Jessica Alba Net Worth

Jessica Alba's Quotes

• I'm really good at being sarcastic with guys. That's the best way to hang out with them, because that's what guys like. They don't want the quiet, prissy little things.
• I like Spongebob Squarepants. He's goofy, like me.
• [July 2004] I just don't have a great feeling about what we're doing in Iraq. I don't know why we're there. Didn't we just give the power back over there? Why are we still there?
• [on racial stereotyping] My father is Mexican and very dark; my mother is very fair. I used to always get [script] breakdowns for things like Maria, the janitor's daughter who hangs around with white kids. I was born in the United States. I never thought about it until the industry made me think about being a Latin girl. It seemed like such a bizarre thing.
• Men are much bigger divas than women. When I used to do the action scenes in Dark Angel (2000) I would have to play it rough. If you hit an actress accidentally, she would usually take it on the chin and say, "Don't do that again." But with the guys, they would put ice on it, take a 20-minute break and ask for X-rays. It was unbelievable. I would tell them, "Come on, man, get over it." That's actors for you.

Interesting Facts about Jessica Alba

1. Older sister of Joshua Alba.
2. Was #1 on Maxim's Hot 100 Babe List. [2001]
3. Her father's family is Mexican, while her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, and French ancestry. A DNA test taken on the television series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012) described Jessica as being of 72.7% European, 22.5% Native (Indigenous Mexican, including Mayan), 2% Sub-Saharan African, 0.3% Middle Eastern/North African, and 0.1% South Asian, ancestry, with an additional 2.4% for which there was no match. Her "Middle Eastern" roots were credited by the series to distant Sephardi Jewish ancestry on her father's side.
4. Was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star for 2002 in a Hollywood.com poll. Also, formerly engaged to Michael Weatherly. [February 2002]
5. Her show Dark Angel (2000) was canceled after two seasons on Fox.
6. Vote #4 in the Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes in 2002 for her role as Max in Dark Angel (2000).
7. Voted in at #6 in FHM's Sexiest Girls of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]
8. Graduated high school at age 16.
9. Has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybug on it on the back of her neck.
10. Her second cousin is skateboarding legend Steve Alba (aka "Salba").
11. Broke off her long engagement to co-star Michael Weatherly (Dark Angel (2000)) in 2003 but has reconciled recently.
12. She co-starred in one episode of Dark Angel (2000) with her brother, Joshua Alba, which was titled Dark Angel: ...and Jesus Brought a Casserole (2001). He played, Krit, one of her X-5 brothers who wanted to help destroy "Manticore" in the Season 1 finale.
13. Mentioned in D12's song, "My Band".
14. Was Punk'd (2003) on the Ashton Kutcher-hosted MTV show in 2003. Dax Shepard showed up fully nude at a clothing store Jessica was patronizing, following Miss Alba around the store and exposing his "business" to the blushing actress as she tried to shop for clothes. Jessica was a good sport after being informed it was all a practical joke, taped for the popular hidden- camera show.
15. Though it is common for actresses and female pop stars to strip down to various states of undress for magazine layouts and movie/TV scenes, she has stated that she is a very modest girl and would never do a nude scene or pose topless in a magazine. She has posed for men's magazines fully dressed, however.
16. Ranked #12 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
17. Said once in an interview that she began preparing her own meals as a child to control her weight and maintain her health. She said the food her family prepared led to weight problems for them, so she avoided that.
18. After graduating from high school, she studied with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at David Mamet's Atlantic Theater Company.
19. Named one of "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. [2005]
20. As a child, she was diagnosed with asthma and ADHD. She still takes Ritalin for her ADHD as an adult.