Jessica Alba

Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California,{{cite web|title=Jessica Alba Biography|website=Biography.com (FYI/A&E Networks)|access-date=May 24, 2021|url=https://www.biography.com/actor/jessica-alba|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525014621/https://www.biography.com/actor/jessica-alba|url-status=live}} on April 28, 1981, to Catherine Louisa (née Jensen) and Mark David Alba. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were children of Mexican immigrants.{{cite web|title=Hollywood Now: New Fall Previews – InterfaithFamily|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Hollywood_Now_New_Fall_Previews.shtml|website = www.interfaithfamily.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705233317/https://18doors.org/hollywood_now_new_fall_previews/ |archive-date= July 5, 2022|access-date = June 15, 2015|date = August 29, 2014|last = Miller|first = Gerri}} She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano.{{cite web|date=January 18, 2010|title=Gustavo Arellano Related to Jessica Alba!|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2010/01/gustavo_related_to_jessica_alb.php|work=OC Weekly|access-date=August 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229180853/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2010/01/gustavo_related_to_jessica_alb.php|archive-date=December 29, 2014|url-status=dead}} Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled in Claremont, California, when she was nine years old.{{cite news |title=Jessica Alba Biography |url=http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=People |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130411141353/http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography|archive-date=April 11, 2013}} Alba has described her family as "very conservative… a traditional, Catholic, Latin American family", and herself as very liberal; she says she identified as a "feminist" as early as age five.{{cite web | work = Elle | url = http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Cover-Shoots/The-Changeling2/Jessica-Alba2 | access-date = June 23, 2009 | title = The Changeling | first = Maggie | last = Bullock | date = February 4, 2009 | archive-date = June 1, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090601141912/http://www.elle.com/Entertainment/Cover-Shoots/The-Changeling2/Jessica-Alba2 | url-status = live }}

Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies. During childhood, she suffered from pneumonia four to five times a year and had partially collapsed lungs twice as well as a ruptured appendix and tonsillar cyst. She has also had asthma since she was a child. She became isolated from other children at school because she was hospitalized so often, no one knew her well enough to befriend her.{{cite journal |journal=OK! |pages=34–39 |date=October 3, 2005 |title=OK!}} She has said that her family's frequent moving also contributed to her isolation from her peers. She graduated from Claremont High School at age 16 and subsequently attended the Atlantic Theater Company.[http://www.contactmusic.com/info/jessica_alba "Jessica Alba – Contactmusic.com"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107012110/http://www.contactmusic.com/info/jessica_alba |date=January 7, 2015 }}. contactmusic.com. Retrieved August 1, 2010.

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Alba expressed an interest in acting from age five. In 1992, the eleven year old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, where the grand prize was free acting classes. She won the grand prize, and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed her nine months later.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba |title=Jessica Alba |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=People |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621154012/http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba |url-status=live }} Her first film appearance was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.

Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J. C. Penney as a child. She was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack.{{cite web|url = http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography|title = Jessica Alba: Biography|access-date = April 24, 2008|work = People|publisher = Time Inc|archive-date = June 21, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160621154128/http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography|url-status = dead}} She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the 1995 television series Flipper. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and was a PADI certified scuba diving skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.{{cite web|url=http://iworks.factiva.com/du/iworksarticledisplay.aspx?napc=v&acc=DAISTA0020051018e1ag0008j |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219185343/http://iworks.factiva.com/du/iworksarticledisplay.aspx?napc=v&acc=DAISTA0020051018e1ag0008j |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2008 |title=Water babe Jess in big screen splash |format=paid registration required |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=Daily Star |location=UK |date=October 16, 2005 }}

In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, and as Layla in an episode of Love Boat: The Next Wave.{{cite web|title=Love Boat: The Next Wave Episodes on UPN|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/love-boat-the-next-wave-1998/episode-2-season-1/remember/202782|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=August 7, 2013|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903182748/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/love-boat-the-next-wave-1998/episode-2-season-1/remember/202782|url-status=live}} In 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy feature P.U.N.K.S..{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jessica-alba-goes-to-sin-city/ |title=Jessica Alba Goes To 'Sin City' |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=CBS |date=March 28, 2005 |archive-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113163214/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/28/earlyshow/leisure/celebspot/main683508.shtml |url-status=live }} After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet.{{cite web|title = Featured alumni|url = https://atlanticactingschool.org/alumni/|website = atlanticactingschool.org|accessdate = June 15, 2015|archive-date = June 10, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150610214735/https://atlanticactingschool.org/alumni/|url-status = live}} Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique tormenting an insecure copy editor in the romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, opposite Drew Barrymore, and as the female lead in the little seen comedy horror film Idle Hands, alongside Devon Sawa.

Her big break came when James Cameron picked Alba from over 1000 candidates for the role of the genetically engineered super-soldier Max Guevara on the FOX sci-fi television series Dark Angel.{{cite web|last1=Snierson|first1=Dan|title=ARTICLE James Cameron's Dark Angel premieres tonight|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/10/03/james-camerons-dark-angel-premieres-tonight/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 24, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082746/http://ew.com/article/2000/10/03/james-camerons-dark-angel-premieres-tonight/|url-status=live}} The series ran for two seasons, until 2002, and earned Alba critical acclaim, a Golden Globe nomination, the Teen Choice Award for Choice Actress, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/look-at-me/2007/06/21/1182019240554.html |title=Look at me |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=The Age |location=Australia |date=June 22, 2007 |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621165339/http://www.theage.com.au/news/film/look-at-me/2007/06/21/1182019240554.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|last=Lawson |first=Terry |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2001805635_jessicaalba03.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605041855/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2001805635_jessicaalba03.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2008 |title=Look at me |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=The Seattle Times |date=December 8, 2003 }} Her role has been cited as a feminist character and is considered a symbol of female empowerment. Writing for the University of Melbourne, Bronwen Auty considered Max "the archetypal modern feminist hero—a young woman empowered to use her body actively to achieve goals", citing Max's refusal to use firearms and instead using martial arts and knowledge as weapons.{{cite web|url=http://www.ahcca.unimelb.edu.au/Superheroes/abstracts-full-A-E.html#auty |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050618113318/http://www.ahcca.unimelb.edu.au/Superheroes/abstracts-full-A-E.html |archive-date=June 18, 2005 |url-status=dead |title=Dark Angel: Kicking Ass Without A Gun – Justification for Max Guevera as a Modern Feminist Superhero |last=Auty |first=Bronwen |work=University of Melbourne }} In 2004, Max was ranked #17 in TV Guide{{'}}s list of "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends".{{cite journal |date=August 1, 2004 |title=25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends |journal=TV Guide}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017135649/http://www.gamesradar.com/top-200-sexiest-characters-in-sci-fi/ |archive-date=October 17, 2015 |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/top-200-sexiest-characters-in-sci-fi/ |title=Top 200 Sexiest Characters in Sci-Fi |last=Golder |first=Dave |date=March 27, 2012 |magazine=Games Radar |access-date=October 11, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Her Dark Angel role led to significant parts in films. She had her big screen breakthrough in 2003 when she starred as an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-11-30-alba-honey_x.htm |title=Jessica Alba flows like 'Honey' |access-date=April 24, 2008 |work=USA Today |date=November 30, 2003 |first=James |last=Endrst |archive-date=December 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230133601/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-11-30-alba-honey_x.htm |url-status=live }} Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus was: "An attractive Jessica Alba and energetic dance numbers provide some lift to this corny and formulaic movie".{{cite web

