Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, and television personality who rose to fame in the late 1990s. She has achieved seven Billboard Top 40 hits, and has three gold and two multi-platinum RIAA-certified albums. Simpson starred with her then-husband Nick Lachey in the MTV reality show Nick and Jessica. She ventured into the country music market in 2008 and released Do You Know.Early lifeSimpson was born in Abilene, Texas, the daughter of Tina and Joe