Jessica Alba

Jessica tends to favor fresh, natural perfumes like Joya. Her preference suggests her modern and bold sensibilities.  

 Jessica Marie Alba is an American actress and businesswoman who was born April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California. Her mother is Catherine Louisa, and her father, Mark David Alba was a professional tennis player before joining the Air Force. Jessica has a younger brother, Joshua.

As child, Jessica suffered from serious afflictions: collapsed lungs twice, pneumonia four to five times a year, ruptured appendix, tonsillar cyst. Because se was hospitalized so often, she had few friends. 

Her big break came when she was cast as the lead role in the of Max Guevara, in the hit television series, Dark Angel.  The series earned her a Golden Globe nomination and ran for two years. More than a thousand actors auditioned for the role.

While she would later enjoy roles in other movies, her role in Fantastic Four franchise would go on to earn more than $787 million worldwide. 

She is the founder of The Honest Company, a natural baby and beauty company. It is valued at more than $1 billion. 

Born: April 28, 1981 in Pomona, California.

Birth Name: Jessica Marie Alba

Spouse: Cash Warren (2008-present)

Children: Honor Marie Warren, Hayes Alba Warren, Haven Garner Warren

Height: 5’6” (1.69 m)

Net worth: $350 million / Founder, The Honest Company, $1.7 billion

Star Sign: Taurus

Humanitarian Causes: Baby2Baby; Cancer Research Institute; Children’s Defense Fund; Habitat for Humanity; Kids Wish Network; March of Dimes; SOS Children’s Villages; US Doctors for Africa  

Trivia:  

• #1 Maxim’s Hot 100 List, 2001
• As a child, she was diagnosed with ADHD, and continues to take medicine for it.
• Plays the violin.
• Her father was a professional tennis player.
• Loves the band Coldplay.
• Was raised Catholic, but left the church because she felt others were judging her for her looks.
• Won the Teen Choice Award for Best Actress.
• Graduated from high school at 16 years old.
• Reportedly has an IQ of 151.
• Won Razzie Award for Worst Actress in 2007 for the movie, The Love Guru.

Quotes:

• “I love to challenge the status quo. That’s been my mission from day one as an actress and an early feminist wanting equality and wanting to push limits of what’s possible.”
• “It’s so much better to promote what you love than to bash what you hate.”
• “Launching products is easy – it’s building it, finding the right manufacturers, getting the design right, and all of the marketing – that is hard.”
• “The secret to using power is not to use it. Just having it is enough.”
• “Being competitive defeats the whole female movement. I want to be encouraging to my girlfriends. Totally.”
• “No matter how different women are, we all seem to share the guilt that we’re not doing enough.”
• Being a beautiful person on the inside is what matters.”
• “I wish I was more educated, but I make do with the tools I was given in life.”