For a short time, Jessica Alba was one of the most popular stars in Hollywood. In the early 2000s, she took Hollywood by storm, starring in movies like Sin City and Fantastic Four. She is one of the biggest names in Hollywood, but people do not know much about her difficult upbringing. Things have occurred in Alba’s life which people could not imagine happening to anyone, especially a popular actor. Keep reading to find out what happened behind the scenes of Jessica’s life, and how she overcame her troubled past to forge a new and unexpected path in life and her career.
A Modest Background
Jessica Alba came from a modest background. She was born in California to young parents – her Mexican-American father was once as a U.S. airman and worked at night as a cook at a rib joint to make ends meet, while her mother, who has French and Danish roots, worked at a burger restaurant during the day and bartended at night. However, Jessica admitted that she did not feel the weight of her family’s struggle and said, “I was born with a wicked sense of entitlement. I always thought I was born into the wrong family, that I was… royalty and nobody knew it but me.” Jessica would get out of this mindset, overcoming extreme hardships along the way.