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}} Budgeted at US$18 million, the film made US$62.2 million.{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=honey.htm | title=Honey (2003) - Box Office Mojo | access-date=November 25, 2018 | archive-date=November 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005931/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=honey.htm | url-status=live }}

Alba next played exotic dancer Nancy Callahan, as part of a long ensemble cast, in the neo-noir crime anthology film Sin City (2005), written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. It is based on Miller's graphic novel of the same name.{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/160872-american-pop-matters-ron-thompson-the-illustrated-man-unsung-2495833587.html |work=PopMatters.com |date=August 2, 2012 |title='American Pop'... Matters: Ron Thompson, the Illustrated Man Unsung |author=J.C. Maçek III |access-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824143210/http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/160872-american-pop-matters-ron-thompson-the-illustrated-man-unsung/ |url-status=live }} She had not heard about the novel prior to her involvement with the film, but was eager to work with Rodriguez.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/jessica_alba/interview01.shtml|title=Jessica Alba Interview: Sin City|website=www.radiofree.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005633/http://www.radiofree.com/profiles/jessica_alba/interview01.shtml|url-status=live}} The film was a critical darling and grossed US$158.8 million. She received a MTV Movie Award for Sexiest Performance.{{cite web|url = http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_60/61_jessica_alba.html|title = Jessica Alba|access-date = April 24, 2008|work = AskMen.com|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080901002329/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_60/61_jessica_alba.html|archive-date = September 1, 2008|url-status=dead|df = mdy-all}}

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Alba portrayed the Marvel Comics character Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four (also 2005), alongside Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, and Julian McMahon.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/08/DDGQ2DJSU21.DTL&type=movies |title=Fantastic Four Movie Review |access-date=May 16, 2008 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=July 8, 2005 |first=Mick |last=LaSalle |archive-date=October 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010214410/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2005%2F07%2F08%2FDDGQ2DJSU21.DTL&type=movies |url-status=live }} The Guardian, in its review for the film, noted: "Feminists and non-feminists alike must absorb the Fantastic Four's most troubling paradox: having been admitted to the story on the grounds of her beauty, [Alba's] superpower is to be invisible".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jul/22/2|title=Fantastic Four|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 22, 2005|via=www.theguardian.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005844/https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2005/jul/22/2|url-status=live}} The film was a commercial success despite negative reviews, grossing US$333.5 million worldwide. At the 2006 MTV Movie Awards, Alba earned nominations for Best Hero and Best On-Screen Team. Her last 2005 film was the thriller Into the Blue, where she portrayed, opposite Paul Walker, one half of a couple who find themselves in trouble with a drug lord after finding the illicit cargo of a sunken airplane. The film saw moderate box office returns, with a US$44.4 million worldwide gross.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intotheblue.htm|title=Into the Blue (2005) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005644/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=intotheblue.htm|url-status=live}} She hosted the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission: Impossible III and The Da Vinci Code.{{cite web|url = http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/archive/year.jhtml?year=2006#summary|title = 2006 MTV Movie Awards|access-date = April 24, 2008|publisher = MTV|date = June 8, 2006|archive-date = January 7, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120107045111/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2007/#summary|url-status = dead}}

Alba reprised her role in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, released in June 2007. According to Alba, Tim Story's direction during an emotional scene almost made her quit acting. "[He told me] 'It looks too real. It looks too painful. Can you be prettier when you cry? Cry pretty, Jessica.' He was like, 'Don't do that thing with your face. Just make it flat. We can CGI the tears in.'" According to Alba, this experience filled her with self-doubt: "And then it all got me thinking: Am I not good enough? Are my instincts and my emotions not good enough? Do people hate them so much that they don't want me to be a person? Am I not allowed to be a person in my work? And so I just said, 'Fuck it. I don't care about this business anymore.'"{{cite web |last1=Buchanan |first1=Kyle |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/dont_ever_ask_jessica_alba_to.html |title=Don't Ever Ask Jessica Alba to 'Cry Pretty' |website=Vulture |date=November 23, 2010 |access-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822022831/https://www.vulture.com/2010/11/dont_ever_ask_jessica_alba_to.html |archive-date=2021-08-22 |url-status=live}} The film grossed {{US$|290 million}} globally.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fantasticfour2.htm|title=Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006100952/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fantasticfour2.htm|url-status=live}}

In Good Luck Chuck (also 2007), Alba portrayed the love interest of a womanizer dentist. She posed for one of the Good Luck Chuck{{'}}s theatrical posters parodying the well-known Rolling Stone cover photographed by Annie Leibovitz featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono in similar poses. While the film was heavily panned by critics, it made almost US$60 million upon its release.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2007/GLUCH.php|title=Good Luck Chuck Box Office Data|work=The Numbers|publisher=Nash Information Services|access-date=October 8, 2011|archive-date=September 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920220132/http://the-numbers.com/movies/2007/GLUCH.php|url-status=live}} Her third starring vehicle in 2007 was the psychological thriller Awake, portraying the girlfriend of a wealthy man who is about to have a heart transplant.{{cite web|title=Jessica Alba & Hayden Christensen (Awake) Interview 2007|url=https://www.tribute.ca/interviews/jessica-alba-hayden-christensen-awake/star/27431/|publisher=Tribute.cu|access-date=October 24, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082854/https://www.tribute.ca/interviews/jessica-alba-hayden-christensen-awake/star/27431/|url-status=live}} Reviews were lukewarm, but Roger Ebert praised her performance,{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/awake-2007|title=Awake Movie Review & Film Summary (2007) - Roger Ebert|first=Roger|last=Ebert|website=www.rogerebert.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401080006/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/awake-2007|url-status=live}} and budgeted at around US$8 million, the film made US$32.7 million.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=awake.htm|title=Awake (2007) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005933/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=awake.htm|url-status=live}}

