Jessica Alba

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She may have been a sickly child, but, as an adult, Jessica Alba had no problem playing a genetically enhanced guy-magnet on the sci-fi series Dark Angel.

After making her mark on the small screen, Alba moved on to movie roles in Honey, Sin City and The Fantastic Four. Though few of her films have been huge box office hits, her star continues to rise, thanks in part to frequently being named one of Hollywood's sexiest women. Her toned body is often on display in her film roles, but she won't do nude scenes and once sued Playboy for publishing a promotional photo of her from Into the Blue on its cover without permission.

Her sexy, tasteful wardrobe choices make her a consistent favorite on red carpets, while her flawless beauty landed her a contract with L'Oréal cosmetics. Previously engaged to Dark Angel costar Michael Weatherly, her current beau is Hollywood producer Cash Warren.

Jessica Alba: Five Fun Facts50,000 action figures of Jessica Alba's Dark Angel character were sold.

Jessica Alba had her first kiss at age 7. "I only did it so he would pick me on our neighborhood baseball team," she told Seventeen.

When she was growing up, Jessica Alba's strict Catholic grandparents wouldn't allow her to wear a bathing suit around the house.

After graduating from high school, Jessica Alba studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater
Company.

"Felicity was very hard on me. She's a tough cookie, that one," Alba told a Boston TV reporter. "I just remember her making me cry because I didn't prepare a scene right, or I didn't talk loud enough."

Jessica Alba has tattoos of a daisy with a ladybug on it on the back of her neck, a bow on her lower back and the Sanskrit symbol for lotus flower, a padma, on her wrist.

You're Beautiful, It's True

Alba is named one of PEOPLE magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, adding to an already impressive catalogue of magazines that have placed her on similar lists (Maxim, FHM, Stuff and Star).

Flash Photography

Alba draws a lot of unwanted attention when she attends the MTV Movie Awards in a flowing green dress that becomes see-through with the camera's flash. "That was a nightmare," Alba says. "It was so traumatic, because I'm not a girl who likes to do that. I really haven't shown anything. That's not my style."



Blockbuster Blues

Alba stars in Fantastic Four, but the hopeful blockbuster is a box-office disappointment. "Comic book fans didn't think I was blonde enough for the part," Alba tells Entertainment Weekly. "But most of the blondes in Hollywood aren't really blonde either."

Bathing Beauty

Alba receives top billing in the deep-sea thriller Into the Blue. Though the film gets mediocre reviews, audiences give the bikini-clad Alba high marks. "It's not always so great to be objectified, but I don't feel I have much of a choice right now," Alba says to London's Observer. "I'm young in my career. I know I have to strike when the iron is hot. I look forward to the day when I can do a small movie and act and it's not about me wearing a bathing suit or chaps."

Hopping Mad at Hef

Alba appears on the cover of Playboy wearing a bikini, although she never posed for the magazine. The magazine used a promotional shot from Into the Blue. She threatens to sue Playboy for using her picture without her permission. Hugh Hefner apologizes for the confusion and contributes on Alba's behalf to Keep a Child Alive and Until There's a Cure.

Stepping Out in Style

Alba makes PEOPLE's Best Dressed List at No. 3 for her "elegant take on the trends." Speaking of her fashion sense, Alba tells Elle magazine, "I never dress for men; I dress for women. I'm not the mini-and-cleavage girl, ever."

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Jessica Alba is pregnant with boyfriend Cash Warren's child, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

"I can confirm that Jessica and Cash are expecting a baby in late spring, early summer," says rep Brad Cafarelli.

Alba, 26, has dated Warren, 28, since the fall of 2004 after they met on the set of The Fantastic Four, on which Warren was a director's assistant.

The couple have been seen being affectionate together in Los Angeles in recent days, shopping for mattresses last Saturday and attending a Lakers game, where they were spotted kissing Sunday.

Alba has also starred in Sin City and the recent Awake. Her upcoming films are The Eye and The Love Guru.

Before the pregnancy announcement, she said she was in talks to make her Broadway premiere this summer in a revival of playwright David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow.

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Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren have welcomed a baby girl.

Honor Marie Warren was born June 7 in Los Angeles, her rep, Brad Cafarelli, confirms. This is the couple's first child.

Alba, 27, and Warren, 31, quietly wed on May 19 at the Beverly Hills courthouse. The two met while working on Fantastic Four, for which Warren was the director's assistant. They became engaged last December.

The actress recently did some last-minute shopping for baby gear at Bel Bambini on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, picking up items such as Born Free baby bottles and a Boppy pillow for breastfeeding.

"She seemed relaxed," says a source, "and ready to welcome home her baby."

As for the kind of parent she plans to be, the actress recently told Fit Pregnancy that she'll walk the line between tough and nurturing. "I don't want to be my child's best friend. I want to be a mom," she said. "But I do want my child to come to me when they have problems and need to talk, so it's going to be about treading that line."