Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Oge: Alba gosipụtara mmasị na-eme ihe nkiri site na afọ ise. N'afọ 1992, Alba dị afọ iri na otu mere ka nne ya kpọrọ ya gaa asọmpi ịgba egwu na Beverly Hills, ebe nnukwu ihe nrite bụ nkuzi ịgba egwu n'efu. Alba meriri nnukwu ihe nrite, ma were nkuzi mbụ ya na-eme ihe. Otu onye nnọchiteanya bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ Alba ka ọnwa itoolu gasịrị. Ihe nkiri mbụ ya na fim bụ obere ọrụ na 1994 atụmatụ Camp Nowhere dị ka Gail. A goro ya ọrụ maka izu abụọ mana ọrụ ya ghọrọ ọrụ ọnwa abụọ mgbe otu n'ime ndị na-eme ihe nkiri a ma ama kwụsịrị.Alba pụtara na mgbasa ozi telivishọn mba abụọ maka Nintendo na J. C. Penney dị ka nwatakịrị. E mechara gosipụta ya n'ọtụtụ ihe nkiri nọọrọ onwe ha. Ọ malitere na telivishọn na 1994 na ọrụ na-aga n'ihu dị ka Jessica na-enweghị isi na usoro atọ nke usoro ihe nkiri Nickelodeon The Secret World of Alex Mack. O mechara rụọ ọrụ nke Maya na oge abụọ mbụ nke usoro telivishọn Flipper. N'okpuru nkuzi nke nne ya na-azọpụta ndụ, Alba mụtara igwu mmiri tupu ya enwee ike ịga ije, ọ bụkwa onye PADI-certified scuba diver, nkà ndị e tinyere na ihe ngosi ahụ, nke a na-ese na Australia. Na 1998, ọ pụtara dị ka Melissa Hauer na oge mbụ nke Steven Bochco mpụ-ihe nkiri Brooklyn South, dị ka Leanne na abụọ nke Beverly Hills, 90210, na dị ka Layla na otu nke Love Boat: The Next Wave. N'afọ 1999, ọ pụtara na ihe nkiri ọchị Randy Quaid P.U.N.K.S.. Mgbe Alba gụsịrị akwụkwọ na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, ọ mụrụ ọrụ na William H. Macy na nwunye ya, Felicity Huffman, na Atlantic Theater Company, nke Macy na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na-emeri Pulitzer, David Mamet. Alba bilitere n'ọkwá dị elu na Hollywood na 1999 mgbe ọ pụtara dị ka onye otu ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị snobby na-ata ahụhụ onye nchịkọta akụkọ na-enweghị nchebe na ihe nkiri ịhụnanya a na-akpọ Never Been Kissed, na-emegide Drew Barrymore, yana dịka nwanyị na-eduga na ihe nkiri egwu egwu a na-ahụkarị Idle Hands, n'akụkụ Devon Sawa.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị ka Alba meriri n'afọ 1992 mgbe o merisịrị n'asọmpi na-eme ihe nkiri?
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