Jessica Biel will be a presenter for the 79th Academy Awards, telecast producer Laura Ziskin announced today. This will be her first appearance as an Oscar® presenter.

Biel was recently seen in Home of the Brave and The Illusionist and has a supporting role in the upcoming film Next. She will also be seen in I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry with Adam Sandler. Her film credits include Elizabethtown, Blade: Trinity, Stealth, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Rules of Attraction.

Biel will join fellow actors Ben Affleck, Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kirsten Dunst, Will Ferrell, Eva Green, Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Lopez, Tobey Maguire, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet and Reese Witherspoon as a presenter on the show.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 will be presented on Sunday, February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®.

The Oscars® will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST), beginning with a half-hour red carpet arrivals segment, The Road to the Oscars.