Jessica Claire
Biel ( 3 March 1982)
Ely, Minnesota, United States
Occupation Actress,
model, singer
Years active 1996–present
Partner Justin
Timberlake
(2007–present; engaged)
Jessica Claire Biel (born March 3, 1982) is an American
actress, model, and singer. Biel is known for her television role as Mary
Camden in the long-running family-drama series 7th Heaven. She has also
appeared in several Hollywood films, including Summer Catch, The Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, Stealth, The Illusionist, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, and
The A-Team, and the British movie Easy Virtue.
Jessica Claire Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota. Her mother,
Kimberly (née Conroe), is a homemaker and spiritual healer. Her father,
Jonathan Biel, worked for GE and was also an entrepreneur and business
consultant.She is of German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry
and has a younger brother, Justin, born in 1985.Biel's family moved
frequently during her childhood, living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock,
Illinois, before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. While growing up, Biel
played soccer and also trained as a gymnast. From 2000 to 2002, she
attended Tufts University.
Biel initially trained to be a vocalist, and from age nine
appeared in several musical productions in her hometown, playing lead roles in
productions such as Annie, The Sound of Music, and Beauty and the Beast.Biel auditioned for the a cappella choir the Tufts Amalgamates, but was not
accepted.
At twelve, Biel attended The International Modeling and
Talent Association conference in Los Angeles where she was discovered and
signed by a talent agency. She began modeling for print advertisements, and
appeared in commercials for products such as Dulux Paint and Pringles.
Biel also played the character Regrettal, a lead role in a
low-budget musical short titled It's a Digital World. At fourteen, after
auditioning for several television pilots, Biel was cast as Mary Camden, the
second oldest child in the family drama 7th Heaven.
Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1996–
2006 7th Heaven Mary Camden Young
Artist Award (Best Leading Actress) – 1998
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress 2002, 2003
1997 Ulee's Gold Casey Jackson Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Actress
1998 I'll Be Home
for Christmas Allie
2001 Summer Catch Tenley Parrish
2002 The Rules of
Attraction Lara Holleran
2003 The Texas
Chainsaw Massacre Erin Hardesty Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best
Breakthrough Performance
Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
2004 It's a Digital
World[citation needed] Regrettal
(voice)
2004 Cellular Chloe
2004 Blade: Trinity Abigail Whistler
2005 Stealth Lieutenant Kara Wade
2005 Elizabethtown Ellen Kishmore
2005 London London
2005 Family Guy Brooke (Voice) Episode: "Brian the Bachelor"
2006 The Illusionist
Duchess Sophie von Teschen Newport Beach Film Festival Best
Achievement Award
2006 Home of the
Brave Vanessa Price
2007 Next Liz Cooper Nominated—Teen
Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress
2007 I Now Pronounce
You Chuck and Larry Alex McDonough
2008 Hole in the
Paper Sky[citation needed] Karen
Watkins Short film, also
executive producer
2008 Easy Virtue Larita Whittaker
2009 Planet 51 Neera (voice)
2009 Powder Blue Rose-Johnny
2010 Valentine's Day
Kara Monahan Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Hissy
Fit
2010 The A-Team Capt. Charisa Sosa
2011 New Year's Eve Tess
2012 Playing the
Field Stacie
2012 The Tall Man Julia Denning
