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Jewel Staite‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1982-06-02

Popularity

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Jewel Staite

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Jewel Staite

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1982-06-02

Popularity

star13.0

Biography

Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis. Most recently, she starred as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama, The L.A. Complex.Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia. The youngest of seven children, she modeled as a child and has acted since age six. She has stated that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry. Staite attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married actor Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003. On December 13, 2011, she announced they were divorcing in a post on her food blog. Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived space westerntelevision seriesFirefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".She played Heidi Gotts in the television series Wonderfalls, and appeared in a Season Three episode of The X-Files.Staite played the role of head medical doctor Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin, who had a brief role as a colonel in the Stargate SG-1 Season Seven episode "Heroes", and the second being Morena Baccarin, who played Adria, the main villain in the tenth season of SG-1), and the second to take a recurring role. She replaced Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett). In the fifth season her character was changed from recurring status to part of the main cast. Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct".She also appeared in the 2010 Sci-Fi film, Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson. Staite guest starred in an episode of Warehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon (played by Sean Maher, who played Jewel's love interest in Firefly). She also did voices in the animated TV series Mummies Alive! and Sabrina: The Animated Series for DIC Entertainment. As of 2012, Staite was a series regular on The L.A. Complex, in which she portrayed Raquel Westbrook, a struggling actress. The show aired in Canada on MuchMusic and in the U.S. on The CW. She also appeared recently in an episode of The Listener.

Movie Credits

The Forgotten Ones

The Forgotten Ones‌
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calendar 2008

Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin

Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin‌
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calendar 2021

Done the Impossible

Done the Impossible‌
star6.2
calendar 2006

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain‌
star6.3
calendar 1995

Mothman

Mothman‌
star4.0
calendar 2010

Serenity

Serenity‌
star7.4
calendar 2005

Doomsday Prophecy

Doomsday Prophecy‌
star4.1
calendar 2011

The Pact

The Pact‌
star5.2
calendar 2011

Party Mania

Party Mania‌
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calendar 1993

Call Me Mrs. Miracle

Call Me Mrs. Miracle‌
star5.9
calendar 2010

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special‌
star6.0
calendar 2012

Carpool

Carpool‌
star5.0
calendar 1996

The Christmas Ornament

The Christmas Ornament‌
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calendar 2013

LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling

LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling‌
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calendar 2023

Cheats

Cheats‌
star5.4
calendar 2002

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town‌
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calendar 2015

A Frosty Affair

A Frosty Affair‌
star5.6
calendar 2015

Damaged Care

Damaged Care‌
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calendar 2002

Not With His Wife

Not With His Wife‌
star4.5
calendar 2016

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit‌
star5.4
calendar 2017

Widow on the Hill

Widow on the Hill‌
star4.6
calendar 2005

Same Time Next Week

Same Time Next Week‌
star6.7
calendar 2017

She Who Must Burn

She Who Must Burn‌
star5.2
calendar 2015

CC

CC‌
star6.2
calendar 2018

The Only Way Out

The Only Way Out‌
star5.0
calendar 1993

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories‌
star5.7
calendar 1991

Tv Credits

Higher Ground

Higher Ground‌
star8.0
calendar 2000

EP Daily

EP Daily‌
star10.0
calendar 1997

Space Cases

Space Cases‌
star7.7
calendar 1996

Supernatural

Supernatural‌
star8.3
calendar 2005

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis‌
star8.0
calendar 2004

So Weird

So Weird‌
star6.0
calendar 1999

Wonderfalls

Wonderfalls‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

Dialing Home

Dialing Home‌
star5.0
calendar 2017

Da Vinci's Inquest

Da Vinci's Inquest‌
star5.6
calendar 1998

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark?‌
star8.2
calendar 1992

The X-Files

The X-Files‌
star8.4
calendar 1993

Seven Days

Seven Days‌
star6.8
calendar 1998

The Odyssey

The Odyssey‌
star7.2
calendar 1992

Flash Forward

Flash Forward‌
star8.0
calendar 1995

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Family Law

Family Law‌
star7.7
calendar 2021

The L.A. Complex

The L.A. Complex‌
star5.0
calendar 2012

The Killing

The Killing‌
star7.9
calendar 2011

Huff

Huff‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

Just Deal

Just Deal‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13‌
star7.7
calendar 2009

Castle

Castle‌
star8.0
calendar 2009

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

DC's Legends of Tomorrow‌
star7.3
calendar 2016

Stargate SG-1

Stargate SG-1‌
star8.3
calendar 1997

Blindspot

Blindspot‌
star7.4
calendar 2015

Firefly

Firefly‌
star8.3
calendar 2002

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis‌
star8.0
calendar 2004

Take Two

Take Two‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Dead Like Me

Dead Like Me‌
star7.6
calendar 2003

The Magicians

The Magicians‌
star7.6
calendar 2015

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap‌
star7.2
calendar 2022

The Magicians

The Magicians‌
star7.6
calendar 2015

The Good Doctor

The Good Doctor‌
star8.5
calendar 2017

The Order

The Order‌
star7.7
calendar 2019

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Are You Afraid of the Dark?‌
star8.2
calendar 1992

The Case That Haunts Me

The Case That Haunts Me‌
star8.0
calendar 2018

Motive

Motive‌
star6.4
calendar 2013

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction‌
star7.2
calendar 1997

Cold Squad

Cold Squad‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

The Listener

The Listener‌
star6.9
calendar 2009

State of Syn

State of Syn‌
star10.0
calendar 2013

Con Man

Con Man‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

2gether: The Series

2gether: The Series‌
star0.0
calendar 2000