Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American film and
television actress, model, and businesswoman. She began her television
and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of
Alex Mack (1994). Alba rose to prominence as the lead actress in the
James Cameron television series Dark Angel (2000–2002) when she was 19
years-old.Alba later appeared in Honey (2003), Sin City (2005),
Fantastic Four (2005), Into the Blue (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the
Silver Surfer (2007) and Good Luck Chuck (2007). Alba has been called a
sex symbol. She appears on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted
number one on AskMen.com's list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006,
as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007. In 2005, TV
Guide ranked her # 45 on its "50 Sexiest Stars of All Time" list. The
use of her image on the cover of the March 2006 Playboy sparked a
lawsuit by her, which was later dropped