The film premiered in September 2008 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Like the play, the film is set in the 1920s and Biel plays young widow Larita, who impulsively marries John Whittaker in France and must face her disapproving in-laws on returning to England. In late 2007, Biel signed on to play a stripper in Powder Blue, alongside Forest Whitaker (who also produced the film), Ray Liotta and Patrick Swayze.Īt the start of 2008, Biel shot Easy Virtue, an adaptation of the play by Noël Coward. She then played in the summer comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, co-starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James. In Next, Biel played alongside Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore. She then played the title character in the indie film London.īiel's film career blossomed when she played a turn-of-the-century duchess in the period piece The Illusionist, co-starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti.īiel played an Iraq War veteran in the 2006 film Home of the Brave, a drama about soldiers struggling to readjust to society after facing the hardships of war. Almost immediately after finishing it in 2004, she headed to Australia to shoot the action-thriller Stealth.īiel also made a cameo appearance in the 2004 film Cellular.īiel was cast in the role of Ellen Kishmore in the romantic comedy Elizabethtown. In 2003, Biel began work on the third installment of the Blade film series, Blade: Trinity. The film met with negative reviews but it was a commercial success, scoring the number-one spot in its opening week and going on to earn more than $80 million in the U.S. The next year, she starred as promiscuous college student Lara in the ensemble film The Rules of Attraction, an adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel.īiel was cast in her first top-billing role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. in the baseball-themed film Summer Catch. In 2001, Biel played the love interest of Freddie Prinze, Jr. Producers of 7th Heaven were outraged, and brought legal action against Gear. When she posed topless in the March 2000 issue of Gear magazine, Biel sparked considerable controversy, as she was still under 18 at the time of the shoot. In spring 1998, during a break from filming 7th Heaven, she starred in I'll Be Home for Christmas, playing the love interest of Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Her performance earned her a Young Artist Award. At fourteen, after auditioning for several television pilots, Biel was cast as Mary Camden, the second oldest child in the family drama 7th Heaven.īiel landed her first feature film role as Peter Fonda's granddaughter in the critically acclaimed drama Ulee's Gold, released in 1997. She began modeling for print advertisements, and appeared in commercials for products such as Dulux Paint and Pringles.īiel also played the character Regrettal, a lead role in a low-budget musical short titled It's a Digital World. Biel auditioned for the a cappella choir the Tufts Amalgamates, but was not accepted.Īt twelve, Biel attended The International Modeling and Talent Association conference in Los Angeles where she was discovered and signed by a talent agency. From 2000 to 2002, she attended Tufts University.īiel 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's family moved frequently during her childhood, living in Texas, Connecticut, and Woodstock, Illinois, before finally settling in Boulder, Colorado. She is of German, French, English, and Choctaw ancestry and has a younger brother, Justin, born in 1985. Her father, Jonathan Biel, worked for GE and was also an entrepreneur and business consultant. Her mother, Kimberly (née Conroe), is a homemaker and spiritual healer. Jessica Claire Biel was born in Ely, Minnesota.
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