Jessica Alba 'Maxim' Cover PHOTO: 'Sin City' Star Stuns In Steamy Bikini Shoot, Gearing Up To Play Nancy Callahan Again

Jessica Alba stuns on the cover of Maxim.

The 33-year-old actress is the September cover star for the men's magazine, and she is taking us to the beach for her steamy photo shoot.

She poses against the rough backdrop of cliffs and jagged rocks in her sexy swimwear. On the cover she dons an olive green two-piece bikini with a wet white cover up draped over her. In the other images, she poses sitting on the rocky coast wearing a gold bikini bottom and a tied up black t-shirt, which is again wet.

The Sin City star is gearing up to reprise her role of Nancy Callahan in Frank Miller's latest installment of the series, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, and she tells the magazine that the journey to where she is today has been a tough one.

"I definitely feel like I've tackled something and came out the other side," the A-list actress explained. "Everything that led up to all this was worth it. I'm really comfortable in my own skin, and I'm not apologizing for myself."

As far as the standards in Hollywood, she says that the business is cutthroat.

"If you put your whole identity behind this business, it's brutal," she revealed. "It chews you up and spits you out; it spits out a lot of people."

When it comes to Sin City, everyone has his or her own vices, so what are some of Jessica's? She told E! News, "I love nachos so much! And tequila."

Catch Sin City when it hits theaters on August 22 and grab Jessica Alba's Maxim cover when it hits newsstands next month.

[Image courtesy of Maxim]