In February 2008, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards.{{cite news |url=http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7850086&nav=menu191_2_1 |title=Jessica Alba dazzles self-professed nerds as academy hands out science and tech Oscars |access-date=April 23, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Kesq.com |date=February 10, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080605230922/http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7850086&nav=menu191_2_1 |archive-date = June 5, 2008}} Alba made her acting transition to the horror genre in the film The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original, in which she obtained the role of a successful classical violinist who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world. Though the film was not well received by critics,{{cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008606-eye/|title = The Eye|access-date = February 2, 2008|work = Rotten Tomatoes|date = 2008|publisher = Rotten Tomatoes|archive-date = February 1, 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080201025954/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008606-eye/|url-status = live}} her performance itself received mixed reviews. She garnered a Teen Choice for Choice Movie Actress: Horror–Thriller{{cite web|title=Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Teen Choice Awards|work=POPSUGAR Entertainment |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/2008-Teen-Choice-Awards-Winners-1840099|publisher=Pop Sugar|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=July 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729063207/https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/2008-Teen-Choice-Awards-Winners-1840099|url-status=live |author1=Entertainment }} and a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress (shared with The Love Guru).{{cite web|last1=Herrera|first1=Monica|title=Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba and Eva Mendes Nominated for Razzie Awards|url=http://www.latina.com/entertainment/movies/cameron-diaz-jessica-alba-and-eva-mendes-nominated-razzie-awards|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082925/http://www.latina.com/entertainment/movies/cameron-diaz-jessica-alba-and-eva-mendes-nominated-razzie-awards|url-status=live}} In 2008, she also played a salesgirl in the independent romantic comedy Meet Bill, alongside Logan Lerman and Elizabeth Banks, and starred in the comedy The Love Guru, as a woman who inherits the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, opposite Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake.{{cite web|last1=Rich|first1=Joshua|title=Mike Myers, Jessica Alba introduce 'The Love Guru' at ShoWest|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/03/12/love-guru-3/|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082750/http://ew.com/article/2008/03/12/love-guru-3/|url-status=live}} Mick LaSalle, of the San Francisco Chronicle, noting that she was "prominently" in the film, felt that she "finally seems relaxed on camera".{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-Mike-Myers-as-The-Love-Guru-3280049.php|title=Movie review: Mike Myers as 'The Love Guru'|first=Mick|last=LaSalle|date=June 20, 2008|website=SFGate|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005659/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Movie-review-Mike-Myers-as-The-Love-Guru-3280049.php|url-status=live}} The Love Guru was a critical and commercial flop.{{cite web|url=https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=20080801|title=UK Weekend Cinema Box Office Chart 1st August 2008 - 25thframe|website=www.25thframe.co.uk|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619113332/https://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=20080801|url-status=live}}

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While Alba did not have any film release in 2009, five high-profile films released throughout 2010 featured her in significant roles. Her first role in the year was that of a prostitute in The Killer Inside Me, an adaptation of the book of the same name, opposite Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to polarized reactions from critics.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/14372 |title='Killer Inside Me' Finds New Director and Cast |work=Bloody Disgusting |date=November 17, 2008 |access-date=June 26, 2009 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210153218/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/14372 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5c6f976cbed5f4a94581e2325dd5cb87 |last=Borys |first=Kit |title=Simon Baker nabs 'Killer' role |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 11, 2009 |access-date=May 18, 2009 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515102118/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i5c6f976cbed5f4a94581e2325dd5cb87 |archive-date=May 15, 2009}}{{cite web|url = http://www.themovieinsider.com/m4128/the-killer-inside-me/|title = The Killer Inside Me|work = The Movie Insider|access-date = June 26, 2009|publisher = The Movie Insider LLC|archive-date = July 17, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090717102654/http://www.themovieinsider.com/m4128/the-killer-inside-me|url-status = dead}} Her next film was the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, in which she played the girlfriend of a florist as part of a long ensemble cast consisting of Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Taylor Lautner and Julia Roberts, among others. Despite negative reviews, the film was a commercial success, with a worldwide gross of US$216.5 million.{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valentinesday.htm|title=Valentine's Day (2010)|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=July 26, 2010|archive-date=January 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120175142/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=valentinesday.htm|url-status=live}} In the action film Machete, Alba reunited with director Robert Rodriguez, taking on the role of an immigration officer torn between enforcing the law and doing what is popular in the eyes of her family. Machete made over US$44 million globally.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=machete.htm|title=Machete (2010) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005935/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=machete.htm|url-status=live}}

The drama An Invisible Sign of My Own, which Alba filmed in late 2008, premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival. In it, she portrayed a painfully withdrawn young woman.{{cite news | last = Heath | first = Paul | url = https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/jessica-alba-turns-invisible-1117991811/ | title = Jessica Alba Turns 'Invisible' | work = Variety | date = September 8, 2008 | access-date = September 21, 2010 | archive-date = October 22, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101022053636/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117991811.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 | url-status = live }}{{cite web|title=HIFF 2010 Program Announced |url=http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2010/09/2010hiffprogra/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924211810/http://hamptonsfilmfest.org/2010/09/2010hiffprogra/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |publisher=hamptonsfilmfest.org |access-date=May 28, 2012 |date=September 15, 2010 }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20110309092514/http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/an-invisible-sign "An Invisible Sign"]. IFC Entertainment. Retrieved March 17, 2011. Her last 2010 film was the comedy Little Fockers, in which she played an extrovert drug representative, reuniting with Robert De Niro, who was also in Machete. Despite negative reviews from critics, the film grossed over US$310 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=meetthefockerssequel.htm|title=Little Fockers (2010) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=October 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016173318/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=meetthefockerssequel.htm|url-status=live}} For all her 2010 roles, she received a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/golden-raspberry-awards-2010_n_828706|title='Sex And The City 2' Ladies Named Worst Actresses Of The Year!|date=February 27, 2011|website=HuffPost|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=May 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034357/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/golden-raspberry-awards-2010_n_828706|url-status=live}}

In 2011, Alba worked for the third time with Robert Rodriguez in the film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World, portraying a retired spy who is called back into action. To bond with her new stepchildren, she invites them along.{{cite web|publisher=Collider|title=Jessica Alba Interview SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD|first=Christina|last=Radish|date=August 15, 2011|url=https://collider.com/jessica-alba-spy-kids-4-interview/|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217134201/https://collider.com/jessica-alba-spy-kids-4-interview/|url-status=live}} The film paled at the box office in comparison to the previous films in the franchise, but was still a moderate success, taking in US$85 million around the globe.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spykids4.htm|title=Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921191220/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=spykids4.htm|url-status=live}} Alba next appeared with Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Jane Lynch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Catherine O'Hara in the comedy A.C.O.D. (2013), portraying what the Washington Post described as a "fellow child of divorce", with whom Scott's character "almost cheats on" her girlfriend.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/acod-movie-review/2013/10/09/1fc97046-2ba0-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html |title='A.C.O.D.' movie review |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 10, 2013 |access-date=May 5, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/acod-movie-review/2013/10/09/1fc97046-2ba0-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html |url-status=live }} ScreenRant critic Ben Kendrick wrote: "[Winstead] and [Alba] also deliver in their contributions – though both of their characters are mainly designed to be mirrors for Carter to examine his own life and choices."{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/acod-movie-reviews-2013/|title=A.C.O.D. Review|author=Ben Kendrick|work=Screen Rant|date=October 18, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008173915/https://screenrant.com/acod-movie-reviews-2013/|url-status=live}} A.C.O.D. received a limited theatrical run in North America.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=acod.htm|title=A.C.O.D. (2013) - Box Office Mojo|work=boxofficemojo.com|access-date=April 16, 2020|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626221928/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=acod.htm|url-status=live}} In 2013, Alba also made her voice acting debut in the moderately successful animated film Escape from Planet Earth.{{cite web|title=Sarah Jessica Parker, Jessica Alba Join 'Escape from Planet Earth'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sarah-jessica-parker-jessica-alba-218117|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 28, 2012|date=August 2, 2011|archive-date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201123020/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sarah-jessica-parker-jessica-alba-218117|url-status=live}}

