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My Take
What interests me about Jessica Biel is the discipline behind the career. She carried a network family drama through her entire adolescence, earned a Young Artist Award for Ulee's Gold early on, and still made room for Tufts — a choice that signals someone planning for the long game rather than the next opening weekend. Her steady run of festival honors suggests a performer who values craft over noise. Coming from a tiny Minnesota town to a decades-long Hollywood career without a public unraveling is rarer than any single great role. I respect the steadiness; in this industry, it is practically an art form of its own.
Overview
Jessica Claire Timberlake (née Biel ; born March 3, 1982) is an American actress. Biel began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series 7th Heaven (1996–2007). In 1997, Biel won the Young Artist Award for her role in the drama film Ulee's Gold.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jessica Biel
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェシカ・ビール
- Reading
- じぇしか・びーる
- Born
- March 3, 1982 (age 44)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Ely, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 160 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / voice actor / model / television actor / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Fairview High School
- University
- Tufts University
Awards & achievements
- 1998 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger
- 2005 Cinema United
- 2006 Newport Beach Film Festival
- 2007 Palm Springs International Film Festival
- 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival
- 2015 Glisten
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.