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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Female

Birthday

1982-06-02 (43 years old)

Place of Birth

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Also Known As

Jewel

Jewel Belair Staite

Jewel Staite

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.

Known For

Acting

Mothman

2010

Mothman

as

Katharine

Serenity

2005

Serenity

as

Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye

Doomsday Prophecy

2011

Doomsday Prophecy

as

Brook Calvin

The Pact

2011

The Pact

as

Anna

Party Mania

1993

Party Mania

as

Catherine Andrews

Call Me Mrs. Miracle

2010

Call Me Mrs. Miracle

as

Holly Wilson

Carpool

1996

Carpool

as

Soap Opera Actress

Cheats

2002

Cheats

as

Teddy Blue

A Frosty Affair

2015

A Frosty Affair

as

Kate Carter

Damaged Care

2002

Damaged Care

as

Bryanna

Not With His Wife

2016

Not With His Wife

as

Monica Boland

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit

2017

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit

as

Stella Williams

Widow on the Hill

2005

Widow on the Hill

as

Jenny Cavanaugh

She Who Must Burn

2015

She Who Must Burn

as

Margaret

CC

2018

CC

as

CC

The Only Way Out

1993

The Only Way Out

as

Alexandra Carlisle

Higher Ground

Higher Ground

as

Daisy Lipenowski

EP Daily

EP Daily

as

Herself

Space Cases

Space Cases

as

Catalina

Supernatural

Supernatural

as

Amy Pond

So Weird

So Weird

as

Callie Snow

Wonderfalls

Wonderfalls

as

Heidi Gotts

Da Vinci's Inquest

Da Vinci's Inquest

as

Gabriella Da Vinci

The X-Files

The X-Files

as

Amy Jacobs

Seven Days

Seven Days

as

Molly - Psychic

Flash Forward

Flash Forward

as

Becca Fisher

Family Law

Family Law

as

Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi

The L.A. Complex

The L.A. Complex

as

Raquel Westbrook

The Killing

The Killing

as

Caroline Swift

Huff

Huff

as

Carolyn

Just Deal

Just Deal

as

Laurel

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

as

Loretta

Castle

Castle

as

Erin Cherloff

Blindspot

Blindspot

as

Kiva Garen

Firefly

Firefly

as

Kaylee Frye

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

as

Jennifer Keller

Take Two

Take Two

as

Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman

Dead Like Me

Dead Like Me

as

Goth Girl

The Magicians

The Magicians

as

Phyllis

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

as

Naomi Harvey

The Order

The Order

as

Renee Marand

State of Syn

State of Syn

as

Annika Drake

The Listener

The Listener

as

Lori Black

Cold Squad

Cold Squad

as

Thora Andrews

The Case That Haunts Me

The Case That Haunts Me

as

Detective Penny Hart

Motive

Motive

as

Bally Anderson

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

as

Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")

Con Man

Con Man

as

Fan Getting Autographs

The Odyssey

The Odyssey

as

Labelia

Production

Crew

Directing