Alba worked once again with director Rodriguez for two film sequels. She reprised her role of an Immigration Officer, in an uncredited cameo appearance, in Machete Kills (2013), which flopped with critics and audiences,{{cite web|title='Machete Kills' Casting News|url=http://www.planetfury.com/content/machete-kills-casting|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022090507/http://www.planetfury.com/content/machete-kills-casting|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2012|publisher=Planet Fury|access-date=May 28, 2012|date=May 7, 2012}} and her much larger role of stripper Nancy Callahan, seeking to avenge her late protector, in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, which was released in August 2014, on 2D and 3D.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/sin-city-2-release-date-jessica-alba/166990|title=Release Date Announced for SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR; Jessica Alba to Return; Film Will Be in 3D|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|date=May 17, 2012|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=May 17, 2012|archive-date=May 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520030603/http://collider.com/sin-city-2-release-date-jessica-alba/166990|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm|title=Theatrical Movie Schedule Additions and Changes|date=January 9, 2013|publisher=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=September 2, 2013|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217132401/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/calendar/changes/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://sincity-2.com/|title=Sin City 2: A Dame to Kill For|publisher=Weinstein Company|access-date=February 18, 2014|archive-date=February 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227202319/http://sincity-2.com/|url-status=live}} Unlike the first film, A Dame to Kill For was a commercial failure, grossing US$39 million against its US$65 million production budget,{{cite news|title=Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - The Numbers|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sin-City-2#tab=summary|publisher=The Numbers|date=August 22, 2014|access-date=September 4, 2014|archive-date=September 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061941/http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Sin-City-2#tab=summary|url-status=live}} and received mixed reviews from film critics. Variety felt it was a "late, limp attempt to turn Alba's character from an exploited figure into an empowered one".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-1201286847/|title=Film Review: 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'|first1=Justin|last1=Chang|date=August 20, 2014|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821210547/http://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for-1201286847/|url-status=live}} She next took on the roles of a cabaret show performer in the dramedy Dear Eleanor (2014), the athletic girlfriend of a successful and well-respected English professor in the romantic comedy Some Kind of Beautiful (2014), a receptionist at a limo company in the thriller Stretch (also 2014), an emotionally vulnerable weapons trafficker in the crime comedy Barely Lethal (2015), and that of a documentary filmmaker in the horror film The Veil (2016); all films were released for limited theatrical runs and VOD.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_29863052/boulder-county-gets-its-close-up-dear-eleanor|title=Boulder County gets its close-up with 'Dear Eleanor' debut|date=May 7, 2016|access-date=May 5, 2019|archive-date=September 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916002114/https://www.dailycamera.com/2016/05/07/boulder-county-gets-its-close-up-with-dear-eleanor-debut/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/07/some-kind-of-beautiful-pierce-brosnan-romantic-comedy-1201479783/|title='Some Kind Of Beautiful' Trailer – Pierce Brosnan's Charming Mid Life Crisis|first1=Ross A.|last1=Lincoln|date=July 17, 2015|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106001117/https://deadline.com/2015/07/some-kind-of-beautiful-pierce-brosnan-romantic-comedy-1201479783/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1945906/stretch-trailer/|title=This 'Stretch' Trailer Is Headed To Crazy Town, And Patrick Wilson Is Driving|first=Katie|last=Calautti|website=MTV News|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111203850/http://www.mtv.com/news/1945906/stretch-trailer/|url-status=dead}}

In the action film Mechanic: Resurrection (2016), alongside Jason Statham, Alba played the girlfriend of a retired hitman. She did Krav Maga to get into shape for the film,{{cite web|url=http://extratv.com/2016/08/22/jessica-alba-reveals-how-she-stayed-in-shape-for-mechanic-resurrection-and-her-guilty-food-pleasures/|title=Jessica Alba Reveals How She Stayed in Shape for 'Mechanic: Resurrection,' and Her Guilty Food Pleasures - ExtraTV.com|website=Extra|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126051002/http://extratv.com/2016/08/22/jessica-alba-reveals-how-she-stayed-in-shape-for-mechanic-resurrection-and-her-guilty-food-pleasures/|url-status=live}} and was drawn to the strength her character exhibited, remarking: "I think for these types of movies you don't often get to see the female romantic lead kind of kick butt. I mean, it's usually she's being saved by the guy, and so it's nice that I got to come to the table with a toughness, and a real heart".{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/mechanic-resurrection-interview-jessica-alba/|title=Jessica Alba Talks Mechanic: Resurrection Role & Jason Statham|date=August 28, 2016|website=ScreenRant|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126005716/https://screenrant.com/mechanic-resurrection-interview-jessica-alba/|url-status=live}} The film made US$125.7 million worldwide.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mechanic2.htm|title=Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) - Box Office Mojo|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=November 25, 2018|archive-date=November 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125042950/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mechanic2.htm|url-status=live}}

In 2020, it was announced that Alba would star in and executive produce a new documentary series for Disney+ called Parenting Without Borders (working title) which would focus on families around the world and their beliefs and culture, however it was never released.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2020-03-04|title=Jessica Alba To Star In 'Parenting Without Borders' Docu Series For Disney+|url=https://deadline.com/2020/03/jessica-alba-star-ep-parenting-without-borders-docu-series-disney-plus-1202873877/|access-date=2021-01-14|website=Deadline|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407091421/https://deadline.com/2020/03/jessica-alba-star-ep-parenting-without-borders-docu-series-disney-plus-1202873877/|url-status=live}}

In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company, selling a collection of household goods, diapers, and body care products. The company was successful, and was valued at US$1 billion {{as of|2014|lc=y}}.{{cite news|last1=Lorenzetti|first1=Laura|title=Jessica Alba startup The Honest Co. raises $70 million as it heads toward IPO|url=http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/jessica-alba-honest-co-ipo/|access-date=March 10, 2015|work=Fortune|date=August 26, 2014|archive-date=August 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801040007/http://fortune.com/2014/08/26/jessica-alba-honest-co-ipo/|url-status=live}}

