Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Catherine Louisa (nee Jensen) and Mark David Alba. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English, and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were both the children of Mexican immigrants. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano.

Alba expressed an interest in acting from the age of five. In 1992, the 11-year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, where the grand prize was free acting classes. Alba won the grand prize, and took her first acting lessons. An agent signed Alba nine months later. Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job when one of the prominent actresses dropped out.  Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J. C. Penney as a child. She was later featured in several independent films. She branched out into television in 1994 with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the Nickelodeon comedy series The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the television series Flipper. Under the tutelage of her lifeguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI-certified scuba diver, skills which were put to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia.  In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of the Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, and as Layla in an episode of Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 1999, she appeared in the Randy Quaid comedy feature P.U.N.K.S.. After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet. Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school clique in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy-horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa.  Her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002. Alba earned critical acclaim for her role in the show, receiving a Golden Globe nomination as well as the Teen Choice Award for "Choice Actress" and Saturn Award for Best Actress.  Alba's film roles have included playing an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey, and an exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City, for which she received an MTV Movie Award for "Sexiest Performance." Alba portrayed the Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, in Fantastic Four and its sequel. She also starred in Into the Blue (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and Awake (2007).  Alba hosted the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission: Impossible III, and The Da Vinci Code. In February 2008, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba has been represented by Brad Cafarelli.  Also in 2008, Alba made her acting transition to the horror-film genre in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. The film was released on February 1, 2008. Though the film was not well received by critics, Alba's performance itself received mixed reviews. She won a Teen Choice for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller  and a Razzie Award for Worst Actress-nomination. Later in 2008, Alba starred alongside Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake in The Love Guru.  In 2010, Alba starred in five films. She signed on to star as the lead role in An Invisible Sign of My Own in late 2008'. The movie was filmed in 2008, premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival, and was later released to theaters in May 2011. She also played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute in The Killer Inside Me, a film adaption of the book of the same name which co-starred Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film of the year was the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall. She portrayed Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend, Morley Clarkson, in the ensemble film that included Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Garner, among others. Later that year, she appeared in the action film Machete, and in Little Fockers, reuniting with Robert De Niro who was also in Machete.  In 2011, Alba appeared in the film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World.  In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company, a collection of household goods, diapers, and body care products. The company was valued at $1 billion as of 2014. In 2015, it was estimated that Alba owned 15 to 20 percent of the company. In March 2012, Alba announced that she would be releasing a book, The Honest Life, based on her experiences creating a natural, non-toxic life for her family. The book was published in early 2013 by Rodale and later became a New York Times Best Seller.  Alba's 2013 film projects included comedy A.C.O.D. and animated film Escape from Planet Earth. Alba reprised her roles, Santana in Machete's sequel Machete Kills, and Nancy Callahan in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the sequel to 2005's Sin City. Filming for the Sin City sequel started in October 2012 and the film was released in August 2014.  In October 2015, Alba launched a collection of skin care and beauty products called Honest Beauty. CANNOTANSWER

Answer the following question by taking a quote from the article: what did she do in 2012?
In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company,
