Jessica Marie Alba is an American actress and businesswoman, born in Pomona, California in 1981. She took her first acting class when she was twelve and nine months later, she was signed by an agent. Jessica has played a variety of roles and has won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. Jessica had nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel and also appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J. C. Penney. Her first starring role in a major studio film was the Honey in 2003. Alba later appeared in Sin City, Fantastic Four, Into the Blue, Good Luck Chuck