In early 2013, Alba released her book, The Honest Life, based on her experiences creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family. The book became a New York Times Best Seller.{{cite web|title=Jessica Alba's First Book 'The Honest Life' Becomes New York Times Best Seller|date=April 4, 2013|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/jessica-albas-first-book-nytimes-bestseller_n_3015243.html|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=April 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410223121/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/04/jessica-albas-first-book-nytimes-bestseller_n_3015243.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20579896,00.html|title=Jessica Alba to Release Her First Book|date=March 19, 2012|access-date=March 20, 2012|work=People|archive-date=March 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320025318/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20579896,00.html|url-status=dead}} In October 2015, Alba launched a collection of skin care and beauty products called Honest Beauty.{{cite web|last1=Dawson|first1=Alene|title=Actress-mogul Jessica Alba expands her Honest Company empire to include skin care and beauty products|url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-jessica-alba-launches-honest-beauty-20151026-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 27, 2015|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401080314/https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ar-jessica-alba-launches-honest-beauty-20151026-story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Apatoff|first1=Alex|title=Jessica Alba Launches Line of Beauty Products for The Honest Company|url=http://people.com/style/jessica-alba-launches-line-of-beauty-products-for-the-honest-company/|publisher=People|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015340/http://people.com/style/jessica-alba-launches-line-of-beauty-products-for-the-honest-company/|url-status=live}}

As of April 2022, Alba owned 6.5 percent of the company. She was employed as the company's chief creative officer, receiving an annually base salary of $700,000 and restricted stock valued $1,500,000.{{Cite web |title=Honest Company, April 14, 2022 - DEF 14A: Other definitive proxy statements |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530979/000153097922000037/honest-2022agmproxystateme.htm |access-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612154221/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1530979/000153097922000037/honest-2022agmproxystateme.htm |url-status=live }} Alba stepped down as chief creative officer in April 2024.{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2024-04-10 |title=Jessica Alba Steps Down as The Honest Company's Chief Creative Officer |url=https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/jessica-alba-steps-down-the-honest-company-1235965784/ |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Variety |archive-date=April 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410005434/https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/jessica-alba-steps-down-the-honest-company-1235965784/ |url-status=live }}

Alba posed for a bondage-themed print advertising campaign by Declare Yourself, a campaign encouraging voter registration among youth for the 2008 United States presidential election. The ads, photographed by Mark Liddell,{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b28294_jessica_albas_kinky_photo_shoot.html|title=Jessica Alba's kinky photo shoot|last=Malkin|first=Marc|date=September 20, 2008|access-date=December 28, 2008|archive-date=January 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115063320/http://www.eonline.com/news/28294/jessica-alba-s-kinky-photo-shoot|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20224589,00.html|title=Jessica Alba's 'Shocking' Ad for Declare Yourself|date=September 10, 2008|work=People|access-date=December 28, 2008|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103011827/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20224589,00.html|url-status=dead}} feature Alba wrapped in and gagged with black tape, and drew national media attention. Alba said of doing the advertisements that "it didn't freak me out at all." Alba also said, "I think it is important for young people to be aware of the need we have in this country to get them more active politically...People respond to things that are shocking."

Alba endorsed and supported Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama during the 2008 primary season.{{cite web|url=http://www.topnews.in/light/jessica-alba,-ryan-phillippe-support-obama-new-will.i.am-video-27376|title=Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe support Obama in new will.i.am video|access-date=April 25, 2008|work=Top News Light Reading|date=March 1, 2008|archive-date=November 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122052638/http://www.topnews.in/light/jessica-alba,-ryan-phillippe-support-obama-new-will.i.am-video-27376|url-status=dead}} She also endorsed Hillary Clinton's campaign for president.Johnson, T. [https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-attend-hillary-clinton-fundraiser-in-l-a-1201558535/ Variety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408003825/https://variety.com/2015/biz/news/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-attend-hillary-clinton-fundraiser-in-l-a-1201558535/ |date=April 8, 2019 }} August 6, 2015.

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In June 2009, while filming The Killer Inside Me in Oklahoma City, Alba was involved in a controversy with residents when she pasted posters of sharks around town.{{cite news|title=Jessica Alba 'sorry' for shark posters|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/jessica-alba-shark-posters-article-1.376281|access-date=October 4, 2013|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=June 9, 2009|archive-date=October 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007003236/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/jessica-alba-shark-posters-article-1.376281|url-status=live}} Alba said that she was trying to bring attention to the diminishing population of great white sharks. Media outlets speculated that Alba would be pursued and charged with vandalism.{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/2266701_Oklahoma_City_police_probe_Alba_link_to_vandalism|title=Oklahoma City Police Probe Alba Link to Vandalism|work=The Insider|access-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613012452/http://www.theinsider.com/news/2266701_Oklahoma_City_police_probe_Alba_link_to_vandalism|archive-date=June 13, 2009}} On June 16, 2009, Oklahoma City police said that they would not pursue criminal charges against Alba, because none of the property owners wanted to pursue it.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20285362,00.html |title=Jessica Alba Won't Face Vandalism Charges for Her Shark Crusade |date=June 16, 2009 |last=Meadows |first=Bob |work=People |access-date=June 23, 2009 |archive-date=November 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120210109/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20285362,00.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/2265200_Jessica_Alba_Apologizes_for_Ill_Advised_Decision|title=Jessica Alba Apologizes for Ill Advised Decision|date=June 9, 2009|work=The Insider|access-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614081320/http://www.theinsider.com/news/2265200_Jessica_Alba_Apologizes_for_Ill_Advised_Decision|archive-date=June 14, 2009}} Alba apologized in a statement to People magazine and said that she regretted her actions. She later donated an undisclosed amount of money (over US$500){{cite web|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/2290507_Jessica_Alba_Donates_After_Shark_Controversy|title=Jessica Alba Donates After Controversy|date=June 18, 2009|work=The Insider|access-date=June 23, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622081541/http://www.theinsider.com/news/2290507_Jessica_Alba_Donates_After_Shark_Controversy|archive-date=June 22, 2009}} to the United Way, whose billboard she had obscured with one of the shark posters.{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b130063_jessica_alba_sends_check_uniteds_way.html |title=Jessica Alba Sends Checks United Way |work=E Online |date=June 18, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2009 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629202615/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b130063_jessica_alba_sends_check_uniteds_way.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2009/06/20/jessica-alba-donates-to-united-way-of-central-oklahoma/ |title=Jessica Alba Donates To United Way Of Central Oklahoma |date=June 20, 2009 |work=NewsOk.com |access-date=June 23, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712122805/http://blog.newsok.com/bamsblog/2009/06/20/jessica-alba-donates-to-united-way-of-central-oklahoma/ |archive-date=July 12, 2012 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/361mag/entertainment/alba-follows-apology-to-charity-with-donation/article_58bd0af4-8399-5324-bee2-e64757929fc2.html |title=Alba follows apology to charity with donation |date=June 19, 2009 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/06/19/Alba-makes-donation-after-shark-incident/UPI-48391245440824/|title=Alba Makes Donation After Shark Incident|date=June 19, 2009|work=Entertainment News|access-date=June 23, 2009|archive-date=June 22, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622030012/http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2009/06/19/Alba-makes-donation-after-shark-incident/UPI-48391245440824/|url-status=live}}

