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THE INTERVIEW
S he always knew that she wanted that if acting wasn’t happening she would go she claims that is what gave her the strength
to act. The independent and to college. to maintain focused and continue on her path.
tenacious youth obtained an It did happen and she continued to extend her “People doubted me as an actress, and that’s
agent at age 12. By age 13, she acting experience. She played television and something that drove me. I was not going to be
serendipitously landed her film debut in the film roles until her big break came when she pegged as an action-comic-book fangirl.”
Hollywood Pictures' 1994 comedy, Camp got the role of Max Guevara, the genetically In reality, the world adores Alba and she has
Nowhere, when the lead actress dropped out. engineered super-soldier on the Fox television emblazoned the world’s best magazine covers
Not one to give up this grand opportunity, she series Dark Angel. including Cosmopolitan, Self, Shape and GQ to
aced the role and since then we continue to be She has always worked very hard not to name a few. She has won various awards such
entertained by her smoldering beauty. be type-cast. From an exotic dancer in Sin as the Teen Choice Actress award and Saturn
City to crossing generations portraying the award for Best Actress on Television and
Starting off in TV commercials for Nintendo indomitable Sue Storm in the superhero comic received a Golden Globe nomination for her
and J.C. Penney, she branched into TV with thriller, the Fantastic Four, a role that she lead in Dark Angel, as well as People’s Choice
a recurring role in Nickelodeon's The Secret reprised in the 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise awards.
Life of Alex Mack and played the role of Maya of the Silver Surfer, the world started taking However for Alba her most important role and
in Flipper in which she had a two-year run. Jessica Alba, the actress, seriously. She had award to date is being a mother.
Self-motivated and a long-term thinker, upon been perpetually pursued by self-doubt but
completing high school at the age of 16, she
enrolled in acting school, making herself a deal
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