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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

5.904

Four Rooms
1995-12-09

6.491

Flashdance
1983-04-14

5.572

The Grudge 2
2006-10-12

5.577

Catch That Kid
2004-02-06

The Book of Eli

6.805

The Book of Eli
2010-01-14

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

5.851

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

4.4

Militia
2000-10-17

5.951

Vampire's Kiss
1989-06-02

Devil in a Blue Dress

6.463

Devil in a Blue Dress
1995-09-29

7.323

Caro diario
1993-11-12

The Prophecy II

6.022

The Prophecy II
1998-01-20

The Anniversary Party

5.643

The Anniversary Party
2001-06-09

The Thief and the Cobbler

7.143

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

4.818

Dr. M
1990-05-24

5.393

The Bride
1985-08-16

Troubled Waters

3.671

Troubled Waters
2006-12-21

6.622

Queen to Play
2009-08-05

5.519

13 Moons
2002-08-30

Desolation Sound

4.727

Desolation Sound
2005-06-27

The Last Days of Disco

6.285

The Last Days of Disco
1998-05-29

6.715

In the Soup
1992-10-23

Feast of All Saints

4.792

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

5.096

Split Decisions
1988-06-11

Blood and Concrete

5.661

Blood and Concrete
1991-09-13

Wishful Thinking

5.087

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

4.313

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

4.545

Cinemanovels
2013-09-06

3.611

Break a Leg
2005-04-21

5.5

Indecency
1992-09-16

The Madonna and the Dragon

6.667

The Madonna and the Dragon
1990-09-01

6.9

Runaway Jury
2003-10-17

3.4

The Gamble
1988-10-28

The Twilight of the Golds

5.543

The Twilight of the Golds
1996-10-10

Manhattan Night

5.921

Manhattan Night
2016-05-20

7.21

Full Out
2015-09-11

A Wife's Nightmare

6.341

A Wife's Nightmare
2014-12-27

8

Out of Line
2001-11-20

5.444

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

6.967

Before I Fall
2017-03-02

6.6

A Fuller Life
2013-08-28

6.667

Cinderella
1985-08-14

5.6

Without Malice
2000-01-01

The White Orchid

5.714

The White Orchid
2018-02-01

7.104

After
2019-04-11

5.25

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!

6.9

That's Dancing!
1985-01-18

Luckiest Girl Alive

6.509

Luckiest Girl Alive
2022-09-30

6.358

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

That's Dancing!

6.9

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

7.3

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.967

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

8.15

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

7.878

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

2000 Malibu Road

6.875

2000 Malibu Road
1992-08-23

Where Are They Now?

7.5

Where Are They Now?
1999-06-07

The Outer Limits

7.697

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

The Chicago Code

7.5

The Chicago Code
2011-02-07

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

6.797

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

6.4

Motive
2013-02-03

6.531

Proof
2015-06-16

The Book of Boba Fett

7.47

The Book of Boba Fett
2021-12-29

6.494

Taken
2017-02-27

7.691

Frasier
1993-09-16

6.067

The Hunger
1997-07-20

Law & Order: Organized Crime

7.894

Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021-04-01

9.5

Nothing Sacred
1997-09-18

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

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

The Night Shift

7.48

The Night Shift
2014-05-27

The L Word: Generation Q

7.63

The L Word: Generation Q
2019-12-08

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

7.409

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

7.05

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

Golden Globe Awards

7.05

Golden Globe Awards
1944-01-20

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.3

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5.288

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003-01-26

0

NCIS: New York
2026-10-06

6

The Word
1990-08-10