewish ancestry on her father's side.

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Jessica Alba was anorexic in 2001, the year she had a kidney infection.

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After graduating from high school, Jessica Alba studied at David Mamet's Atlantic Theatre Company with William H. Macy and his wife Felicity Huffman.

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Jessica Alba was considered to replace Emily Blunt in Iron Man 2 (2010), but the role went to Scarlett Johansson.

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Jessica Alba has a daisy tattoo with a ladybug on the back of her neck.

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Although it is common for actresses and female pop stars to undress for magazine shoots and film/TV scenes, Jessica Alba has stated that she is a very modest girl and will never do a nude scene or pose topless in a magazine. She has, however, posed fully clothed for men's magazines.

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Jessica Alba married her husband Cash Warren on May 19, 2008, in a private ceremony. Even her closest friends were not invited.

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Before joining the Air Force, Jessica Alba's father was a circuit tennis player.

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Jessica Alba has two boxer dogs named Nancy and Sid.

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Jessica Alba is good friends with Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria, Eva Mendes and Kate Hudson.

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Jessica Alba began dance and Tae Bo training two months before the planned start of filming for Honey (2003) in July 2002.

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Jessica Alba appeared alongside her brother Joshua Alba in an episode of Dark Angel (2000), "...and Jesus Brought a Casserole" (2001). He played Krit, one of the X-5 siblings who wanted to help destroy Manticore in the season 1 finale.

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Johnny Depp is her favorite actor.

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She wanted to be an actress at the age of five.

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She ended her long-term relationship with her Dark Angel (2000) co-star Michael Weatherly in 2003, but the two recently reconciled.

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The bra she wore in Sin City (2005) received a winning bid of $1,025 in an eBay auction.

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Her parents were only 20 years old when she was born.

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Taryn Dakha Malco served as a stand-in on numerous films, including Fantastic Four (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), The Love Guru (2008) and Machete (2010).

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She had a stand-in for the sex scenes in The Sleeping Dictionary (2003).

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Although she is of Mexican descent, she does not speak fluent Spanish and understands almost nothing in the language.

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She has a tattoo on the inside of her wrist of the Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".

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She regularly attended basketball games while NBA player Baron Davis's team played in Los Angeles, because her then-boyfriend, now husband, Cash Warren, is a close friend of Davis.

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Her second cousin is skateboarding legend Steve Alba (aka "Salba").

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On May 19, 2008, she married her boyfriend of three years, Cash Warren, in Los Angeles after a five-month engagement.

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Jessica Alba has action figures that look like her for Max Guevara, the Invisible Woman and Nancy Callahan.

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In 2003 she was Punk'd (2003) on the MTV show hosted by Ashton Kutcher. Dax Shepard appeared completely naked in a clothing store where Jessica was acting as a manager, followed Ms. Alba around the store and showed his "business" to the blushing actress as she tried to shop for clothes. Jessica was a good sport after learning that everything recorded for the popular hidden-camera show was a prank.

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In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings that year at $9 million.

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She was number 1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List.

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She is friends with Nicole Richie, Cameron Diaz, Russell Simmons, Will.i.am and Shay Mitchell.

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She ranked 3rd on E's "101 Sexiest Bodies", behind Brad Pitt at 2nd and Angelina Jolie at 1st.

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She has played a character named Sam or Samantha in three different films, and a character named Susan or Susie in three others.

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She got her first acting role at the age of 12.

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Dark Angel (2000) was cancelled after two seasons on Fox.

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Jessica Alba appeared in Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999) alongside actor Sean Whalen, but the two never appeared together on screen.

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Jessica Alba was named one of People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2005.

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Jessica Alba appeared on the cover of GQ twice: April '05 and June '07.

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Jessica Alba was mentioned in Eminem's song "We Made You."

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Jessica Alba was named "Sexiest Woman Celebrity" by Victoria's Secret in 2007.

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Jessica Alba is Michael Warren's daughter-in-law.

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Jessica Alba was included among GQ Magazine's 25 Sexiest Women of All Time.

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Jessica Alba is mentioned in D12's song "My Band."

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Jessica Alba ranked first on AskMen.com's 2006 list of the 99 Most Desirable Women of the Year.

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Jessica Alba was voted number one sexiest woman in the world by Norway's FHM in 2006 and 2007.

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Jessica Alba was voted number one in the Latvian edition of FHM's 2007 Sexiest Girls poll.

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Jessica Alba was born at 13:51 (PDT).

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Jessica Alba's voice inspired Carmelita Fox in Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004).

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Jessica Alba ranked fourth on the 2002 Top 10 Sci-Fi Beauties list for her role as Max in Dark Angel (2000).

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Jessica Alba ranked fifth on Maxim magazine's 2005 Hot 100 list.

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Jessica Alba was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star of 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. She was also previously engaged to Michael Weatherly.

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Jessica Alba was voted sixth in FHM's 2002 Sexiest Girls poll (American edition).

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Jessica Alba grew up in the same town as Gilbert J. Menchaca.

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Jessica Alba ranked fourth on Empire Magazine's list of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars (2007).

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Jessica Alba ranked 34th on Maxim magazine's 2010 Hot 100 list.

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Jessica Alba ranked 8th on Maxim's 2014 "Hot 100" list.

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Jessica Alba ranked 2nd on Maxim Magazine's annual "Hot 100" list two years in a row (2006 and 2007).

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Jessica Alba ranked 3rd on E!'s 2006 list of the 101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies on Television.

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Jessica Alba ranked 34th on Maxim magazine's 2008 Hot 100 list.

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Jessica Alba ranked 54th on Men's Health's 100 Hottest Women of All Time (2011) list.

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Jessica Alba is a third cousin of Gustavo Arellano.

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