How Jessica Alba, the Hottest Woman of the 2000s, Married an Assistant Director and Became a Happy Mother of 3
Jessica Alba won the hearts of millions of fans with such films as Good Luck Chuck, Sin City, Machete, and others. When she became famous, she wasn’t affected by her popularity. She didn’t lose the simplicity, kindness, and honesty when she was a Hollywood star. While working on a movie, she met Cash Warren, who was working as an assistant director, and she quickly realized he was the one.
We at CHEERY found out the story of Jessica’s and Cash’s relationship that is more like a fairy tale: they have been together for over 18 years, and their marriage is getting stronger with every year.
It all started with a movie. Jessica and Cash met in 2004 when they were both working on Fantastic 4. Alba played Susan Storm. She was already a popular actress, and Warren was just a production assistant. But Cash wasn’t scared of her fame and the relationship started right after they first met.
“I just knew when I met him that I was going to know him forever. It was weird; he instantly felt like family. It was so easy. I’d never felt like that with anyone. I was usually pretty self-conscious, minding my p’s and q’s. We’re kindred spirits”, — Jessica told.
In 2008, 4 years after they met, they got engaged. They didn’t make a big wedding, they quietly tied the knot in a Beverly Hills courthouse ahead of the arrival of their first child. Jessica was 9 months pregnant when they got married, “It wasn’t planned. It was literally, ’Honey, do you have anything to do this morning?’ And he was like, ’No.’ So I said, ’Should we go to the courthouse and get married?’ And he was like, ’Yeah.’” After that, they had a doctor’s appointment and a brunch.
Now, they have 3 children: 2 daughters, Honor Marie, born in June 2008, Haven Garner born in August 2011, and a son Hayes, born in December 2017. Being a mother of 3 kids of different ages is not simple, but Jessica has her raising style, “I would say in this journey of motherhood, it’s really me just trying to be good enough for them, in a way. I care about showing up for them the right way. It’s an honor that they chose me to be their mom”.
She teaches their kids the basic principles of her life: she values kindness, honesty, and respect for other people. She wants her kids to be mindful of others. Cash helps her a lot. He thinks that they are a great team, "I think we trade off good cop, bad cop. We call each other in for reinforcement.@
Jessica manages to find a balance between the roles of mom, wife, and actress, even though it’s a challenge. Her only advice is to try and not do everything at once. Her husband supports her in everything, and Alba keeps thanking him for that, “Whenever I doubt myself for a second, he’s the first one to come up and say, ’You can do this, I believe in you.’ I don’t know what I’d do without him there. And he’s so good with the kids. We’re really happy.”
Even though Jessica and Cash try not to talk about their private lives too much, years into the marriage, they still keep talking about each other on their social media. In 2019, Cash congratulated his wife on their anniversary, “11 years and 3 kids later, we’re still learning, growing, giggling and loving ... Here’s to a lifetime of pushing each other to be the best versions of ourselves and catching each other when we fall.”
In 2022, Jessica responded, “18 years of life 14 years of marriage -through thick and thin we’ve always found our way back to each other. Can’t think of anyone else I would want to share this life with. Love you, my babe.”
Jessica thinks that the secret of a long and strong relationship is communication with each other. They have a similar view of a happy relationship. Cash said, “We try to just always protect the ‘us’ time and make time for that. Sometimes when we do find ourselves being pulled in a lot of different directions we just say, ‘OK, it’s date night.’ We’ve gone on a couple in the last week. It’s been fun.”
The marriage of Jessica and Cash is an example of a trusting relationship where both of them can express themselves, feel comfortable, because they play for the same team, and can rely on each other.
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