In 2011, Alba participated in a two-day lobbying effort in Washington D.C. in support of the Safe Chemicals Act, a revision of the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.{{cite news|last=Gavin|first=Patrick|title=Jessica Alba on the Hill|url=http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1105/jessica_alba_on_the_hill.html|newspaper=Politico|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2011|archive-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012054728/http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1105/jessica_alba_on_the_hill.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Sinha|first=Vidushi|title=Pediatricians, Child Advocates Call for Passage of Safe Chemicals Act|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/pediatricians-child-advocates-call-for-passage-of-safe-chemicals-act-122612314/169648.html|newspaper=Voice of America|date=May 25, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529101041/http://www.voanews.com/english/news/environment/Pediatricians-Child-Advocates-Call-for-Passage-of-Safe-Chemicals-Act-122612314.html|archive-date=May 29, 2011|url-status=live}} Alba returned to Capitol Hill in 2015 to lobby lawmakers as they once again debated a replacement for the 1976 Substances Control Act.{{cite web|last1=Devaney|first1=Tim|title=Jessica Alba lobbies Congress for stronger chemical protections|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/245437-jessica-alba-lobbying-congress-for-stronger-chemical/|work=The Hill|date=June 18, 2015|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083132/http://thehill.com/regulation/energy-environment/245437-jessica-alba-lobbying-congress-for-stronger-chemical|url-status=live}} She has also been a strong supporter of gay rights and on June 27, 2013, she expressed her delight with the Supreme Court's decision to strike down DOMA on her Twitter account. She tweeted "#equality #love".{{cite web|title=39 celebs who are super psyched about marriage equality|date=June 27, 2013|url=http://www.glamour.com/weddings/blogs/save-the-date/2013/06/39-more-celebs-who-are-super-p.html|publisher=Glamour|access-date=June 27, 2013|archive-date=July 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701075724/http://www.glamour.com/weddings/blogs/save-the-date/2013/06/39-more-celebs-who-are-super-p.html|url-status=live}}

Alba's charity work has included participation with Clothes Off Our Back, Habitat for Humanity, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Project HOME, RADD, Revlon Run/Walk for Women, SOS Children's Villages, Soles4Souls, Step Up and Baby2Baby.{{cite web|title=Ambassadors|url=http://baby2baby.org/|publisher=Baby2Baby|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029114726/http://baby2baby.org/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/95-jessica-alba |title=Jessica Alba's Charity Work |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=Celebrity Charity |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123142300/http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/jessica-alba |url-status=live }} Alba is an ambassador for the 1Goal movement to provide education to children in Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/alba-gets-sporty-in-south-africa_1135987|title=Jessica Alba on Motherhood, Turning 30, and Her Sex Symbol Status|date=March 18, 2010|access-date=April 14, 2012|archive-date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205132113/http://www.contactmusic.com/news/alba-gets-sporty-in-south-africa_1135987|url-status=live}} She has also served as a Baby2Baby "angel" ambassador, donating and helping to distribute items such as diapers and clothing to families in Los Angeles.{{cite web|last1=Pener|first1=Degen|title=How Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson and More Stars Are Helping L.A. Moms|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-jessica-alba-kate-hudson-more-stars-are-helping-la-moms-1027551|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025084749/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-jessica-alba-kate-hudson-more-stars-are-helping-la-moms-1027551|url-status=live}}

In 2015, Alba and The Honest Company sponsored a laboratory at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The lab was announced to be a specialized room designed to keep out dust and particles, where a team of epidemiologists would research links between household chemicals and autism.{{cite web|last1=Clare|first1=O'Connor|title=Jessica Alba's Honest Co. Funding Research On Chemical Link To Autism|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/06/02/jessica-albas-honest-co-funding-research-on-chemical-link-to-autism/|work=Forbes|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115020638/https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/06/02/jessica-albas-honest-co-funding-research-on-chemical-link-to-autism/|url-status=live}}

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Alba has received attention for her looks over the years and has been included in several publications' lists of the most attractive celebrities of the time. She was included in Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list multiple times from 2001 to 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.maximonline.com/Girls/Jessicaalba/slideshow/1126/47.aspx?src=GM7070:MD |title=Maxim Top 100 for 2007 |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=Maxim |year=2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605083030/http://www.maximonline.com/Girls/Jessicaalba/slideshow/1126/47.aspx?src=GM7070%3AMD |archive-date=June 5, 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/Girls/34JessicaAlba/slideshow/24847/2463.aspx |title=2009 Hot 100 |work=Maxim |access-date=June 25, 2009 |date=May 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110153355/http://www.maxim.com/Girls/34JessicaAlba/slideshow/24847/2463.aspx |archive-date=January 10, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal|title=Maxim 2014 Hot 100 |url=http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023231017/http://www.maxim.com/hot100/2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2013 |journal=Maxim |access-date=June 16, 2014 }}{{cite web|title=2005 Hot 100 List|date=May 2005|url=https://www.maxim.com/women/2005-hot-100-post|publisher=Maxim|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308015516/https://www.maxim.com/women/2005-hot-100-post|url-status=live}} On this she has said, "I have to go to certain lengths to use sexuality to my advantage, while guiding people to thinking the way I want them to."{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography/0,,20005720_10,00.html |title=Jessica Alba Biography |work=People |access-date=June 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310031506/http://www.people.com/people/jessica_alba/biography/0%2C%2C20005720_0%2C00.html |archive-date=March 10, 2008 |url-status=dead }}

In 2002, she was voted the fifth Sexiest Female Star in a Hollywood.com poll.{{cite web|title=Hollywood's Sexiest Stars 2002 Poll Results|date=February 14, 2002|url=http://www.hollywood.com/general/hollywoods-sexiest-stars-2002-poll-results-57163442/|publisher=Hollywood.com|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115083130/http://www.hollywood.com/general/hollywoods-sexiest-stars-2002-poll-results-57163442/|url-status=live}} In 2005, she was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People,{{cite web|title=PEOPLE's 50 Most Beautiful People|url=http://people.com/tbd/peoples-50-most-beautiful-people/|publisher=People|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115082804/http://people.com/tbd/peoples-50-most-beautiful-people/|url-status=live}} and appeared in the magazine's 100 Most Beautiful list in 2007.{{cite web|title=Barrymore tops People '100 Most Beautiful' list|url=http://www.today.com/id/18316269/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/barrymore-tops-people-most-beautiful-list/|publisher=Today.com|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015330/http://www.today.com/id/18316269/ns/today-today_entertainment/t/barrymore-tops-people-most-beautiful-list/|url-status=dead}} She has also been named on FHM's Sexiest Women lists.{{cite web|title=The 100 Sexiest Women In The World, 2016|url=http://www.fhm.com/posts/the-100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2016-122032/photos/jessica-alba-fhm-sexiest-2016-221948|publisher=FHM|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308162306/http://www.fhm.com/posts/the-100-sexiest-women-in-the-world-2016-122032/photos/jessica-alba-fhm-sexiest-2016-221948|url-status=dead}}

