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Her film career blossomed when she played a turn-of-the-Century duchess in the period mystery drama, The Illusionist, co-starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti. The movie received mostly positive reviews, and was a turning point for Jessica Biel , who had previously played more contemporary roles. Jessica Biel was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and won an Achievement Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival for her performance.

Meanwhile, after a 3 year absence, Jessica Biel surprised fans by returning for the what was the be the series finale of 7th Heaven. The episode had already been shot, but producer and creator Brenda Hampton was determined to have Jessica Biel featured in the episode, so Jessica Biel agreed to film her scenes during a break from filming her upcoming movie Next. The show, however, was unexpectedly renewed at the last minute by The CW. Jessica Biel has made no appearances since then, stating she is more interested in focusing on her movie career.

She next played an Iraq war veteran in Home of the Brave, a drama about soldiers struggling to adjust back into society after facing the hardships of war. Jessica Biel 's performance was well-received, but the movie was a commercial failure, after being pulled from theaters twice, it eventually went straight to DVD in late 2007.

She started off 2007 being invited to present at both the Golden Globe Awards (she also announced the nominations along with Rosario Dawson and Matthew Perry), and the Oscars. Jessica Biel and Home of the Brave co-star Samuel L. Jackson were nominated for Prism Awards for their performances. Jessica Biel also produced and starred in a short film titled Hole in the Paper Sky, which is currently showing at film festivals around the country.

Her first movie of 2007 was Next, a sci-fi thriller, playing alongside Nicolas Cage and Julianne Moore. Jessica Biel then played in the summer comedy, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry co-starring opposite Adam Sandler and Kevin James. Like her earlier film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Chuck and Larry received mixed reviews but went straight to number 1 at the box-office.

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In late 2007, Jessica Biel signed on for her most grittiest role to date, as a stripper, in the yet to be released Powder Blue. Jessica Biel will be playing alongside Forest Whitaker, who also produced the film, Ray Liotta, and Patrick Swayze.

At the start of 2008, Jessica Biel flew to England to shoot Easy Virtue, an adaptation of the play by Noel Coward. Like the play, the movie is set in the 1920s and Jessica Biel plays divorcee Larita, who marries John Whittaker on the spur-of-the-moment in France, but must face her disapproving in-laws when they return to England. The film is due to be released in 2009.

In April, she began working on the political satire Nailed, with Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie centers around a woman who accidentally gets a nail lodged in her head causing her to become a nymphomaniac. Filming finally wrapped in late June after several production shut downs, and is also due to be released in 2009.

She has a few other movies in the pipeline, including the animated sci-fi Planet 51, to which Jessica Biel is lending her voice. Jessica Biel is also co-producing and starring in Die a Little, a contemporary adaptation of the novel by Megan Abbott. A start date for filming has not yet been set.