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Jessica Biel
Lets have a look at her
history:
A flawless beauty with a down-to-earth attitude, Jessica Biel found
success on the small screen portraying Mary Camden, the mostly
level-headed eldest daughter of a progressive minister, on the
long-running WB drama “7th Heaven” (1996- ) before taking on the big
screen in films such as “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003) and
“Blade: Trinity” (2004). Named one of People magazine’s “50 Most
Beautiful People” in 1999 and Esquire magazine’s “Sexiest Woman
Alive” in 2005, Biel’s stunning features and curvaceous figure made
her one of Hollywood’s most sought-after young actresses. Receiving
critical praise for her role opposite Edward Norton in “The
Illusionist” (2006), Biel proved that she was more than just a
pretty face.
Born March 3, 1982 in Ely, MN to Jon and Kim Biel, Biel’s family
moved around during her childhood, living in six different states.
Spending most of her formative years in Boulder, CO, Biel would
later call the Rocky Mountain town home. An active and adventurous
child, Biel began taking dance and voice lessons as a young girl.
Obsessed with the musical “Annie,” Biel landed a gig as an
understudy for the role in a Connecticut production of the play at
the age of eight.
Signing with a Denver talent agency at the age of 11, Biel started
modeling and attended an International Modeling & Talent Association
convention in 1994, where she won an acting scholarship to attend
the Young Actor’s Space in Los Angeles. Biel spent the next three
years commuting between LA and Colorado, balancing acting classes
and auditions with schoolwork. Her hard work on her craft eventually
paid off; in the same week, Biel landed the part of Mary Camden on
the WB series “7th Heaven” (1996- ), as well as a role in the
feature film, “Ulee’s Gold” (1997) opposite Peter Fonda, in which
she played his troubled granddaughter Casey – the polar opposite of
Mary Camden. During her high school years being tutored on the set
of “Heaven,” Biel bonded with co-star Beverly Mitchell in between
scenes.
Raising eyebrows in 2000, Biel posed semi-nude for a cover and photo
layout in Gear magazine in an attempt to shed her wholesome image
and, reportedly, be released from her “Heaven” contract. Because the
show was religious in nature and a big hit w/ conservative viewers,
her Gear portfolio enraged some, but her alleged ploy worked. She
ultimately negotiated a reduced, recurring role on the series,
allowing her to attend college and focus on feature films instead.
Biel enrolled at Massachusetts’ Tufts University in 2000, returning
to LA at the end of her freshman year to finish out the show’s sixth
season. Leaving school to focus on her acting career, Biel went on
to find work in a number of feature films. Adding a bit of sexy
zest, she portrayed Freddie Prinze, Jr.’s fantasy girl in the
otherwise dreary baseball comedy, “Summer Catch” (2001) and took on
her edgiest project then to date, appearing as promiscuous college
student Lara Halleran in writer-director Roger Avary's blunt,
sex-soaked adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’ “The Rules of
Attraction” (2002).
Finding more mainstream box office success, Biel starred as Erin,
the central scream queen, in the hit remake of the 1974 cult horror
film, “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (2003), followed by her
appearance in the supposed thriller, “Cellular” (2004). Biel played
the spurned romantic interest of a man (Chris Evans) who gets thrown
into a high-stakes chase after receiving a random call on his cell
phone. Thankfully, her small part in this forgettable actioner went
virtually unnoticed, with no harm done to her career. In “Blade:
Trinity” (2004), the third installment in the popular B-movie
franchise, her role of Abigail Whistler, leader of a group of human
vampire hunters who team up with Blade (Wesley Snipes) to do battle
with undead thugs, proved to be Biel’s most physical role to date.
Not surprisingly, the athletic beauty was more than up for the
challenge of months of pre-production training. Next, Biel starred
opposite Jamie Foxx and Josh Lucas as a fighter pilot in the
less-than-memorable CG action flick “Stealth” (2005), a lowbrow
cross between "Top Gun" (1986) and "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968),
followed by a part opposite her “Cellular” co-star and rumored
boyfriend Evans in the critically-panned “London” (2005).
Faring better with her next film, Biel took on a supporting role in
Cameron Crowe’s “Elizabethtown” (2005). Though the film itself was
savaged by critics and did not make the usual Crowe bank that
Hollywood had come to expect from the director, Biel was singled out
for her performance as the beautiful girlfriend of a whiz-kid
athletic shoe designer (Orlando Bloom) whose ardor cools when her
boyfriend experiences a colossal failure. Taking on her first
serious period role in 2006, Biel landed the role of Viennese
princess Sophie in “The Illusionist” (2006), starring opposite
respected actor Edward Norton and once again impressing critics with
her abilities as a serious actress.
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Jessica Biel
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