Facts about Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel Biography
Jessica Biel was a teen model before becoming a TV star in 1996 as minister’s daughter Mary Camden on WB’s family drama 7th Heaven.
She made a further splash as the strong-willed granddaughter in the 1997 feature film Ulee’s Gold (starring Peter Fonda). A tall brunette with a made-for-beachwear body, she was named one of People magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” in 1999, and continued making movies between seasons of 7th Heaven.
After a slow start with The Rules of Attraction (2002) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Biel landed higher profile roles in Blade: Trinity (2004, starring Wesley Snipes), Stealth (2005, with Jamie Foxx), Elizabethtown (2005, with Kirsten Dunst and The Illusionist (2006, with Paul Giamatti).
She also played Adam Sandler‘s unwitting love interest in the 2007 comedy I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and in the same era made waves for her on-again, off-again romance with musical heartthrob Justin Timberlake. (She married Timberlake in Italy on October 22, 2012.)
Jessica Biel’s other screen appearances include New Year’s Eve (2011), the sci-fi remake Total Recall (2012), Hitchcock (2012, as Vera Miles) and Bleeding Heart (2015).
Behind the scenes, Biel has been a busy executive producer of several television productions, including ones she starred in, Limetown (2019) and The Sinner (2017-21).
Extra credit
Jessica Biel’s name rhymes with reel… Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake had their first child, a son named Silas Randall Timberlake, in April of 2015…Her stint as a full-time regular on 7th Heaven ended in 2001, but she continued to make occasional appearances on the show in later seasons.