Jessica Biel Biography
Jul 26, 2008 Author: admin | Filed under: Jessica Biel BiographyBiography
- 1990s
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Biel’s Big Break
By age 9, Biel is already a regular on the Boulder, Colo. musical theatre circuit and a seasoned model. After appearing in ad campaigns for the apparel firm Limited Too, she makes her television debut appearance in a Pringles commercial. In 1994, she enters the International Modeling and Talent Association competition in L.A. and wins a scholarship to an acting school, Young Actors Space, where she is discovered by her first manager Jeff Morrone.
- 1996
- Pilot Season
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After three years of spring trips to L.A. for what is known as “pilot season,” the time of year when potential new shows are hiring actors, 14-year-old Biel earns a spot on the Aaron Spelling-produced drama 7th Heaven. She plays Mary Camden, the oldest daughter of a suburban minister’s five children.
- 1997
- June
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Onto the Silver Screen
Biel’s first feature film Ulee’s Gold puts her toe-to-toe with screen legend Peter Fonda. The film centers on a widowed, reclusive beekeeper (Fonda) taking care of his two young granddaughters, played by Biel and Vanessa Zima. Despite the strong start, Biel auditions, but is not called back, for the role of Jane in American Beauty (a role that went to Thora Birch). Biel later blames the slight on her squeaky-clean image as a preacher’s daughter on 7th Heaven.
- 2000
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March
Gearing Up
Biel poses topless with her arms placed over her breasts in a cover spread for men’s magazine Gear. She curses wildly in the interview and proclaims her desire to have a fistfight with her 7th Heaven character. She also mentions that to get a rise out of one of her female costars, she frequently grabs the costar’s breasts and says, “Look at the size of these things.” It is widely reported that Biel strategically sought a raunchy magazine to get released from the Christian-themed show.
Back to School
After her Gear shoot causes a stir with Aaron Spelling, Biel’s role on 7th Heaven is scaled down. Between guest spots on the show, Biel appears in the Freddie Prinze Jr. comedy Summer Catch and the drama The Rules of Attraction. During this time, she studies for three semesters at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
- 2003
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October
Chainsaw Ka-Ching
The remake of cult classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre brings in $28.1 million its opening weekend – the second-highest-grossing October release at that time. As Biel’s first starring role, it proves she can headline a movie and bring home the popcorn.
- 2004
- December
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Raunchy Regrets
Four years after her controversial Gear photo spread, Biel asserts that she was taken advantage of and made a crucial mistake. “I wanted to please people, and I got in over my head,” she tells the Boston Herald. “My family was humiliated and so upset. And my grandmother – my poor grandmother. I would love to take it back.”
Action Woman
Biel stars in two action films, Blade: Trinity and Stealth, with the latter doing well at the box office. Biel works out six days every week for her role in Blade and continues training to portray her toned fighter pilot character in Stealth. “The machine that I used to shoot the ejection sequence made me sick everyday,” she tells ABC News of her Stealth training. “This movie is a serious film, and I don’t believe I was hired for my looks. But even this film has a scene with me in a bikini. That’s how Hollywood works.”
- 2005
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October
Elizabethtown
In her first non-action movie role since Ulee’s Gold, Biel has a small part opposite Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst in the Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown. The film is panned at the Toronto Film Festival, but Biel is glad to have broken out of Stealth mode. “I was determined not to be Hollywood’s new action chick,” Biel tells the Orange County Register. “I have more to offer than that.”
November
Esquire’s Queen
Biel’s celebrity status rises when Esquire magazine names her the Sexiest Woman Alive. “My brother teased me endlessly about that story,” Biel recalls in an interview with the Allentown, Pa. newspaper The Morning Call. “He’s 21, and when he read the article, he was just like, ‘Eww. Whatever. You’re not hot.’ When I was reading about my ‘luscious feet and toes,’ I went, ‘What? This is really embarrassing.’ And, believe me, my friends gave me so much crap about that.
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- 2006
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The $30,000 Date
When Biel hears that a Colorado teen was critically injured in an auto accident, she auctions off a date with herself to raise money for the girl’s care. The winning man shells out $30,000 to eat lunch with her. In September, she’s honored with the Huntington’s Disease Society’s Hope Award for her charity work with Make the Difference Network, an organization she cofounded to raise awareness and help people donate money to different nonprofits.
A Magical Performance
The Illusionist, a psychological period piece about a magician and his young muse, is released. The action-film veteran bemoans her “modern” look, which she thinks limits her roles. “All you have to do is pin-curl my hair and put me in a gown, and I’ll look different, but there’s not a lot of imagination in this town,” she tells Time. The Illusionist brings Biel closer to her goal of being taken seriously as a dramatic actress.
- 2007
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May 07
Most Beautiful Sans Makeup
The Sexiest Woman Alive adds Most Beautiful to her list of accolades when she appears in PEOPLE’s annual issue sans makeup. The actress says, “I don’t wear a lot of makeup in my personal life…I find that men, in my past, have preferred me without it.”
May
Jessica & Justin
Biel visits Timberlake in the U.K., where he is touring. They hole up in Manchester’s five-star Lowery Hotel and take in a soccer match. She joins him on tour again in June, and the couple is photographed holding hands and sightseeing in Amsterdam and Stockholm. They were first linked at a Golden Globe afterparty in January and went snowboarding together at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
- 2008
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July
“Why Can’t I Have Everything?”
Biel, who has been dating Timberlake for over a year now, tells the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar that “being with somebody I care about, who’s my soul mate, that sounds groovy.” As for becoming a mother someday, the 26-year-old actress says she’ll balance that “rite of passage” with her work: “Why can’t I have both? Why can’t I have everything?”
Jessica Biel Not Interested In Marriage
Jul 26, 2008 Author: admin | Filed under: Jessica Biel, Jessica Biel News
Justin Timberlake Looking for a Ring for Jessica Biel
Jul 26, 2008 Author: admin | Filed under: Jessica Biel, Jessica Biel News
Justin Timberlake may have finally found “the one” with girlfriend Jessica Biel.
Apparently he’s been doing a little ring shopping. But he found a clever way to make sure the paparazzi don’t catch him in the act at a jewelry store. He’s doing it online!
Sources say he spends a lot of time at night and when Jess isn’t around to try and find the perfect ring. We’re all for online shopping, but wouldn’t you want to see the ring in person before you buy it? Especially because you know that thing is going to be big!
Jessic Biel At The Beach
Jul 26, 2008 Author: admin | Filed under: Jessica Biel, Jessica Biel Photos
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