Alba was named among Playboy magazine's "25 Sexiest Celebrities" in 2006, and appeared on its cover that year.{{cite news|last1=Allin|first1=Olivia|title=13 celebs who said 'no way' to Playboy|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/10/27/celebs.no.playboy.tf/index.html|publisher=CNN|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015321/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/10/27/celebs.no.playboy.tf/index.html|url-status=live}} She was involved in litigation against Playboy for its use of her image on this cover (from a promotional shot for Into the Blue) without her consent, which she contended gave the impression that she was featured in the issue in a "nude pictorial". She later dropped the lawsuit after receiving a personal apology from Playboy owner Hugh Hefner, who agreed to make donations to two charities Alba had supported.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1180254,00.html |title=Playboy Apologizes to Jessica Alba |last=Silverman |first=Stephen M. |access-date=September 21, 2010 |work=People |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306020459/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1180254,00.html |url-status=dead }} Also in 2006, readers of AskMen.com voted Alba #1 on its "99 Most Desirable Women" list.{{cite web|url=http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203044438/http://www.askmen.com/specials/2006_top_99/jessica-alba-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2006 |title=Jessica Alba (profile) |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=AskMen.com |year=2006 }} In 2007, Alba was ranked No.4 on Empire magazine's "100 Sexiest Movie Stars".{{cite web|last1=Castina|title=Empire Magazine 100 Sexiest Movie Stars Ever; Angelina Jolie Named Sexiest Movie Star Ever|url=http://www.popcrunch.com/empire-magazine-100-sexiest-movie-stars-ever-angelina-jolie-named-sexiest-movie-star-ever/|publisher=Popcrunch|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925230809/http://www.popcrunch.com/empire-magazine-100-sexiest-movie-stars-ever-angelina-jolie-named-sexiest-movie-star-ever/|archive-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=dead}} Both GQ and InStyle had Alba on their June 2008 covers.{{cite web|url=http://video.men.style.com/?fr_story=6d59b836ad0746f01d5e61f3986e4825313460a5&rf=bm|title=GQ: The Jessica Alba Video|access-date=April 23, 2008|work=Style.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415143206/http://video.men.style.com/?fr_story=6d59b836ad0746f01d5e61f3986e4825313460a5&rf=bm|archive-date=April 15, 2008}}{{cite web|url=http://www.instyle.com/instyle/products/productfinder/issue/0,,1625011,00.html |title=In Style June 2007 |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=InStyle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222193705/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/products/productfinder/issue/0%2C%2C1625011%2C00.html |archive-date=February 22, 2008 |url-status=dead }} She appeared in the 2009 Campari calendar, which featured photos of her posing; Campari printed 9,999 copies of the calendar.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243751,00.html |title=Jessica Alba Bares Body After Baby For Calendar |access-date=June 25, 2009 |work=People |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192223/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20243751,00.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|title=jessica alba 2009 Campari calendar|work=POPSUGAR Celebrity |url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/3236746/image/3236753/jessica-alba-2009-Campari-calendar|publisher=Popsugar|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015556/https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/photo-gallery/3236746/image/3236753/jessica-alba-2009-Campari-calendar|url-status=live |author1=Kty }} In 2011, she was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health,{{cite web|title=The 100 Hottest Women of All-Time|url=http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hottest-women-all-time|work=Men's Health|access-date=January 3, 2012|year=2011|archive-date=August 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815165801/http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/hottest-women-all-time|url-status=live}} and in 2012 People named her one of the year's "Most Beautiful at Every Age".{{cite web|title=2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age – Jessica Alba|url=http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0,,20360857_20360861,00.html#20612529|work=People|access-date=April 25, 2012|author=Karen J. Quan|date=April 20, 2012|archive-date=June 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625070730/http://www.people.com/people/package/gallery/0%2C%2C20360857_20360861%2C00.html#20612529|url-status=dead}}

In 2010, reports surfaced that a 21-year-old Chinese girl was seeking plastic surgery to resemble Alba in order to win back an ex-boyfriend; the star spoke out against the perceived need to change one's appearance for love.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272630303.shtml|title=Jessica Alba Makeover (Photos) – Plastic Surgery to Look Like Actress|work=National Ledger|date=February 7, 2010|access-date=February 10, 2010|archive-date=April 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409025241/http://www.nationalledger.com/ledgerpop/article_272630303.shtml|url-status=dead}}

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Alba has commented on her fears of being typecast as a sex kitten based on the bulk of parts offered to her. In an interview, Alba said she wanted to be taken seriously as an actress but believed she needed to do movies that she would otherwise not be interested in to build her career, stating that eventually she hoped to be more selective in her film projects.{{cite news|last1=Stern|first1=Marlow|title=Jessica Alba on 'Sin City,' Typecasting, and How Homophobia Pushed Her Away From the Church|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-alba-on-sin-city-typecasting-and-how-homophobia-pushed-her-away-from-the-church|newspaper=Daily Beast|date=August 18, 2014|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214095727/https://www.thedailybeast.com/jessica-alba-on-sin-city-typecasting-and-how-homophobia-pushed-her-away-from-the-church|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112014520/http://www.moono.com/news/news01099.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2006 |title=Alba Fears Whore Typecast |access-date=July 31, 2007 |work=WEEN |publisher=Moono |date=November 9, 2005 }}

Alba has been quoted saying she will not do nudity for a role.{{cite web|title=Sorry Boys, Jessica Alba Won't Get Naked|work=POPSUGAR Celebrity |date=October 12, 2006|url=https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Sorry-Boys-Jessica-Alba-Wont-Get-Naked-46121|publisher=Popsugar|access-date=October 25, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015538/https://www.popsugar.com/celebrity/Sorry-Boys-Jessica-Alba-Wont-Get-Naked-46121|url-status=live |author1=Celebrity }} She was given the option to appear nude in Sin City by the film's directors, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, but declined the offer, saying, "I don't do nudity. I just don't. Maybe that makes me a bad actress. Maybe I won't get hired in some things. But I have too much anxiety". She remarked of a GQ shoot in which she was scantily clad, "They didn't want me to wear the granny panties, but I said, 'If I'm gonna be topless I need to wear granny panties."{{cite web |last=Gardetta |first=Dave |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed |title=Alba Turns Her Back on Christian Pals Who Made Her Feel Ashamed |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=GQ |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=March 23, 2005 |archive-date=June 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620004249/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/alba%20turns%20her%20back%20on%20christian%20pals%20who%20made%20her%20feel%20ashamed |url-status=live }}

Alba was raised a Catholic throughout her teenage years.{{cite web |date=February 14, 2010 |title=Jessica Alba says she'll never do a nude scene |url=http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=458443>1=28101 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130259/http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=458443>1=28101 |archive-date=June 3, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2012 |publisher=Movies.msn.com}}{{cite web |last=Gardetta |first=Dave |date=April 2005 |title=The Sinner |url=http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416165610/http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_847 |archive-date=April 16, 2008 |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=GQ |publisher=Style.com}} After a four-year stint as a born-again Christian, she backed away from religion because she felt she was being judged for her appearance, explaining, "Older men would hit on me, and my youth pastor said it was because I was wearing provocative clothing, when I wasn't. It just made me feel like if I was in any way desirable to the opposite sex that it was my fault and it made me ashamed of my body and being a woman."{{cite web | date=October 11, 2006 | access-date=May 14, 2009 | title=Alba Alters Religious Beliefs | url=http://www.moono.com/news/news03203.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061117110830/http://www.moono.com/news/news03203.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 17, 2006 | publisher=moono.com}}

