Jennifer Beals
Acting
Born: December 19, 1963 (age 62) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Pulp Fiction
1994
After
2019
The Book of Eli
2010
Before I Fall
2017
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
Four Rooms
1995
Castle
2009
Lie to Me
2009
Flashdance
1983
Runaway Jury
2003
The Grudge 2
2006
Swamp Thing
2019
Photos (10)
Movies (63)
After
Karen Gibson
The Book of Eli
Claudia
Luckiest Girl Alive
Lolo Vincent
Flashdance
Alex Owens
Four Rooms
Angela
Runaway Jury
Vanessa Lembeck
The Grudge 2
Trish Kimble
Before I Fall
Mrs. Kingston
Devil in a Blue Dress
Daphne Monet
Manhattan Night
Lisa Wren
Vampire's Kiss
Rachel
The Prophecy II
Valerie Rosales
The Thief and the Cobbler
Princess YumYum (voice)
A Wife's Nightmare
Liz
The Bride
Eva
The Last Days of Disco
Nina
Catch That Kid
Molly Phillips
My Bodyguard
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
In the Soup
Angelica Pena
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
13 Moons
Suzi
Full Out
Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
Militia
Julie Sanders
That's Dancing!
1985
The Anniversary Party
Gina Taylor
Blood and Concrete
Mona
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
Jessica
The Twilight of the Golds
Suzanne Stein
My Name Is Sarah
Sarah Winston
Roger Dodger
Sophie
Caro diario
Jennifer Beals
A Night for Dying Tigers
Melanie
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Gertrude Benchley
Indecency
Ellie Shaw
Feast of All Saints
Dolly Rose
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Ellen
Queen to Play
L’Américaine
Split Decisions
Barbara Uribe
Dr. M
Sonja Vogler
The White Orchid
Vivian
Cinderella
Cinderella
Let It Be Me
Emily Taylor
Body and Soul
Gina
Troubled Waters
FBI Agent Beck
The Gamble
Lady Olivia Candioni
Wishful Thinking
Elizabeth
Out of Line
Officer Jenny Capitanas
Break a Leg
Juliet
Cinemanovels
Clementine
A House Divided
Amanda Dickson
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
Angela Fox
The Spree
Xinia Kelly
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Sloan McBride
Dead on Sight
Rebecca Darcy
Desolation Sound
Elizabeth Storey
Sons
Transvestite
Night Owl
Julia
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
Virginia
The Big Pardon 2
Joyce Ferranti
Without Malice
Samantha Wilkes
Hello Out There
Judith
Something More
Lisa
The Madonna and the Dragon
Patty Meredith
TV Shows (22)
Law & Order
Sofia Archer · 1 eps
Frasier
Dr. Anne Ranberg · 2 eps
Castle
Sophia Turner · 2 eps
Lie to Me
Zoe Landau · 6 eps
The Outer Limits
Robin Dysart · 1 eps
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Cassandra Webb · 5 eps
The L Word
Bette Porter · 71 eps
Taken
Christina Hart · 26 eps
Motive
Sophia Balfour · 1 eps
The Book of Boba Fett
Garsa Fwip · 4 eps
The Hunger
Jane · 1 eps
Faerie Tale Theatre
Cinderella · 1 eps
Best Week Ever
1 eps
The Word
1 eps
The L Word: Generation Q
Bette Porter · 28 eps
The Night Shift
Dr. Syd Jennings · 7 eps
Swamp Thing
Lucilia Cable · 9 eps
The Chicago Code
Teresa Colvin · 13 eps
2000 Malibu Road
Perry Quinn · 6 eps
Proof
Dr. Carolyn Tyler · 10 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Nothing Sacred
Justine Madsen Judd · 7 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 2 eps
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self · 1 eps
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
