Line #17 Music/JessicaSimpson


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:Jessica Simpson in deep thought?]]
3	->''"I'm 23, that's almost 25, and that's almost mid-twenties."''
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5	[[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere Is this a description or is it fish?]]
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7	Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980 in Abilene, Texas) is an American singer, actress, fashion designer, and television personality (1999-present). Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several TV shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and beauty products, and designed fragrances, shoes, and handbags for women. She has devoted time to philanthropic efforts including Operation Smile and a USO-hosted tour for troops stationed overseas. She started the Jessica Simpson Collection in 2005.
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9	Much like Music/BritneySpears and Music/ChristinaAguilera, Simpson was linked with ''Series/TheMickeyMouseClub'' revival (though unlike them she failed the audition) and like them she [[DyeHard went blonde]] and launched her career as a bubblegum pop star. While she enjoyed a reasonably successful career in the late '90s and early '00s, Simpson never reached the fame or sales of Spears or Aguilera.
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11	What ''did'' make her a household name was not her music -- at least not directly -- but the 2003 reality series ''Series/NewlywedsNickAndJessica'' which depicted her married life with then-husband Nick Lachey (member of BoyBand 98 Degrees.) The show displayed Simpson's [[TheDitz unconventional]] view of the world ("[[BluntMetaphorsTrauma Is this chicken]] I'm eating or is it fish?") and transformed her image from a lovable [[FollowTheLeader Britney clone]] to a lovable walking, talking DumbBlonde Joke. A ''famous'' DumbBlonde Joke.
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13	After the end of ''Newlyweds'' (and her marriage to Lachey) in 2005, Simpson continued to alternate between her singing career and acting in films like ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard'' for several years. Since 2010, she has mostly focused her creative output on a mega successful clothing line, the Jessica Simpson collection, which is notable in that it is designed for women of all sizes, as opposed to runway models.
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15	She is currently married to former football player Eric Johnson. The couple have 2 daughters, Maxwell Drew (2012) and Birdie Mae (2019), and son, Ace Knute (2013). Her younger sister, Music/AshleeSimpson, is also an actress and pop singer.
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17	!!Discography
18	!!!'''Studio Albums'''
19	* ''Sweet Kisses'' (1999)
20	* ''[[HotterAndSexier Irresistible]]'' (2001)
21	* ''[[LighterAndSofter In This Skin]]'' (2003)
22	* ''A Public Affair'' (2006)
23	* ''Do You Know'' (2008)
24	!!!'''Themed Albums/EP's'''
25	* ''This is The Remix'' {remix EP} (2002)
26	* ''Rejoyce: The Christmas Album'' (2004)
27	* ''Happy Christmas'' {Second Christmas Album} (2010)
28	* ''Playlist: The Very Best of'' {Compilation} (2010)
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30	!!'''Headlining Concert Tours'''
31	* Dream Chaser (2001)
32	* Reality (2004)
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34	!!Filmography
35	* ''Series/That70sShow'' (2002-03) - Annette (3 episodes)
36	* ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone2002 The Twilight Zone]]'' (2003) - Miranda Evans (episode "The Collection")
37	* ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard'' (2005) - Daisy Duke
38	* ''Film/{{Employee of the Month\|2006}}'' (2006) - Amy Renfro
39	* ''Blonde Ambition'' (2007) - Katie Gregerstitch
40	* ''Film/TheLoveGuru'' (2008) - Herself
41	* ''Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous'' (2008) - Private Megan Valentine
42	* ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (2010) - Herself (episode "Bottoms Up")
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45	!!This singer, actress, and television personality provides examples of:
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47	* {{Aesop}}: "Fly"'s Aesop is that it's better to loves and lost then to have never loved at all.
48	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: In the Creator/VH1 documentary ''Driven,'' some of the people closest to her mentioned getting a little frustrated that [[Music/BritneySpears Britney]] and [[Music/ChristinaAguilera Christina]] were more successful than her. Britney and Christina passed the audition for ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' when she didn't, and years later "...Baby One More Time" and "Genie In A Bottle" were released before "I Wanna Love You Forever."
49	* BrainlessBeauty / DumbBlonde: Her persona on ''Series/NewlywedsNickAndJessica''. Her actual intellectual capacity is debatable, but it's generally agreed that there was ''some'' intentional exaggeration when she saw the ratings boost. Given how successful her business ventures have been since divorcing Lachey, she's either ObfuscatingStupidity, a GeniusDitz, or at the very least is very, very good at picking skilled and honest business managers which still shows a notable degree of intelligence on her part.
