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Jessica Biel was born on March 3, 1982
in Ely, Minnesota to Kim and John Biel. She has a younger brother
named Justin. Her family moved to Boulder, Colorado when she was
still young.
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As a youngster, she always enjoyed
performing in front of an audience; however, she wanted to pursue a
career as a singer. Talented, even at a young age, she was already
starring in small theater adaptations of Annie, The Sound
of Music, The Invisible People and Beauty and the Beast.
And as a child, she even dreamed of being a doctor or a surgeon.
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She was also a very beautiful girl and
began modeling before she was even a teenager. She even competed in
the International Modeling and Talent Association’s Annual
Conference at the age of twelve. [This is where she may have been
“discovered.”] She won a scholarship to the Young Actors Space (an
acting society) in L.A., where they helped to refine her talent, and
allowed for networking within the “business.” She appeared on
several magazine covers, including Sassy Magazine in 1996 and Teen
and Moxie Girl in 1998.
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Jessica’s television debut came in 1996
on the highly rated television show 7th Heaven.
Even though this was her first acting job, she would be a regular on
the show until 1999 (with less appearances over the following few
years). She was a young and talented actress and was nominated for
many awards for her role as Mary Camden including the
1998 Young Artist Award for Best
Performance in a TV Drama Series - Leading Young Actress, 1998
YoungStar Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama
TV Series, 1999 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV
Series - Young Ensemble (shared with: Beverley Mitchell; Barry
Watson; David Gallagher; and Mackenzie Rosman) and the 2000
YoungStar Award for Best Young Ensemble Cast - Television (shared
with David Gallagher Beverley Mitchell; and Mackenzie Rosman)
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In 1997 she made her big screen debut
in Ulee’s Gold playing Peter Fonda’s granddaughter. She received the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in
a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actress for her role in this
movie. During the late 1990’s she appeared in the Disney movie,
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998).
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In 1999 she
decided to break out of the good girl image and posed semi-nude, for
Gear magazine (she was still three months shy of her 18th
birthday when the pictures were taken). Biel felt as though the
producer, Aaron Spelling had too much control over her career –
especially allowing her to choose the movies she wanted to do. She
wanted to cause a stir and she did in a big way. Although she did
not go fully nude, it caused a big stir on the set of 7th
Heaven, and she was written off as a regular because of the
“family” nature of the show. However, she did make a few appearances
over the next few years. [She later admitted to feel regrets about
the whole incident, during a time in which she was still immature.]
Even amongst all of the controversy, she was named one of the
World’s 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine in 1999.
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Her magazine layout in Gear
allowed her to explore the diversity of her talent and she began to
take on roles much different than the “family friendly” Mary
Camden. These films included coming of age, horror, drama and
action films, such as Summer Catch (2001), The Rules of
Attraction (2002), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003),
Blade: Trinity (2004) and Cellular (2004). Only
Blade: Trinity was a box office hit, however, she was nominated
for the Saturn Award for Best Actress and
the MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Female Performance for The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
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In 2005 she
was awarded the ShoWest Award for Female Star of Tomorrow.
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She’s
beautiful, she’s talented, and she is also smart. She has already
completed three semesters at Tufts University (in Boston) and hopes
to return during her “spare time” to finish up her degree.
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Jessica has
two movies coming out this year that are promising to be big,
Cameron Crowe’s Elizabethtown which has an all-star cast (Orlando
Bloom, Kirsten Dunst and Susan Sarandon) and Stealth, an action
movie where she stars along side Josh Lucas and Jamie Foxx as a
military pilot. Other upcoming film projects include London
and The Illusionist. When not acting, she can be seen getting
involved with her charity work with organizations like Best Friends
Animal Sanctuary and PETA.
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Hobbies &
Interests: Collecting vintage glasses, rollerblading, soccer,
ballet, yoga, photography, running, hiking, pets (she has a dog
named East).
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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