Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

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.

Acting

2025

2022

2021

2021

2019

2019

2019

Swamp Thing

Lucilia Cable

2019

After

Karen Gibson

2018

2017

Before I Fall

Mrs. Kingston

2017

Taken

Christina Hart

2016

2015

Full Out

Valorie Kondos-Field

2015

Proof

Dr. Carolyn Tyler

2014

2014

The Night Shift

Dr. Syd Jennings

2014

2013

A Fuller Life

Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

2013

Motive

Sophia Balfour

2011

The Chicago Code

Teresa Colvin

2010

2010

2009

Queen to Play

L’Américaine

2009

2009

Castle

Sophia Turner

2009

Lie to Me

Zoe Landau

2008

2007

My Name Is Sarah

Sarah Winston

2006

The Grudge 2

Trish Kimble

2005

Desolation Sound

Elizabeth Storey

2005

2005

2004

Catch That Kid

Molly Phillips

2004

The L Word

Bette Porter

2003

2003

Runaway Jury

Vanessa Lembeck

2002

2002

2001

Out of Line

Officer Jenny Capitanas

2001

2001

2000

Militia

Julie Sanders

2000

2000

Without Malice

Samantha Wilkes

1999

1999

1999

1998

1998

The Prophecy II

Valerie Rosales

1997

Nothing Sacred

Justine Madsen Judd

1997

1997

1996

1996

1995

1995

Let It Be Me

Emily Taylor

1995

1995

The Outer Limits

Robin Dysart

1994

1994

Dead on Sight

Rebecca Darcy

1994

1993

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

Princess YumYum (voice)

1993

Frasier

Dr. Anne Ranberg

1992

The Big Pardon 2

Joyce Ferranti

1992

In the Soup

Angelica Pena

1992

Indecency

Ellie Shaw

1992

2000 Malibu Road

Perry Quinn

1991

1990

Law & Order

Sofia Archer

1990

Dr. M

Sonja Vogler

1990

Sons

Transvestite

1989

1988

Split Decisions

Barbara Uribe

1987

1985

1985

1985

That's Dancing!

Self (archive footage)

1985

1983

Flashdance

Alex Owens

1982

1980

My Bodyguard

Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

1944

Production

2020

Sweet Thing

Producer

2019

The L Word: Generation Q

Executive Producer

2016

Manhattan Night

Co-Producer

Crew

1994

Infos

Full Name
Jennifer Beals
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
12/19/1963
Website
http://thejenniferbeals.com
Also Known As

Дженніфер Білз

جنیفر بیلز

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