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Jennifer Beals‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1963-12-19

Popularity

star18.6

Jennifer Beals

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Beals

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1963-12-19

Popularity

star18.6

Biography

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963, 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Beals, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Movie Credits

Four Rooms

Four Rooms‌
star5.8
calendar 1995

Flashdance

Flashdance‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2‌
star5.5
calendar 2006

The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli‌
star6.8
calendar 2010

Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid‌
star5.6
calendar 2004

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

Militia

Militia‌
star4.2
calendar 2000

Vampire's Kiss

Vampire's Kiss‌
star5.9
calendar 1988

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress‌
star6.4
calendar 1995

Caro diario

Caro diario‌
star7.4
calendar 1993

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II‌
star6.0
calendar 1998

The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party‌
star5.7
calendar 2001

The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler‌
star7.1
calendar 1993

Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger‌
star6.1
calendar 2002

The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2‌
star6.1
calendar 1992

Dr. M

Dr. M‌
star4.7
calendar 1990

The Bride

The Bride‌
star5.3
calendar 1985

Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters‌
star3.8
calendar 2006

Queen to Play

Queen to Play‌
star6.6
calendar 2009

13 Moons

13 Moons‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

Desolation Sound

Desolation Sound‌
star4.4
calendar 2005

The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco‌
star6.3
calendar 1998

In the Soup

In the Soup‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints‌
star4.6
calendar 2001

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas‌
star5.6
calendar 2010

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying‌
star4.4
calendar 1999

Split Decisions

Split Decisions‌
star5.1
calendar 1988

Blood and Concrete

Blood and Concrete‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking‌
star5.0
calendar 1999

A Night for Dying Tigers

A Night for Dying Tigers‌
star5.3
calendar 2010

The Spree

The Spree‌
star5.0
calendar 1998

Body and Soul

Body and Soul‌
star1.5
calendar 2000

Dead on Sight

Dead on Sight‌
star5.1
calendar 1994

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion‌
star5.3
calendar 1992

My Name Is Sarah

My Name Is Sarah‌
star7.9
calendar 2007

Cinemanovels

Cinemanovels‌
star4.6
calendar 2013

Break a Leg

Break a Leg‌
star3.1
calendar 2005

Indecency

Indecency‌
star4.0
calendar 1992

The Madonna and the Dragon

The Madonna and the Dragon‌
star6.0
calendar 1990

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury‌
star6.9
calendar 2003

The Gamble

The Gamble‌
star1.7
calendar 1988

The Twilight of the Golds

The Twilight of the Golds‌
star5.8
calendar 1996

Manhattan Night

Manhattan Night‌
star5.9
calendar 2016

Full Out

Full Out‌
star7.3
calendar 2015

A Wife's Nightmare

A Wife's Nightmare‌
star6.3
calendar 2014

Out of Line

Out of Line‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me‌
star5.6
calendar 1995

Night Owl

Night Owl‌
star3.0
calendar 1993

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

A House Divided

A House Divided‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Before I Fall

Before I Fall‌
star7.0
calendar 2017

A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life‌
star6.6
calendar 2013

Cinderella

Cinderella‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

Without Malice

Without Malice‌
star4.2
calendar 2000

The White Orchid

The White Orchid‌
star5.5
calendar 2018

After

After‌
star7.1
calendar 2019

Sons

Sons‌
star8.0
calendar 1990

Something More

Something More‌
star4.7
calendar 2000

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

The Search for One-eye Jimmy‌
star5.6
calendar 1994

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!‌
star7.0
calendar 1985

Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive‌
star6.5
calendar 2022

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard‌
star6.3
calendar 1980

Hello Out There

Hello Out There‌
star0.0
calendar

Tv Credits

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Castle

Castle‌
star8.0
calendar 2009

Best Week Ever

Best Week Ever‌
star6.3
calendar 2004

The Daily Show

The Daily Show‌
star6.3
calendar 1996

The View

The View‌
star4.5
calendar 1997

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story‌
star8.1
calendar 1996

The L Word

The L Word‌
star7.6
calendar 2004

Faerie Tale Theatre

Faerie Tale Theatre‌
star8.4
calendar 1982

Lie to Me

Lie to Me‌
star7.9
calendar 2009

2000 Malibu Road

2000 Malibu Road‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?‌
star7.5
calendar 1999

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

The L Word: New York

The L Word: New York‌
star0.0
calendar

The Chicago Code

The Chicago Code‌
star7.5
calendar 2011

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson‌
star6.7
calendar 2005

Motive

Motive‌
star6.4
calendar 2013

Proof

Proof‌
star6.5
calendar 2015

The Book of Boba Fett

The Book of Boba Fett‌
star7.6
calendar 2021

Taken

Taken‌
star6.5
calendar 2017

Frasier

Frasier‌
star7.7
calendar 1993

The Hunger

The Hunger‌
star5.6
calendar 1997

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Law & Order: Organized Crime‌
star7.9
calendar 2021

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred‌
star9.0
calendar 1997

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen‌
star4.9
calendar 2009

The Night Shift

The Night Shift‌
star7.6
calendar 2014

The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word: Generation Q‌
star7.6
calendar 2019

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‌
star5.8
calendar 2014

Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing‌
star7.5
calendar 2019

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Off Camera with Sam Jones‌
star4.0
calendar 2014

Seitenblicke

Seitenblicke‌
star0.0
calendar 1987