Jessica Ann Simpson was born in Dallas, Texas, on July 10, 1980 and was raised in the small city of Richardson. She enjoyed life, and her father Joe was a psychologist and served as youth minister in the local Baptist church.

With this backdrop, it was only common for young Jessica Simpson to take part in church activities and she sang in the church choir. Her career started at the age of twelve, she auditioned for "The Mickey Mouse Club".

When Jessica reached the last round of auditions, she froze and was unable to continue. Sadly, she did not get selected for the project. The celebrities that did make it onto the show include Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. All the same, the encounter served as an key life lesson for Jessica.

She returned to Richardson Texas and started writing and singing Christian music. Her father Joe (now her manager) booked his daughter on a concert tour, where they worked the Christian Youth Conference circuit. Jessica would perform, and then sell her home recorded album after performances. It worked. And while she was still in junior high school, Jessica was performing with esteemed gospel musical acts such as Kirk Franklin and Ce Ce Winans.

It was not only Christian music fans who enjoyed her music and performances; pop music lovers world wide were being captivated by her voice and talent. This was the support Jessica needed to begin her pop music career. News of Jessica's success reached the right executives in the music industry. Tommy Mottola of Columbia Records/Sony Music was one, and were astounded by Simpson's voice and talents.

Mottola believed she had the musical ability to attract mainstream listeners. Still, Jessica made it clear that she would only work on the project if she could keep her down to earth and wholesome identity. Mottola agreed, and her career was launched.

After signing up with the music label goliath, her debut album "Sweet Kisses" was released in 1999, yielding the singles "I Wanna Love You Forever" and "I Think I'm In Love With You." She then began a concert tour across the nation where she showed audiences what the Jessica Simpson rage was all about.

She joined boy band "98 Degrees" on their concert tour where she quickly fell in love with one of its members, Nick Lachey. The pairs hot romance only helped jumpstart the release of their duet single, "Where You Are," off the "Sweet Kisses" album.

In June 2001, her second album "Irresistible" was released. The title track was a huge hit and got as high as third place on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. Her third album "In This Skin" was released in August 2003. However, Jessica Simpson's life was about to take a radical turn.

After a short separation, Jessica and Nick ultimately got married in October 2002 and the celebrity wedding was rejoiced in tabloid magazines everywhere. As a result, MTV offered the couple a reality show based on their everyday life as a couple, much like The Osbournes.

The deal was finalized, and August 2003 marked the debut of "Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica". While the show over powered Simpson's new album, the show became an smash hit and it was picked up for a second and third season.

Since the world seemed to want more of their silly activities, the couple was offered a television variety special suggestive of "The Sonny and Cher Show."

About the time of her marriage to Nick, Jessica appeared in three episodes of "That '70s Show" (between 2002 and 2003) as Kelso's (Ashton Kutcher) romantic love interest. She also appeared on "The Twilight Zone" in 2002, which paved the way for her 2005 big screen debut playing sexy "Daisy Dukes" in the film version of "The Dukes of Hazzard" costarring Johnny Knoxville and Seann William Scott. The movie was combined with the release of Jessica's remake of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walking." During 2006 she was hired to appear in Dane Cook's side-splitting movie "Employee of the Month".

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