ACTOR
Jessica Simpson
- Known for
- The Love Guru (2008), Employee of the Month (2006)
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Jessica Simpson is an actor best known for The Love Guru and Employee of the Month.
All facts (55)
- #001
Jessica Simpson became famous for remaining a virgin until her wedding night. When an interviewer questioned her about the subject and she spoke about it openly, she was shocked by how much the media blew it up. She quickly became a positive role model for young girls and young women.
- #002
Jessica Simpson beat out Britney Spears for the role of Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005).
- #003
As a child, Jessica Simpson auditioned for The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989), but she lost the role to future stars such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, who would later become her rivals in the music industry.
- #004
On July 5, 2014, Jessica Simpson married her boyfriend of four years, Eric Johnson, in Montecito, California, after a three-year engagement. It was her second marriage.
- #005
Jessica Simpson's all-time favorite song is Berlin's "Take My Breath Away." She recorded a cover of the song.
- #006
Jessica Simpson has three children with her husband, Eric Johnson: daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson (born May 1, 2012), son Ace Knute Johnson (born June 30, 2013), and another daughter, Birdie Mae Johnson (born March 19, 2019).
- #007
Jessica Simpson was part of a USO tour during the 2003 Iraq War, also known as Desert Storm Episode II.
- #008
Jessica Simpson is a registered Republican who voted for George W. Bush in 2004 and John McCain in 2008.
- #009
Jessica Simpson auditioned many times for the lead role in Coyote Ugly (2000), but she was turned down when the producers refused to remove a sex scene.
- #010
Jessica Simpson recently discovered that she is allergic to cheese, wheat, coffee, chocolate, tomatoes, corn and chili peppers.
- #011
Jessica Simpson and her sister Ashlee Simpson were both nominated for the 2006 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. Ashlee was nominated for her performance in Undiscovered (2005), while Jessica was nominated for her performance in The Dukes of Hazzard (2005). Neither of them won.
- #012
Jessica Simpson is a distant relative of Al Gore.
- #013
In 2007, while she was the girlfriend of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, Jessica Simpson appeared in the Cowboys' stadium luxury suite during a December game against the Eagles. She was wearing a pink Cowboys jersey with Romo's number on it. Unfortunately, it did not help Romo, who played the worst game of his season and threw three interceptions in a 10-6 loss. This led many Cowboys fans to consider her a distraction and nickname her Yoko Romo.
- #014
Jessica Simpson met her ex-husband Nick Lachey in 1998 at a charity event where Lachey's group 98 Degrees was performing.
- #015
Jessica Simpson performed at President George W. Bush's inauguration (2001).
- #016
Jessica Simpson underwent LASIK eye surgery (2004) to correct her vision.
- #017
Jessica Simpson's ancestry includes English, some Scottish and Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and distant German and Swiss-German roots.
- #018
On January 17, 2004, Jessica Simpson hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) with her husband Nick Lachey. She did an impression of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
- #019
Jessica Simpson is the national spokesperson for Operation Smile.
- #020
On July 9, 2009, one day before her 29th birthday, she broke up with Tony Romo.
- #021
Pretty Woman (1990) is her all-time favorite film.
- #022
At age 12 she attended an acting seminar led by actor Chuck Norris; his teaching methods included taping Jessica's eyebrows down with thick tape to keep them in place during performances. He also pointed to Denzel Washington as an example of how to move. Despite a popular misconception, neither Jessica nor her music appeared in Norris's hit TV series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993).
- #023
She ranked No. 1 on Maxim magazine's 2004 Top 100 Women list.
- #024
On March 31, 2008, she was hospitalized for five days because of a kidney infection.
- #025
Her wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang.
- #026
Her 25th birthday was celebrated at her family's home in Los Angeles. Guests at the celebration included Mandy Moore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eva Mendes and Seth Green.
- #027
She is close friends with the music group Destiny's Child.
- #028
She attended Richardson North Junior High School in Richardson, Texas, where she was a cheerleader and part of the mixed choir. She never graduated from high school but dropped out and earned a GED.
- #029
She is the former sister-in-law of Drew Lachey, Pete Wentz and Lea Lachey.
- #030
She was named No. 1 on People magazine's 10 Best Dressed Moments list for her "Daisy Duke" look.
- #031
She is friends with Jamie Lynn Sigler, Elle Macpherson, Dane Cook, Brooke Shields, Jennifer Garner, Ashton Kutcher and John Mayer.
- #032
Jessica Simpson is Ashlee Simpson's older sister. Her parents are Joe Simpson and Tina Simpson. Joe worked as a psychologist and Baptist minister in Texas but now manages his daughters' music careers and official websites. Her mother, Tina, helps run the clothing empire.
- #033
She is mentioned in Bowling for Soup's song "High School Never Ends."
- #034
She performed at the 2000 American Music Awards.
- #035
She is the godmother of Wilder Frances Cobb (born April 24, 2015), the daughter of her best friend Cacee Cobb and her husband Donald Faison.
- #036
She studied at J. J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas (1995-98), where she was very active in theater arts. She left during her senior year to pursue her singing career, but still attended the high school prom.
- #037
Dutch magician Hans Klok sawed her in half in an illusion called "Clearly Impossible" during one of her promotional visits to Europe.
- #038
Jessica Simpson had a dog named Daisy, a maltipoo that was a gift to her from Nick Lachey until Daisy was taken and killed by a coyote in September 2009. Ironically, a young Canadian woman named Taylor Mitchell died in a coyote attack a month later.
- #039
In 2007, Forbes magazine estimated her earnings for the year at 7 million dollars.
- #040
She was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 2005.
- #041
Her first album, recorded when she was 14, was a Christian album.
- #042
On November 8, 2011, she was the celebrity spokesperson for the "Beauty Mint" skin care system.
- #043
Jessica, her fiancé Eric Johnson and her friend Cacee Cobb attended the June 15, 2013 wedding in San Diego of Jessica's friend, Beverly Hills interior decorator Kathryn Sykora, to Eric's friend Chris Hetherington. Jessica and Odette Annable were bridesmaids.
- #044
She ranked 2nd on E!'s list of the 50 Hottest Southern Stars.
- #045
She ranked 9th on Maxim magazine's 2005 list of the Top 100 Women.
- #046
She is Evan Ross's sister-in-law.
- #047
She has been a longtime friend of Cacee Cobb, who also serves as her personal assistant.
- #048
She and her then-husband Nick Lachey lived in Calabasas, California, which was also the setting of the show Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (2003).
- #049
She ranked 20th in Maxim magazine's 2002 Hot 100 Women supplement.
- #050
On August 20, 2006, in Universal City, California, she won the Teen Choice Film Award for Best Breakout (Female) for her film The Dukes of Hazzard (2005).
- #051
She ranked 41st on Maxim magazine's 2007 list of the Top 100 Women.
- #052
She ranked 53rd on Maxim magazine's 2008 list of the Top 100 Women.
- #053
In 2008, she was inducted into the Hair Fan's Hall of Fame.
- #054
She was engaged to Nick Lachey, a singer in 98 Degrees.
- #055
She was born on the same date as Thomas Ian Nicholas.
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