“There are certain things that make me relax, like writing my journal. That's the only time that I'm relaxing. It's the only time I really get to examine myself.”

American singer, actress, and fashion designer

Jessica Simpson is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. Born Jessica Ann Johnson, she began singing in church choirs as a child and signed with Columbia Records in 1997, at age seventeen. She is known for the pop music career that followed, starting with Sweet Kisses in 1999, which sold two million copies in the United States and included the top-three hit "I Wanna Love You Forever." Her later albums included Irresistible in 2001 and In This Skin in 2003, and she moved toward a more mature image as her career developed.