Alba föddes i Pomona i Kalifornien till Catherine Louisa (nee Jensen) och Mark David Alba. Hennes mor har danska, walesiska, tyska, engelska och franska anor, medan hennes farföräldrar, som föddes i Kalifornien, båda var barn till mexikanska invandrare. Hon har en yngre bror, Joshua. Hennes tredje kusin, en gång borttagen, är författaren Gustavo Arellano. Alba uttryckte ett intresse för att agera från fem års ålder. 1992 övertalade den 11-åriga Alba sin mor att ta henne till en skådespelartävling i Beverly Hills, där det stora priset var fria skådespelarklasser. Alba vann det stora priset, och tog sina första skådespelarlektioner. En agent skrev på för Alba nio månader senare. Hennes första framträdande på film var en liten roll i 1994 års spelfilm Camp Nowhere som Gail. Hon anställdes ursprungligen i två veckor men hennes roll förvandlades till ett två månader långt jobb då en av de framstående skådespelerskorna hoppade av. Alba medverkade i två nationella TV-reklamfilmer för Nintendo och J. C. Penney som barn. Hon medverkade senare i flera independentfilmer. Hon förgrenade sig 1994 till TV med en återkommande roll som den fåfänga Jessica i tre avsnitt av komediserien Nickelodeon The Secret World of Alex Mack. Hon framförde sedan rollen som Maya i de två första säsongerna av TV-serien Flipper. Under ledning av sin livvaktsmor lärde sig Alba att simma innan hon hann gå, och hon var en PADI-certifierad dykare, färdigheter som kom till användning på showen, som filmades i Australien. 1998 medverkade hon som Melissa Hauer i ett förstasäsongsavsnitt av Steven Bochco kriminal-drama Brooklyn South, som Leanne i två avsnitt av Beverly Hills, 90210, och som Layla i ett avsnitt av Love Boat: The Next Wave. År 1999 medverkade hon i komedin Randy Quaid feature P.U.N.K.S. Efter att Alba gått ut high school studerade hon skådespeleri med William H. Macy och hans fru, Felicity Huffman, vid Atlantic Theater Company, som utvecklades av Macy och Pulitzerprisbelönade dramatiker och filmregissör, David Mamet. Alba steg till större bemärkthet i Hollywood 1999 efter att ha framträtt som medlem i en snobbig high school-klick i den Drew Barrymore romantiska komedin Never Been Kissed, och som den kvinnliga huvudrollen i 1999 års komedi-skräckfilm Idle Hands, mittemot Devon Sawa. Hennes stora genombrott kom när skribenten/regissören James Cameron plockade Alba från en pool på 1 200 kandidater för rollen som den genetiskt konstruerade supersoldaten, Max Guevara, på Fox sci-fi TV-serien Dark Angel. Samskapad av Cameron, serien hade Alba i huvudrollen, och körde i två säsonger fram till 2002. Alba fick ett kritiskt erkännande för sin roll i showen, och fick en Golden Globe-nominering samt Teen Choice Award för "Choice Actress" och Saturn Award för bästa skådespelerska. Albas filmroller har inkluderat att spela en aspirerande dansare-koreograf i Honey, och en exotisk dansare Nancy Callahan i Sin City, för vilken hon fick en MTV Movie Award för "Sexiest Performance." Alba porträtterade Marvel Comics-karaktären Sue Storm, den osynliga kvinnan, i Fantastic Four och dess uppföljare. Hon hade även huvudrollen i Into the Blue (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007) och Vakna (2007). Alba var värd för MTV Movie Awards 2006 och utförde sketcher som spoofade filmerna King Kong, Mission: Impossible III, och The Da Vinci Code. I februari 2008 var hon värd för Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba har representerats av Brad Cafarelli. Även 2008 gjorde Alba sin skådespelarövergång till skräckfilmsgenren i The Eye, en nyinspelning av Hongkong-originalet. Filmen släpptes den 1 februari 2008. Även om filmen inte mottogs väl av kritiker fick Albas uppträdande i sig blandade recensioner. Hon vann en Teen Choice för Choice Movie Skådespelerska: Skräck/Thriller och en Razzie Award för Värsta skådespelerska-nominering. Senare under 2008 hade Alba huvudrollen vid sidan av Mike Myers och Justin Timberlake i The Love Guru. 2010 hade Alba huvudrollen i fem filmer. Hon skrev på för att bli stjärna som huvudrollen i Ett osynligt tecken på mitt eget i slutet av 2008". Filmen spelades in 2008, hade premiär på Hamptons International Film Festival, och släpptes senare på teatrar i maj 2011. Hon spelade även Joyce Lakeland, en prostituerad i The Killer Inside Me, en filmadaption av boken med samma namn som medregerade Kate Hudson och Casey Affleck. Filmen hade premiär på Sundance Film Festival. Hennes andra film av året var den romantiska komedin Alla hjärtans dag, regisserad av Garry Marshall. Hon porträtterade Ashton Kutchers flickvän, Morley Clarkson, i ensemblefilmen som inkluderade bland andra Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, och Jennifer Garner. Senare samma år medverkade hon i actionfilmen Machete, och i Little Fockers, som återförenades med Robert De Niro som också var med i Machete. 2011 medverkade Alba i filmen Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. I januari 2012 lanserade Alba och affärspartnern Christopher Gavigan The Honest Company, en samling hushållsvaror, blöjor och kroppsvårdsprodukter. Företaget värderades till 1 miljard dollar per 2014. 2015 beräknades att Alba ägde 15 till 20 procent av företaget. I mars 2012 meddelade Alba att hon skulle släppa en bok, Det ärliga livet, baserad på sina erfarenheter som skapade ett naturligt, giftfritt liv för hennes familj. Boken gavs ut i början av 2013 av Rodale och blev senare en New York Times Best Seller. Albas filmprojekt från 2013 inkluderade komedin A.C.O.D. och animerad film Flykten från planeten jorden. Alba repriserade sina roller, Santana i Machetes uppföljare Machete Kills, och Nancy Callahan i Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, uppföljaren till 2005 års Sin City. Filminspelningen för Sin City-uppföljaren startade i oktober 2012 och filmen släpptes i augusti 2014. I oktober 2015 lanserade Alba en kollektion av hudvårds- och skönhetsprodukter som heter Honest Beauty. CANNOTANSWER Svara på följande fråga genom att citera artikeln: Vad gjorde hon 2012?
Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Catherine Louisa (nee Jensen) and Mark David Alba. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English and French ancestry, while her grandparents, who were born in California, were both children of Mexican immigrants. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is the writer Gustavo Arellano. Alba expressed an interest in acting from the age of five. In 1992, the 11-year-old Alba persuaded her mother to take her to an acting competition in Beverly Hills, where the grand prize was free acting classes. Alba won the grand prize, taking her first acting lessons. An agent signed for Alba nine months later. Her first appearance on film was a small role in the 1994 feature film Camp Nowhere as Gail. She was originally hired for two weeks but her role turned into a two-month job when one of the prominent actresses dropped out. Alba appeared in two national television commercials for Nintendo and J. C. Penney as a child. She later appeared in several independent films. She branched out in 1994 to television with a recurring role as the vain Jessica in three episodes of the comedy series Nickelodeon The Secret World of Alex Mack. She then performed the role of Maya in the first two seasons of the Flipper television series. Under the guidance of her bodyguard mother, Alba learned to swim before she could walk, and she was a PADI certified diver, skills that came to use on the show, which was filmed in Australia. In 1998, she appeared as Melissa Hauer in a first-season episode of Steven Bochco crime-drama Brooklyn South, as Leanne in two episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210, and as Layla in an episode of Love Boat: The Next Wave. In 1999, she appeared in the comedy Randy Quaid feature P.U.N.K.S. After Alba graduated from high school, she studied acting with William H. Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman, at the Atlantic Theater Company, which was developed by Macy and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and film director, David Mamet. Alba rose to greater prominence in Hollywood in 1999 after appearing as a member of a snobby high school click in the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, and as the female lead in the 1999 comedy horror film Idle Hands, opposite Devon Sawa. Her major breakthrough came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically engineered supersoldier, Max Guevara, on the Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002. Alba received critical acclaim for her role in the show, and received a Golden Globe nomination as well as the Teen Choice Award for "Choice Actress" and the Saturn Award for Best Actress. Alba's film roles have included playing an aspiring dancer choreographer in Honey, and an exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City, for whom she received an MTV Movie Award for "Sexiest Performance." Alba portrayed Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the invisible woman, in Fantastic Four and its sequel. She also starred in Into the Blue (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and Awake (2007). Alba hosted the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches that spoofed the films King Kong, Mission: Impossible III, and The Da Vinci Code. In February 2008, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba has been represented by Brad Caparelli. Also in 2008, Alba made her acting transition to the horror film genre in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. The film was released on February 1, 2008. Although the film was not well received by critics, Alba's performance itself received mixed reviews. She won a Teen Choice for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller and a Razzie Award for Worst Actress nomination. Later in 2008, Alba starred alongside Mike Myers and Justin Timberlake in The Love Guru. In 2010, Alba starred in five films. She signed to become a star as the lead in An Invisible Sign of My Own in late 2008". The film was shot in 2008, premiered at the Hamptons International Film Festival, and was later released in theaters in May 2011. She also played Joyce Lakeland, a prostitute in The Killer Inside Me, a film adaptation of the book of the same name as co-directed Kate Hudson and Casey Affleck. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second film of the year was the romantic comedy Valentine's Day, directed by Garry Marshall. She portrayed Ashton Kutcher's girlfriend, Morley Clarkson, in the ensemble film which included Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Garner. Later that year, she appeared in the action film Machete, and in Little Fockers, which reunited with Robert De Niro who was also in Machete. In 2011, Alba appeared in the film Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company, a collection of household goods, diapers and body care products. The company was valued at $1 billion as of 2014. In 2015, it was estimated that Alba owned 15 to 20 percent of the company. In March 2012, Alba announced that she would release a book, The Honest Life, based on her experiences that created a natural, non-toxic life for her family. The book was published in early 2013 by Rodale and later became a New York Times Best Seller. Alba's 2013 film project included the comedy A.C.O.D. and animated film Escape from Planet Earth. Alba reprised her roles, Santana in Machete's sequel Machete Kills, and Nancy Callahan in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, the sequel to 2005's Sin City. Filming for the Sin City sequel started in October 2012 and the film was released in August 2014. In October 2015, Alba launched a collection of skin care and beauty products called Honest Beauty. CANNOTANSWER Answer the following question by quoting the article: What did she do in 2012?
I januari 2012 lanserade Alba och affärspartnern Christopher Gavigan The Honest Company,
In January 2012, Alba and business partner Christopher Gavigan launched The Honest Company,