Jessica Biel
American actress and model Jessica Claire Biel was born on March 3, 1982, in Ely, Minnesota, but grew up in Boulder.Her striking good looks and wide range of talent makes her one of Hollywood’s most sought-out actresses.She is known for her television role as Mary Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven.
Biel’s family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock, Illinois, before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. While growing up, Biel played soccer and also trained as a gymnast.She is also an avid snowboarder.From 2000 to 2002, she attended Tufts University in Medford, MA.Before being discovered, Jessica took her acting abilities to the stage. Since she was 9 years old, she was starring in regional theater productions of Beauty and the Beast, The Invisible People, Annie, and The Sound of Music.
Jessica Biel was first discovered while competing at the International Modeling and Talent Association’s Los Angeles Convention in 1994. Her participation in the conference led to her being awarded a scholarship to the Young Actors Space, an acting society in Los Angeles.At fourteen, after auditioning for several television pilots, Biel was cast as Mary Camden, the oldest daughter in the family drama 7th Heaven. The show ran 11 seasons, making it the longest-running family drama in U.S. television history.In 1997, she starred with Peter Fonda in Ulee’s Gold — which garnered attention at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals — and her role as the rebellious teen made critics take notice.In spring 1998, during a break from filming 7th Heaven, Biel starred in I’ll Be Home for Christmas, playing the love interest of Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
Biel played the love interest of Freddie Prinze, Jr. in the baseball-themed movie Summer Catch In 2001.After leaving 7th Heaven at the end of its sixth season, Biel was cast in her first top-billing role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.The film met with mixed reviews but was a commercial success, scoring the number-one spot in its opening week and going on to earn more than $80 million in the U.S.In 2003, Biel began work on the third installment of the Blade film series, Blade: Trinity. Almost immediately she appeared in Stealth.Both movies were critical and box office failures. Biel also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Cellular.In 2006, Jessica Biel added The Illusionist and Home of the Brave to her resume.
In 2007, she appeared in Next with Nicolas Cage and the comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry with Adam Sandler.Biel also produced and starred in a short film titled Hole in the Paper Sky, which was released in 2008, same year Biel began working on the political satire Nailed, with Jake Gyllenhaal.In 2010 she acted in the movie, The A-Team.
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