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Alba’s nude scene in Machete 2010 was created digitally; she wore underwear that was removed in post-production.
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She has three children: daughters Honor Marie Warren b. June 7, 2008 and Haven Garner Warren b. August 13, 2011, and son Hayes Alba Warren b. December 31, 2017 with husband Cash Warren.
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During filming of Awake 2007, Alba and Hayden Christensen visited Bellevue hospital to bring Christmas cheer to children.
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She graduated high school at age 16.
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Alba began preparing her own meals as a child to control her weight, avoiding the food her family prepared which she felt led to weight problems.
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For her role in The Eye 2008, she learned to play the violin.
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Her maternal grandfather served as a Marine NCO for thirty years, served in the Pacific during WWII, and later became Assistant Drum Major for the United States Marine Band.
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Her father’s family is Mexican, and her mother has Danish, Welsh, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish, and French ancestry. A DNA test on Finding Your Roots revealed she is 72.7% European, 22.5% Native Indigenous Mexican, including Mayan, 2% Sub-Saharan African, 0.3% Middle Eastern/North African, and 0.1% South Asian, with a further 2.4% unmatchable. Her Middle Eastern roots were attributed to distant Sephardi Jewish ancestry on her father’s side.
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She is frightened of flying birds.
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Before joining the Air Force, her father was a professional tennis player.
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In 2001, the same year she had a kidney infection, she became anorexic.
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After high school, she studied with William H. Macy and his wife Felicity Huffman at David Mamet’s Atlantic Theater Company.
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She nearly replaced Emily Blunt in Iron Man 2 2010 but the role went to Scarlett Johansson.
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She has a tattoo of a daisy with a ladybug on the back of her neck.
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Alba has stated she is very modest and will never do a nude scene or pose topless, though she has posed fully dressed for men’s magazines.
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She married Cash Warren on May 19, 2008, in a private ceremony; even her closest friends were not invited.
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Playboy named her among its 25 Sexiest Celebrities and Sex Star of the Year in March 2006, leading Alba to sue for unauthorized use of her image; she dropped the suit after a personal apology from Hugh Hefner and donations to charities.
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She owns two pug dogs named Nancy and Sid.
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While researching for Sin City 2005, she visited strip clubs but said it didn’t help because the dancers were just trying to get tips.
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Good friends with Lindsay Lohan, Eva Longoria, Eva Mendes, and Kate Hudson.
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In 2008, she and Cash Warren paid $4,050,000 for a 4,686-square-foot home in Beverly Hills, California.
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Her brother Joshua Alba appeared with her in an episode of Dark Angel titled …and Jesus Brought a Casserole 2001, playing Krit, one of her X-5 brothers.
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She started training in dance and Tae Bo two months before filming Honey 2003 began in July 2002.
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Johnny Depp is her favorite actor.
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She co-founded The Honest Company with Christopher Gavigan, which produces chemical-free diapers and other products.
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She broke off her long engagement to Dark Angel co-star Michael Weatherly in 2003 but has since reconciled.
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The bra she wore in Sin City 2005 sold for $1,025 in an eBay auction.
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She wanted to become an actress at age five.
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Her parents were only 20 when she was born.
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Taryn Dakha Malco has been her body double in numerous films including Fantastic Four 2005, Good Luck Chuck 2007, The Eye 2008, The Love Guru 2008, and Machete 2010.
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Despite her Mexican ancestry, she is not fluent in Spanish and understands very little.
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She had a body double for her sex scenes in The Sleeping Dictionary 2003.
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She has the Sanskrit word for lotus tattooed on the inside of her wrist.
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Her second cousin is skateboarding legend Steve Alba also known as Salba.
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She regularly attends NBA games of Baron Davis when his team plays in Los Angeles, as her husband Cash Warren is a close friend of Davis.
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She was Punk’d on the Ashton Kutcher show in 2003; Dax Shepard appeared nude in a clothing store while she shopped, but she was a good sport after learning it was a prank.
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Maxim’s Hot 100 list ranked her #1.
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In 2007, Forbes estimated her earnings for the year at $9 million.
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On E’s 101 Sexiest Bodies, she placed third behind Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.
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She has played a character named Sam or Samantha in three different movies, and a character named Susan or Susie in three others.
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Friends with Nicole Richie, Cameron Diaz, Russell Simmons, will.i.am, and Shay Mitchell.
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She owns action figures of Max Guevara, the Invisible Woman, and Nancy Callahan, all bearing her likeness.
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Her show Dark Angel was cancelled after two seasons on Fox.
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She has co-starred with Sean Whalen in Never Been Kissed 1999 and Idle Hands 1999 but never appeared on screen with him.
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People Magazine named her one of 50 Most Beautiful People in 2005.
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She is mentioned in Ashley French’s song He Said She Said.
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She appeared on the cover of GQ magazine in April 2005 and June 2007.
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Eminem mentioned her in his song We Made You.
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Victoria’s Secret named her the Sexiest Woman Celebrity in 2007.
