00:00Jessica Alba is a great American actress and businesswoman.
00:25She has won various awards for her acting, including the Choice Actress Teen Choice Award and the Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for her lead role in the television series Dark Angel.
00:42But the way to fame and glory was not easy or fast.
00:52Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies.
00:57It included partially collapsed lungs, pneumonia, an appendix, and a cyst on her tonsils.
01:03She has also had asthma since she was a child.
01:07She became isolated from other children at school because she was in the hospital so often with her illnesses, and nobody really had a chance to know her well enough to befriend her.
01:17She has said that her family's frequent moves also contributed to her isolation from her peers.
01:24Alba expressed an interest in acting from the age of five.
01:27Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere in the role of Gail.
01:36She was originally hired for two weeks, but her role changed into a two-month job when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.
01:44Along this time, Alba landed a recurring role on The Secret World of Alex Mack, a popular tween comedy about a girl who develops special powers.
01:55She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the popular television series Flipper.
02:03Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PATA-certified scuba diver.
02:13Both skills were put to use on the show which was filmed in Australia.
02:18In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first season episode of the Steven Bacho crime drama, Brooklyn South.
02:28She also appeared as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills 90210.
02:34Her big break came when writer and director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of about 1,200 candidates
02:41for the role of the genetically engineered super soldier Max Guevara on the Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel.
02:50What if I want to hold it over here?
02:54You're the one holding the gun.
02:59More than 1,000 young actresses were considered for the part of Max before Jessica was chosen.
03:06Cameron said he was not really overly impressed with Alba's acting skill or appearance in her audition tape,
03:13but he kept coming back and watching it as there was something about her attitude that he liked,
03:18so he eventually decided he needed to see her in person.
03:23She was hired for the role before the scripts were even written.
03:28In order to train for this role, Alba spent a year doing martial arts and gymnastics along with riding motorcycles.
03:37Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Jessica and ran for two seasons until 2002.
03:44The character received many positive reviews from critics.
03:49As the star of James Cameron's Dark Angel, it is a role that won her an AMA Award for Breakthrough Actress of the Year in 2001.
03:58She appeared in Sin City and was named the sexiest woman in the world by FHM Magazine in 2007.
04:06Her other film roles have included Spy Kids 4, Fantastic Four, Honey, and Good Luck Chuck.
04:22In January 2012, Alba launched The Honest Company, a collection of household goods, diapers, and body care products.
04:31Then in March of 2012, she announced that she would be releasing a book, The Honest Life.
04:39It was based on her experiences creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family.
04:44The book was published in early 2013 by Rodal and later became a New York Times bestseller.
04:51Alba married her long-time boyfriend, Cash Warren, who she met on the set of The Fantastic Four.
04:58She gave birth to three children, Honor Marie, Haven Garner, and Hayes Alba.
05:03There are a lot of photos with her children on Alba's Instagram.
05:07In our little nursery, and I brought some helpers. My daughter's honor.
05:12She loves her kids very much and spends all of her free time with them.
05:17And they look like they are very happy. It is so great.
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