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CELEBRITY

OUR COVER STAR

Bad Girls On Set

In the new series, Gabrielle Union’s Syd – an undercover DEA agent who
was the sister of Detective Lieutenant Marcus Burnett (a role Martin
Lawrence made famous) and girlfriend of his partner, Mike Lowrey
(originally played by Will Smith) – is now single with an active dating life.
She’s relocated to Los Angeles from Miami and is now partnered with

the happily married Detective Nancy McKenna (played by Jessica),
who is also a stepmother of a teenage daughter with some secrets
of her own.
Jessica has been acting since she was 13 and got her
breakthrough at 18, when she was chosen by director
James Cameron to play a genetically engineered human
prototype in his futuristic TV series, Dark Angel. As well
as an impressive list of movie credits including Sin City,
Valentine’s Day, Machete and Little Fockers, Jessica found

happiness outside Hollywood, marrying entrepreneur
Cash Warren in 2008 and the couple have three
children: Daughters Honor, 10, and Haven, seven; and
son, Hayes, one.
Jessica is proud of becoming one of the growing
number of women driving TV shows. “You’ve seen two men

do this a lot in films like Bad Boys, Lethal Weapon and Men in Black as well
as lots of TV shows too,” she says. “You just don’t get to see women have
fun and do action together because we’re put in a box as the sidekick or
girlfriend so it was cool to play roles usually written for men.”

The Juggling Act
Although she looks younger than her 38 years with perfect skin and glowing
complexion, the actress and businesswoman confides that she often
struggles with juggling two careers and three children, especially after

being up all night with her seven-year-old daughter before we sat down at
a Beverly Hills hotel to chat. “She was sick last night with a hacking cough
and I had to move her upstairs as I didn’t want her to cough on the baby,”
she apologises for being more exhausted than usual. “You just try to parent

Jessica has been married to entrepreneur,
Cash Warren, since 2008 and the couple
have three beautiful children together:
Honor, Haven and Hayes.