Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were both the children of Mexican immigrants. Jessica Marie Alba was born in Pomona, California, on April 28, 1981, to Catherine Louisa ( née Jensen) and Mark David Alba. 2.4 2011–present: action and independent media productions.Magazines including Men's Health, Vanity Fair and FHM have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women. In 2011, Alba co-founded The Honest Company, a consumer goods company that sells baby, personal and household products. From 2019 to 2020, Alba starred in the Spectrum action crime series L.A.'s Finest. She is a frequent collaborator of director Robert Rodriguez, having starred in Sin City (2005), Machete (2010), Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011), Machete Kills (2013), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). She soon established herself as a Hollywood actress, and has starred in numerous box office hits throughout her career, including Fantastic Four (2005), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), Good Luck Chuck (2007), The Eye (2008), Valentine's Day (2010), Little Fockers (2010), and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016). Her big screen breakthrough came in Honey (2003).
She began her television and movie appearances at age 13 in Camp Nowhere and The Secret World of Alex Mack (1994), and rose to prominence at age 19 as the lead actress of the television series Dark Angel (2000–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Jessica Marie Alba ( / ˈ æ l b ə/ AL-bə born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman.