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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Actor · Born 1963-12-19 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is known for her roles as Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 film Flashdance, and as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. She earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. She has appeared in more than 50 films. Beals was born on the South Side of Chicago, the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores. She is multiracial; her father was African American, and her mother is Irish American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory.Her father died when Beals was nine years old, and her mother married Edward Cohen in 1981. Beals has said her biracial heritage had some effect on her, as she "always lived sort of on the outside", with an idea "of being the other in society". She got her first job at age 13 at an ice cream store, using her height at the time (she is now nearly 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)), to convince her boss she was 16. Beals was inspired to become an actress by two events: doing a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof and seeing Balm in Gilead with Joan Allen while…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. After (2019) — Karen Gibson
  2. The Book of Eli (2010) — Claudia
  3. Before I Fall (2017) — Mrs. Kingston
  4. The Book of Boba Fett (2021) — Garsa Fwip
  5. Four Rooms (1995) — Angela
  6. Castle (2009) — Sophia Turner
  7. Lie to Me (2009) — Zoe Landau
  8. Flashdance (1983) — Alex Owens
  9. Runaway Jury (2003) — Vanessa Lembeck
  10. The Grudge 2 (2006) — Trish Kimble
  11. Swamp Thing (2019) — Lucilia Cable
  12. Luckiest Girl Alive (2022) — Lolo Vincent
  13. Frasier (1993) — Dr. Anne Ranberg
  14. The L Word (2004) — Bette Porter
  15. Law & Order (1990) — Sofia Archer
  16. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  17. Caro diario (1993) — Jennifer Beals
  18. Vampire's Kiss (1989) — Rachel
  19. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) — Daphne Monet
  20. Manhattan Night (2016) — Lisa Wren
  21. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  22. Full Out (2015) — Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
  23. Catch That Kid (2004) — Molly Phillips
  24. Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) — Cassandra Webb
  25. Taken (2017) — Christina Hart
  26. The Prophecy II (1998) — Valerie Rosales
  27. The Night Shift (2014) — Dr. Syd Jennings
  28. The Outer Limits (1995) — Robin Dysart
  29. The Last Days of Disco (1998) — Nina
  30. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self - Guest
  31. Roger Dodger (2002) — Sophie
  32. The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) — Princess YumYum (voice)
  33. My Bodyguard (1980) — Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
  34. The L Word: Generation Q (2019) — Bette Porter
  35. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) — Self
  36. The View (1997) — Self
  37. In the Soup (1992) — Angelica Pena
  38. The Bride (1985) — Eva
  39. Motive (2013) — Sophia Balfour
  40. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) — Self - Guest