• Trained in dance and Tae Bo two months prior filming for Honey (2002)

• Dark Angel was cancelled after only two seasons on Fox (2000-2002)
• Co-starred in an episode of Dark Angel with her brother, Joshua Alba, entitled “…And Jesus Brought a Casserole.” He played Krit, one of Max’s X-5 brothers in the Season 1 finale

• Voted #3 in AskMen.com’s “Top 99 Women” list (2007)
• Voted #1 in AskMen.com’s “Top 99 Women” list, thus the most desired woman in the world (2006)
• Ranked #3 on E! Television’s “101 Sexiest Celebrity Bodies” (2006)
• Named one of “50 Most Beautiful People” by People Magazine (2005)
• Voted #5 on Maxim’s “Hot 100″ list (2005)
• Voted #6 in “FHM’s Sexiest Girls of 2002″, American edition (June 2002)
• Voted #5 in Hollywood.com’s “Sexiest Female Star” list (2002)
• Voted #4 in the “Top 10 Sci-Fi Babes” for her role as Max in Dark Angel (2002)
• Ranked #12 in Stuff magazine’s “102 Sexiest Women in the World” (2002)
• Voted #1 in Maxim’s “Hot 100″ list (2001)

• Second cousin is skateboarding legend Steve “Salba” Alba
• Father is Mexican, mother is of French and Danish descent

• Sometimes credited as Jessica Marie Alba
• Left-handed
• Wanted to be an actress at the age of five
• Graduated from high school at the age of sixteen
• After graduating, studied with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at “David Mamet’s Atlantic Theater Company”
• Suffered from various health problems as a child including asthma; a kidney infection (which led to anorexia); Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD); and weight issues, which ran in the family
• Shares a birthday with director Danilo Beckovic and actress Penelope Cruz
• Loves Harley Davidson motorcycles
• Loves to play golf
• Loves to cook, speciality is chicken enchiladas and home made tortillas

• Currently engaged to Cash Warren (2007-present); have been dating since 2005
• Formerly engaged to Michael Weatherly, co-star in Dark Angel (2000-2003); officially engaged from 2001

• Mentioned in the D12 song “My Band”