2006-08-21 06:42:59 · 40 answers · asked by thatgirl_angela07 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent.
2006-08-21 06:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by Lolateeny 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
From Wikipedia:
Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent. Alba was raised in an Air Force family, along with her brother, Joshua Alba, and her grandparents until she was sixteen. She grew up a sports fanatic. Her father's Air Force career took the family to Biloxi, Mississippi, and Del Rio, Texas, before they settled back in California. Alba's early life was marked by a multitude of physical maladies; she suffered collapsed lungs twice, had pneumonia 4-5 times a year, a burst appendix, a cyst on her tonsils and asthma. This served to isolate her from other children at school because, as she claims, she was in the hospital so often that no one knew her well enough to befriend her. She also revealed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that she suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder as a child. Her health improved, however, when her family moved to California.
Alba had expressed interest in acting since the age of five. She took her first acting class at age twelve, and an acting agent signed her nine months later.
2006-08-21 06:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent.
2006-08-21 06:49:43 · answer #3 · answered by magerious 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent
2006-08-21 06:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by Smokey 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Jessica Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent.
2006-08-21 06:49:01 · answer #5 · answered by Kitia_98 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
"Alba was born in Pomona, California to Mark Alba who is of Mexican-American descent and Cathy Jensen of Danish, French, English and Italian descent."
2006-08-21 06:49:32 · answer #6 · answered by starr 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Her father (Mark Alba) is of Mexican-American descent and her mother (Cathy Jensen) of Danish, French, English and Italian descent
2006-08-21 06:49:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Alba is of Mexican-American descent (from her father) and of Danish, French, English and Italian descent (on her mother's side). She's basically a "mutt" but, because of her dark features I think she's predominantly Hispanic.
2006-08-21 06:49:21 · answer #8 · answered by it's me! 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
She's Mexican-American with a mix of Danish, French, English, & Italian from her mother's side of her family.
2006-08-21 07:18:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
She is Mexican - from her father - and her mother is french/danish. She definitely does not look white though - latina all the way!
2006-08-21 06:51:02 · answer #10 · answered by SxyPR 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