Jessica Biel is a respected Hollywood actress who started her career as a musician before reaching out to people’s hearts in her very first role in 7th Heaven, the longest-running family drama series in television history. Some of his other works include The Illusionist (2006), The A-Team (2010) and Total Recall (2012).
Biel was named Esquire magazine’s sexiest woman in 2005. She also works as a model and producer. Read on to learn more about his childhood, net worth, and marriage.
Jessica Biel Bio (Age)
Jessica Biel was born on March 3, 1982, in Ely, Minnesota. She is the daughter of Kimberly (née Conroe) and Jonathan Biel and has a younger brother named Justin. Her family is of German, French, English and Scandinavian ancestry.
Growing up, the Biel family moved around alot. They lived in Texas, Connecticut, and Illinois, before later settling in Colorado, the city of Boulder to be exact. Here their daughter attended Fairview High School where she played football and was part of the school gymnastics team. During this time, Jessica Biel also trained as a singer and appeared in several musical productions of The Sound of Music and Beauty and the Beast at a local theater. At the age of 11, she began her modeling career, appearing in magazines and commercials for Dulux Paint and Pringles.
Biel then moved on to acting, making her first appearance in the Paul Greenberg-directed musical film It’s a Digital World (1994). Two years later, after auditioning for a variety of roles, the young actress got a big break when she was cast in 7th Heaven. A year later, she put on a Young Artists award-winning performance Ulee’s Gold (1997) to further put herself on the map. She then starred in films like I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998), Summer Capture (2001), and The Rules of Attraction (2002).
Taking on all of these plans, Biel made sure she would continue her studies at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. While taking classes, Biel also starred in a number of Hollywood hits such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Blade Trinity (2004) although both films received negative reviews. She then appeared alongside Jamie Foxx and Josh Lucas in Stealth (2005) and the romantic comedy Elizabethtown (2005).
Recently, Jessica Biel has acted in many independent films such as Bleeding Heart (2015) The Book of Love (2016), and A Kind of Murder (2016), as she also dabbled in production. She produces and plays in particular in the Mystery Drama television series on the USA network entitled Le pecheur.
Net value
Jessica Biel is said to have an estimated net worth of around $18 million. The Golden Globe Award-nominated actress has made the most of her acting fortune since bursting onto the scene in 1996 as Mary Camden in 7th Heaven. She also made a good salary from the other jobs she had as a model and producer.
Jessica Biel’s Husband – Justin Timberlake and Son
In January 2007, Jessica Biel began dating award-winning singer and actor, Justin Timberlake after they first met at the 2007 Golden Globes. Like any other Hollywood romance, their relationship was full of ups and downs to because of their conflicting schedules and work that caused them to spend a lot of time away from each other. The ensuing turmoil led the callers to end their relationship for three months in 2011 before fixing things, this time for good.
Timberlake then proposed to Biel in December that year and a few months later they got married. The couple exchanged vows on October 19, 2012, in a ceremony with stars including Jimmy Fallon, Andy Samberg and Timbaland at Borgo Egnazia Resort in Fasano, Italy. Biel wore a pink Giambattista Valli wedding dress while Timberlake wore a tuxedo. Together, the couple have a son named Silas Randall Timberlake who was born in April 2015.
Height, weight and other facts
Birth name: Jessica Claire Biel
Date of birth: March 3, 1982
Place of birth: Ely, Minnesota, USA
Nationality: American
Occupation(s): Actress, singer and model
Height: 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm)
Weight: 55 kg (121 lbs)
Body measurements: 36-26-36 inches (91.5-66-91.5 cm)
Size: 9 US (39.5 EU)
Zodiac sign: Pisces