Alba also had objections to the church's condemnations of premarital sex and homosexuality, and what she saw as a lack of strong female role models in the Bible, explaining: "I thought it was a nice guide, but it certainly wasn't how I was going to live my life."{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107104150/http://www.elle.com/coverstory/9917/jessica-alba.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2006 |title=Jessica Alba – ELLE |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |publisher=Elle.com |access-date=December 12, 2007 }} Her "religious devotion [began] to wane" at age 15 when she guest-starred as a teenager with gonorrhea in the throat in a 1996 episode of the television series Chicago Hope. Her friends at church reacted negatively to her role, making her lose faith in the Church. However, she has stated that she still holds a belief in God.{{cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Sept_10/ai_78019584 |title=Glamour's October Cover Girl – Dark Angel Jessica Alba Reveals Her Obsessions, Love, and God – p.256; October issue on newsstands Sept. 11, 2001 |work=Glamour Magazine |access-date=May 18, 2008 |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528000712/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2001_Sept_10/ai_78019584 |archive-date=May 28, 2008 }}

While filming Dark Angel in January 2000, Alba began a three-year relationship with her co-star Michael Weatherly. Weatherly proposed to Alba on her 20th birthday, which she accepted.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/jessica-alba-she-wooed-hollywood-with-her-sultry-looks-ndash-but-now-shes-getting-serious-812464.html |title=Jessica Alba: She wooed Hollywood with her sultry looks – but now she's getting serious |last=Mottram|first=James|access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=The Independent |location=UK | date=April 21, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421225750/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/jessica-alba-she-wooed-hollywood-with-her-sultry-looks-ndash-but-now-shes-getting-serious-812464.html |archive-date=April 21, 2008}} In August 2003, they announced that they had ended their relationship. In July 2007, Alba spoke out about the breakup, saying, "I don't know [why I got engaged]. I was a virgin. He was 12 years older than me. I thought he knew better. My parents weren't happy. They're really religious. They believe God wouldn't allow the Bible to be written if it wasn't what they are supposed to believe. I'm completely different."{{cite web|url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/jessica_alba_s_parental_relationship_was/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713223603/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/jessica_alba_s_parental_relationship_was |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 13, 2007 |title=Jessica Alba's Parental Relationship Was Strained By Engagement |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=Starpulse |date=July 11, 2007 }}

Alba met Cash Warren, son of actor Michael Warren, while filming Fantastic Four in 2004.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/jessica-alba-engaged/|title=Jessica Alba Engaged!|last=Jordan|first=Julie|access-date=April 23, 2008|work=People|date=December 27, 2007|archive-date=October 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023083532/http://people.com/celebrity/jessica-alba-engaged/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Finn |first=Natalie |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=fd542a5d-6126-4059-ab62-9df839abe451&sid=fd-news |title=Jessica Alba Engaged! |access-date=April 23, 2008 |work=E! Online |date=December 27, 2007 |archive-date=August 24, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824033137/http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=fd542a5d-6126-4059-ab62-9df839abe451&sid=fd-news |url-status=live }} They were married in Los Angeles in May 2008.{{cite news |url=http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/2008/05/20/breaking_jessica_alba_married.php |title=Jessica Alba Marries Cash Warren |work=A Socialite's Life |date=May 20, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527034616/http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/2008/05/20/breaking_jessica_alba_married.php |archive-date=May 27, 2008}}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jessica-alba-gets-married-to-cash-warren/ |title=Jessica Alba Gets Married to Cash Warren! |last=Jordan |first=Julie |work=People |date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=May 20, 2008 |archive-date=June 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621183434/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201377,00.html |url-status=live }} They have three children: daughters Honor Marie, born in June 2008,{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/jessica-alba-gets-married-to-cash-warren/ |title=Jessica Alba Welcomes a Baby Girl |access-date=June 7, 2008 |work=People |date=June 7, 2008 |archive-date=December 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205181812/http://people.com/celebrity/jessica-alba-gets-married-to-cash-warren/ |url-status=live }} and Haven Garner born in August 2011,[http://www.usmagazine.com/momsbabies/news/jessica-alba-gives-birth-to-daughter-haven-garner-2011148 "Jessica Alba Gives Birth to Daughter Haven Garner!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120030826/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/jessica-alba-gives-birth-to-daughter-haven-garner-2011148 |date=January 20, 2012 }} August 14, 2011 US Magazine and a son, Hayes, born in December 2017.{{cite web|url=http://people.com/babies/jessica-alba-cash-warren-welcome-third-child-son-hayes/|work=People|title=Jessica Alba and Cash Warren Welcome Son Hayes Alba|author=Juneau, Jen|date=January 1, 2018|access-date=January 1, 2018|archive-date=January 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101220258/http://people.com/babies/jessica-alba-cash-warren-welcome-third-child-son-hayes/|url-status=live}} The first pictures of her eldest daughter, which appeared in the July 2008 issue of OK! magazine, reportedly earned Alba US$1.5 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/top-ten-most-expensive-baby-photos_gallery_1458/image_77021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723143059/http://www.accesshollywood.com/top-ten-most-expensive-baby-photos_gallery_1458/image_77021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2010 |title=Top Ten Most Expensive Baby Photos |work=Access Hollywood |access-date=September 2, 2009 }} On January 16, 2025, Alba announced that they had separated.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/01/16/jessica-alba-husband-cash-warren-separation-breakup/77753592007/|author=Robinson, KiMi|newspaper=USA Today|language=en-US|url-status=live|title=Jessica Alba reveals separation from husband Cash Warren after 16 years: 'A new chapter'|date=January 16, 2025|access-date=February 24, 2025|archive-date=January 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124131032/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/01/16/jessica-alba-husband-cash-warren-separation-breakup/77753592007/}}

In 2014, Alba appeared in Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s genealogy series Finding Your Roots, which documented her learning about her lineage, which was traced back to the ancient Maya civilization.{{cite web|website=Mnn.com|url=http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/finding-your-roots-fills-the-gaps-of-the-family-tree|title='Finding Your Roots' fills the gaps of the family tree|first=Gerri|last=Miller|date=September 22, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2014|archive-date=September 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140923162950/http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/finding-your-roots-fills-the-gaps-of-the-family-tree|url-status=live}} The show's research indicated that her surname was not inherited from a Spanish man, since her father's paternal line (Y-DNA) was Haplogroup Q-M3, being Indigenous American in origin. His matrilineal line (mtDNA) was Jewish and revealed that lawyer Alan Dershowitz is a genetic relative of hers. Alba's global admixture was 72.7% European, 22.5% Native American ("East Asian and Native American"), 2% Sub-Saharan African, 0.3% Middle Eastern and North African, 0.1% South Asian and 2.4% "no match".Finding Your Roots, PBS, November 25, 2014

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