50	%%* BreakUpSong: "Back To You" is one example.
51	* CarefulWithThatAxe: This, combined with MelismaticVocals. Jessica Simpson is a great belter, and often times belts out notes for ''seconds'' at time.
52	%%* ChristianRock: Pre-mainstream success.
53	* ChristmasSongs: Two Christmas albums to date.
54	* CountryMusic: The genre she chose for a comeback attempt. Didn't quite turn out like she figured.
55	* CoverVersion: [[Music/RobbieWilliams "Angels"]] and [[Film/TopGun "Take My Breath Away"]] on ''In This Skin'', and "Let Him Fly" on ''A Public Affair''. Plus "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" for ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard'', where Jessica even [[TheCoverChangesTheMeaning changed the lyrics]] to they'd seem to be sung by Daisy Duke.
56	* TheDitz: At times especially in the reality show ''Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica'' .
57	%%* FollowYourHeart: In This Skin the song is this.
58	%%* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth
59	* FanGirl: Mentioned in Newlyweds how she was a big supporter of Louis Vuitton.
60	* ForbiddenFruit: Has a song called this, about this very same concept.
61	* {{Gasshole}}: Told about her truck-driver belch: "You burp as much as Drew (Nick's brother) farts!"
62	* GirlyGirl: Simply in relation to her sister.
63	%%* GreenEyedMonster: Mentioned in "Betcha She Don't Love You".
64	* HiddenDepths: Those who haven't heard early songs like "I Think I'm in Love" and especially "I Wanna Love You Forever" and know her more as a celebrity may be shocked how well she could sing, at least in her early years. She began her career being compared with 90s divas like Music/CelineDion and Music/MariahCarey.
65	* HotterAndSexier: "Irresistible" was supposed to be this.
66	%%* IncrediblyLongNote: ''My Way Home''
67	* IntercourseWithYou: Of course a big feature of her "In This Skin" album, but also implied in many tracks in "Irresistible" like the title track in and "Forever In Your Eyes"
68	* LighterAndSofter: "In This Skin" is this to "Irresistible."
69	* LoveMakesYouDumb: Reportedly had to pay Nick Lachey $12 million dollars in their divorce as she didn't sign a pre-nuptial agreement. In 2015 she called her marriage to Lachey her "biggest financial mistake".
70	* MsFanservice: She had no qualms to emphasize her looks and curves. Greatest case is the video for "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", which culminates in a FanserviceCarWash of the General Lee.
71	* NewSoundAlbum: ''Do You Know'' was a CountryMusic album.
72	* PlayingHardToGet: Defied in "Irresistible" she outright says she's expected to reject a guy to make him try to get her, but she refuses to.
73	* PreachersKid: Used to sing in a church choir.
74	* PrettyInMink: Has worn some furs in appearances and in specials, such as an ermine wrap during the Nick and Jessica Christmas special.
75	* {{Sampling}}: "I Think I'm In Love" samples the chorus of "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp.
76	* SelfDeprecation:
77	** She's willing to poke fun at her own ditziness. When she hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', she did a mock ad for "Tuna of the Dirt Brand Chicken" that gradually turned into more and more of a MindScrew.
78	** The music video of "With You" was released while ''Newlyweds'' was still airing and included self-effacing in-jokes from the show: This included disastrous attempts at house-cleaning, as well as shots of her wearing a couple {{Fun T Shirt}}s based off quotes from the show, and eating canned tuna and later buffalo wings (the latter being a reference to her asking what part of the buffalo the wing comes from).
79	* SexGoddess: Musician John Mayer once referred to her as 'sexual napalm' during an interview (they dated for almost a year when she was between marriages). When asked about it, Jessica replied, "It's... flattering. I guess?" in such a way that it was fairly clear she was trying to find some kind of positive from the comment.
80	%%* SillyLoveSongs: In This Skin is this concept.
81	* StageMom: In a gender-flipped case, she was managed by her father, Joe Simpson.
82	* VocalEvolution: She used to have a rather clear, fresh voice and technique, but between Irresistible and In This Skin something happened and she started to use a strange breathless technique, on her most vocally challenging album.
83	%%* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Rejoyce''.

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