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Jennifer Beals
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Jennifer Beals
Homepage
http://thejenniferbeals.com
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1963-12-19,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Female
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 volunteer-ushering at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Beals graduated from the progressive Francis W. Parker School. She also was chosen to attend the elite Goodman Theatre Young People's Drama Workshop. Beals attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in American literature in 1987; she deferred a term so she could film Flashdance. While at Yale, Beals was a resident of Morse College. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Beals, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

5.923

Four Rooms
1995-12-09

6.493

Flashdance
1983-04-14

5.588

The Grudge 2
2006-10-12

5.6

Catch That Kid
2004-02-06

The Book of Eli

6.812

The Book of Eli
2010-01-14

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

5.9

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994-09-07

4.4

Militia
2000-10-17

6

Vampire's Kiss
1989-06-02

Devil in a Blue Dress

6.5

Devil in a Blue Dress
1995-09-29

7.3

Caro diario
1993-11-12

The Prophecy II

6

The Prophecy II
1998-01-20

The Anniversary Party

5.6

The Anniversary Party
2001-06-09

The Thief and the Cobbler

7.2

The Thief and the Cobbler
1993-09-23

6.1

Roger Dodger
2002-05-09

The Big Pardon 2

5.9

The Big Pardon 2
1992-12-09

4.7

Dr. M
1990-05-24

5.4

The Bride
1985-08-16

Troubled Waters

3.8

Troubled Waters
2006-12-21

6.6

Queen to Play
2009-08-05

5.5

13 Moons
2002-08-30

Desolation Sound

4.7

Desolation Sound
2005-06-27

The Last Days of Disco

6.3

The Last Days of Disco
1998-05-29

6.7

In the Soup
1992-10-23

Feast of All Saints

4.8

Feast of All Saints
2001-11-11

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

5.4

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010-11-20

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

4.5

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
1999-12-27

Split Decisions

5.1

Split Decisions
1988-06-11

Blood and Concrete

5.6

Blood and Concrete
1991-09-13

Wishful Thinking

5

Wishful Thinking
1999-07-09

A Night for Dying Tigers

5.4

A Night for Dying Tigers
2010-09-10

5.4

The Spree
1998-04-18

2.8

Body and Soul
2000-09-01

4.3

Dead on Sight
1994-10-12

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

4.8

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992-06-12

My Name Is Sarah

7.6

My Name Is Sarah
2007-05-28

4.5

Cinemanovels
2013-09-06

3.6

Break a Leg
2005-04-21

5.5

Indecency
1992-09-16

The Madonna and the Dragon

6.7

The Madonna and the Dragon
1990-09-01

6.953

Runaway Jury
2003-10-17

3.4

The Gamble
1988-10-28

The Twilight of the Golds

5.6

The Twilight of the Golds
1996-10-10

Manhattan Night

5.9

Manhattan Night
2016-05-20

7.2

Full Out
2015-09-11

A Wife's Nightmare

6.3

A Wife's Nightmare
2014-12-27

8

Out of Line
2001-11-20

5.4

Let It Be Me
1995-11-17

3.2

Night Owl
1993-08-19

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

5.4

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002-10-05

A House Divided

6.5

A House Divided
2000-07-30

6.966

Before I Fall
2017-03-02

6.6

A Fuller Life
2013-08-28

6.7

Cinderella
1985-08-14

5.6

Without Malice
2000-01-01

The White Orchid

5.8

The White Orchid
2018-02-01

7.1

After
2019-04-11

5.2

Sons
1990-01-01

4.8

Something More
2000-11-28

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

5.6

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994-11-09

That's Dancing!

6.8

That's Dancing!
1985-01-18

Luckiest Girl Alive

6.483

Luckiest Girl Alive
2022-09-30

6.4

My Bodyguard
1980-07-11

Hello Out There

0

Hello Out There
2025-10-12

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

0

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
2008-11-25

Joy Will Prevail

0

Joy Will Prevail
2026-10-21

That's Dancing!

6.8

That's Dancing!
1985-01-18

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

5.5

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018-03-01

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

6.5

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
1988-06-11

Murder in Cold Country

0

Murder in Cold Country

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.955

Castle
2009-03-09

5.9

Best Week Ever
2004-01-23

6.4

The Daily Show
1996-07-22

4.3

The View
1997-08-11

E! True Hollywood Story

8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996-08-21

7.7

The L Word
2004-01-18

Faerie Tale Theatre

8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11

7.864

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

2000 Malibu Road

6.9

2000 Malibu Road
1992-08-23

Where Are They Now?

6.7

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

The Chicago Code

7.5

The Chicago Code
2011-02-07

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.9

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005-01-03

6.5

Motive
2013-02-03

6.5

Proof
2015-06-16

The Book of Boba Fett

7.45

The Book of Boba Fett
2021-12-29

6.5

Taken
2017-02-27

7.7

Frasier
1993-09-16

6.2

The Hunger
1997-07-20

Law & Order: Organized Crime

7.939

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021-04-01

9.5

Nothing Sacred
1997-09-18

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

4.9

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

The Night Shift

7.5

The Night Shift
2014-05-27

The L Word: Generation Q

7.6

The L Word: Generation Q
2019-12-08

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.797

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

7.4

Swamp Thing
2019-05-31

Off Camera with Sam Jones

5

Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014-02-06

8

Seitenblicke
1987-10-07

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Golden Globe Awards

7

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

7.2

NCIS: New York
2026-10-06

6

The Word
1990-08-10