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Jennifer Beals
Actor, ProducerBorn December 19, 1963 (61 years)
Jennifer Beals (height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)) 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.
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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.
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Filmography
| 2022 | Luckiest Girl Alive · as Lolo Vincent |
| 2021 | The Book of Boba Fett (TV Series) · as Garsa Fwip |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV Series) · as Cassandra Webb |
| 2019 | The L Word: Generation Q (TV Series) · as Bette Porter |
| 2019 | Swamp Thing (2019) (TV Series) · as Lucilia Cable |
| 2019 | After · as Karen Gibson |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Alex Owens |
| 2018 | White Orchid · as Vivian |
| 2017 | Before I Fall · as Mrs. Kingston |
| 2017 | Taken (2017) (TV Series) · as Christina Hart |
| 2016 | The Last Tycoon (TV Series) · as Margo Taft |
| 2016 | Manhattan Night · as Lisa Wren |
| 2015 | The Laws of the Universe Part 0 · as Inkar |
| 2015 | Full Out · as Valorie Kondos-Field |
| 2015 | Proof (2015) (TV Series) · as Dr. Carolyn Tyler |
| 2014 | A Wife's Nightmare · as Liz |
| 2014 | The Night Shift (TV Series) · as Dr. Syd Jennings |
| 2013 | Cinemanovels · as Clementine |
| 2013 | Motive (TV Series) · as Sophia Balfour |
| 2012 | The Mob Doctor (TV Series) · as Celeste Lapree |
| 2012 | Lauren (TV Series) · as Major Stone |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code (TV Series) · as Teresa Colvin |
| 2010 | The Night Before the Night Before Christmas · as Angela Fox |
| 2010 | A Night for Dying Tigers · as Melanie |
| 2010 | The Book of Eli · as Claudia |
| 2009 | Queen to Play · as L’américaine |
| 2009 | Castle (2009) (TV Series) · as Sophia Turner |
| 2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Zoe Landau |
| 2007 | My Name Is Sarah · as Sarah Winston |
| 2006 | Troubled Waters · as Fbi Agent Beck |
| 2006 | The Grudge 2 · as Trish Kimble |
| 2005 | Desolation Sound · as Elizabeth Storey |
| 2005 | Break a Leg · as Juliet |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2004 | Catch That Kid · as Molly Phillips |
| 2004 | Best Week Ever (TV Series) |
| 2004 | The L Word (TV Series) · as Bette Porter |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as Vanessa Lembeck |
| 2003 | Without Malice · as Samantha Wilkes |
| 2002 | Roger Dodger · as Sophie |
| 2002 | They Shoot Divas, Don't They? · as Sloan Mcbride |
| 2002 | 13 Moons · as Suzi |
| 2001 | Out of Line · as Officer Jenny Capitanas |
| 2001 | The Feast of All Saints · as Dolly Rose |
| 2001 | The Anniversary Party · as Gina Taylor |
| 2001 | After the Storm · as Mrs. Gavotte |
| 2000 | Militia · as Julie Sanders |
| 2000 | A House Divided · as Amanda Dickson |
| 1999 | Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying · as Jessica |
| 1999 | Body and Soul · as Gina |
| 1999 | Something More · as Lisa |
| 1998 | The Last Days of Disco · as Nina |
| 1998 | The Spree · as Xinia Kelly |
| 1998 | The Prophecy II · as Valerie Rosales |
| 1997 | Wishful Thinking · as Elizabeth |
| 1997 | Nothing Sacred (TV Series) · as Justine Madsen Judd |
| 1997 | The Hunger (TV Series) · as Jane |
| 1996 | The Twilight of the Golds · as Suzanne Stein |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Four Rooms · as Angela |
| 1995 | Let It Be Me · as Emily Taylor |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue Dress · as Daphne Monet |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Robin Dysart |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye Jimmy · as Ellen |
| 1994 | Dead on Sight · as Rebecca Darcy |
| 1994 | Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle · as Gertrude Benchley |
| 1993 | The Thief and the Cobbler · as Princess Yumyum (voice) |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Dr. Anne Ranberg |
| 1993 | Night Owl · as Julia |
| 1992 | Le grand pardon II · as Joyce Ferranti |
| 1992 | Indecency · as Ellie Shaw |
| 1992 | 2000 Malibu Road (TV Series) · as Perry Quinn |
| 1992 | In the Soup · as Angelica Pena |
| 1992 | Terror Stalks the Class Reunion · as Virginia |
| 1991 | Blood and Concrete · as Mona |
| 1990 | Dr. M · as Sonja Vogler |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Sofia Archer |
| 1990 | Tinikling or 'The Madonna and the Dragon' · as Patty Meredith |
| 1989 | Sons · as Transvestite |
| 1988 | Split Decisions · as Barbara Uribe |
| 1988 | The Gamble · as Lady Olivia Candioni |
| 1988 | Vampire's Kiss · as Rachel |
| 1985 | The Bride · as Eva |
| 1985 | Cinderella · as Cinderella |
| 1985 | |
| 1983 | Flashdance · as Alex Owens |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Cinderella |
| 1980 | My Bodyguard · as Clifford's Friend (uncredited) |