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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

102

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-12-19 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Дженніфер Білз

جنیفر بیلز

珍妮佛·貝爾

Jennifer Beals

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Beals, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Four Rooms

1995

Four Rooms

as

Angela

Flashdance

1983

Flashdance

as

Alex Owens

The Grudge 2

2006

The Grudge 2

as

Trish Kimble

The Book of Eli

2010

The Book of Eli

as

Claudia

Catch That Kid

2004

Catch That Kid

as

Molly Phillips

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as

Gertrude Benchley

Militia

2000

Militia

as

Julie Sanders

Vampire's Kiss

1989

Vampire's Kiss

as

Rachel

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

as

Daphne Monet

Dear Diary

1993

Dear Diary

as

Self

The Prophecy II

1998

The Prophecy II

as

Valerie Rosales

The Anniversary Party

2001

The Anniversary Party

as

Gina Taylor

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as

Princess YumYum (voice)

Roger Dodger

2002

Roger Dodger

as

Sophie

The Big Pardon 2

1992

The Big Pardon 2

as

Joyce Ferranti

Dr. M

1990

Dr. M

as

Sonja Vogler

The Bride

1985

The Bride

as

Eva

Troubled Waters

2006

Troubled Waters

as

FBI Agent Beck

Queen to Play

2009

Queen to Play

as

L’Américaine

13 Moons

2002

13 Moons

as

Suzi

Desolation Sound

2005

Desolation Sound

as

Elizabeth Storey

In the Soup

1992

In the Soup

as

Angelica Pena

Feast of All Saints

2001

Feast of All Saints

as

Dolly Rose

Split Decisions

1988

Split Decisions

as

Barbara Uribe

Wishful Thinking

1999

Wishful Thinking

as

Elizabeth

The Spree

1998

The Spree

as

Xinia Kelly

Body and Soul

2000

Body and Soul

as

Gina

Dead on Sight

1994

Dead on Sight

as

Rebecca Darcy

My Name Is Sarah

2007

My Name Is Sarah

as

Sarah Winston

Cinemanovels

2013

Cinemanovels

as

Clementine

Break a Leg

2005

Break a Leg

as

Juliet

Indecency

1992

Indecency

as

Ellie Shaw

The Madonna and the Dragon

1990

The Madonna and the Dragon

as

Patty Meredith

Runaway Jury

2003

Runaway Jury

as

Vanessa Lembeck

The Gamble

1988

The Gamble

as

Lady Olivia Candioni

The Twilight of the Golds

1996

The Twilight of the Golds

as

Suzanne Stein

Manhattan Night

2016

Manhattan Night

as

Lisa Wren

Full Out

2015

Full Out

as

Valorie Kondos-Field

Out of Line

2001

Out of Line

as

Officer Jenny Capitanas

Let It Be Me

1995

Let It Be Me

as

Emily Taylor

Night Owl

1993

Night Owl

as

Julia

A House Divided

2000

A House Divided

as

Amanda Dickson

Before I Fall

2017

Before I Fall

as

Mrs. Kingston

A Fuller Life

2013

A Fuller Life

as

Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

Cinderella

1985

Cinderella

as

Cinderella

Without Malice

2000

Without Malice

as

Samantha Wilkes

The White Orchid

2018

The White Orchid

as

Vivian

After

2019

After

as

Karen Gibson

Sons

1990

Sons

as

Transvestite

Something More

2000

Something More

as

Lisa

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022

Luckiest Girl Alive

as

Lolo Vincent

My Bodyguard

1980

My Bodyguard

as

Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Sofia Archer

Castle

Castle

as

Sophia Turner

The View

The View

as

Self

The L Word

The L Word

as

Bette Porter

Lie to Me

Lie to Me

as

Zoe Landau

2000 Malibu Road

2000 Malibu Road

as

Perry Quinn

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

as

Robin Dysart

The L Word: New York

The L Word: New York

as

Bette Porter

The Chicago Code

The Chicago Code

as

Teresa Colvin

Motive

Motive

as

Sophia Balfour

Proof

Proof

as

Dr. Carolyn Tyler

Taken

Taken

as

Christina Hart

Frasier

Frasier

as

Dr. Anne Ranberg

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

as

Justine Madsen Judd

The Night Shift

The Night Shift

as

Dr. Syd Jennings

Swamp Thing

Swamp Thing

as

Lucilia Cable

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Production

Crew

Directing