United Kingdom, Oct. 9 -- Jessica Biel was shocked by the length of her movie hiatus.

The 44-year-old actress has ended a nine-year acting hiatus by starring in Matchbox the Movie, the new action-comedy film, and Jessica admits that she never imagined taking such a long break from the industry.

Jessica - who has Silas, 11, and Phineas, six, with husband Justin Timberlake - told People: "That's weird to me.

"I didn't even know it was a return ... I feel like I've been constantly creative, but technically it's been on television. I'm not actually in film. So it's just, it was really interesting when someone said that to me. It kind of blew my mind."

Jessica filmed a number of high-speed performance driving scenes for Matchbox the Movie,...