Jessica Alba is best known as TV's
Dark Angel (2000-02, produced by
James Cameron) and as Sue Storm in the movie version of
The Fantastic Four (2005, starring
Michael Chiklis). Alba began working in front of the camera in the mid-1990s, appearing in television commercials and small roles in feature films. She had a recurring role in the Nickelodeon series
The Secret World of Alex Mack, followed by her first starring role in the 1995 series
Flipper. She scored a double whammy in 1999 with appearances in the teen-friendly films
Never Been Kissed and
Idle Hands, and filmmaker Cameron cast her as the title lead in his TV project
Dark Angel. Since then she has worked mostly in feature films, usually playing a tough-but-vulnerable babe, as in
Honey (2003, with
Lil' Romeo) and in the film version of
Frank Miller's
Sin City (2005, with
Bruce Willis). Alba's other films include
The Sleeping Dictionary (2003), the ocean-diving suspense film
Into the Blue (2005, with
Paul Walker), the Fantastic Four sequel
Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and a role as a klutzy penguin-keeper in
Good Luck Chuck (2007).
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