A 1992, Alba mai shekaru 11 ta shawo kan mahaifiyarta ta kai ta gasar wasan kwaikwayo a Beverly Hills, inda babban kyautar ta kasance darussan wasan kwaikwayo kyauta. Alba ta lashe babban kyauta, kuma ta dauki darussan wasan kwaikwayo na farko. Wani wakili ya sanya hannu kan Alba watanni tara bayan haka. Farkon fitowarta a fim din wani karamin rawar ne a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na 1994 Camp Nowhere a matsayin Gail. An fara hayar ta ne na makonni biyu amma rawar da ta taka ta zama aiki na watanni biyu lokacin da daya daga cikin fitattun 'yan wasan kwaikwayo ya fita. Alba ta bayyana a cikin tallan talabijin na kasa guda biyu don Nintendo da J. C. Penney a matsayin yaro. Daga baya an nuna ta a cikin fina-finai masu zaman kansu da yawa. Ta fito a cikin talabijin a 1994 tare da rawar da ke maimaitawa a cikin abubuwa uku na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayon The World of She Never Was.
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