United Kingdom, April 15 -- Jessica Biel still feels embarrassed by her '7th Heaven' audition.

The 43-year-old actress portrayed Mary Camden, an aspiring professional basketball player, in The WB drama series from 1996 to 2007, and she thought it would be a good idea to demonstrate the character's love of the sport by pretending to spin a ball on her finger during her try-out.

Jessica - who was 13 when she got the job - explained on a recent episode of the 'Catching Up With the Camdens' podcast - which is hosted by three of her on-screen siblings Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher and Mackenzie Rosman: "The Mary character was spinning a basketball on her finger.

"So I did that in the audition without a basketball.

"What a choice. Like...