Jessica Alba might be a glamorous actress living a rich, jet-set lifestyle now. But British newspaper The Daily Mail reveals life was not always so straightforward for the beauty.

“My dad made $14,000 a year working in the air force; he now works as an estate agent. My mum worked at a youth center, a clothing store and at McDonald’s,” Jessica revealed. “For a long time we lived on air force bases in government housing, then when I was nine we moved to Los Angeles into my grandparents house.

We have updated the photo gallery with new pictures from Jessica Alba’s Rome photocall on Friday. There are 47 new HQ images of the gorgeous actress in Italy promoting her new movie Fantastic Four 2:

Click here to go to the Rome photocall gallery!