During the God’s Love We Deliver’s 2022 Golden Heart Awards, Jessica was honored with the “Michael Kors Award for Outstanding Philanthropy”.
In February 2021, she announced on social media that her father, Mark Alba had been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
She lost her dog, Sid, in July 2017.
She is a certified PADI scuba diver.
Her cousin Steve “Salba” Alba is a skateboarding legend.
She was born at 1:51 PM (PDT).
Alba is the co-founder of the Honest company which sells non-toxic household products.
She does not know Spanish and can hardly understand that language, despite her Mexican ancestry from her father’s side.
“He Said She Said” is a song by Ashley Tisdale in which Alba has been mentioned.
At the age of 5, she decided that she wanted to become an actress.
She loves to play golf and to cook food.
She had asthma as a child. Also, she suffered from pneumonia (4 to 5 times a year), had a ruptured appendix and a tonsillar cyst.
After doing Into the Blue (2005 movie), she said that she can hold her breath under the water longer than her co-stars Paul Walker, and Scott Caan.
In 2006, she was ranked no. 1 in AskMen’s Most Desirable Women list.
Jessica has been called a sex symbol.
She is: 72.7% European, 22.5% East Asian/Native American, 2% Sub-Saharan African, 0.3% Middle Eastern/North African, 0.1% South Asian, and 2.4% "No Match"
Went to strip clubs as a part of her research for her character in Sin City (2005). However, she said that it didn't help because all the pro-strippers were doing "is trying to get tips".
Has co-starred with actor Sean Whalen in Never Been Kissed (1999) and Idle Hands (1999) but has never appeared on screen with him.
Named #2 on Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2006" supplement (2006).
Named #5 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.
Named #4 on Empire Magazine's 100 Sexiest Movie Stars. (2007).
Nominated as "Worst Actress" for both Fantastic Four (2005) and Into the Blue (2005) for the 26th annual Razzie Awards.
Voted #1 as the most sexy woman in the world by the Norwegian FHM in 2006 and 2007.
Named one of "50 Most Beautiful People" by People Magazine. (2005)