Jennifer Beals
Age: 60 | From: Chicago - Illinois - USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1963-12-19 18:26:05
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Chicago - Illinois - USA
Homepage: http://www.jennifer-beals.com/
Movie Involvements: 45
TV Involvements: 19
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Sofia Archer
Castle
(2009) Sophia Turner
After
(2019) Karen Gibson
The Book of Boba Fett
(2021) Garsa Fwip
Law & Order: Organized Crime
(2021) Cassandra Webb
Lie to Me
(2009) Zoe Landau
The L Word
(2004) Bette Porter
Motive
(2013) Sophia BalfourActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lolo Vincent | |
| 2021 | Garsa Fwip | |
| Cassandra Webb | ||
| 2019 | Bette Porter | |
| Lucilia Cable | ||
| Karen Gibson | ||
| 2018 | Vivian | |
| 2017 | Mrs. Kingston | |
| Christina Hart | ||
| 2016 | Lisa Wren | |
| 2015 | Valorie Kondos-Field | |
| Dr. Carolyn Tyler | ||
| 2014 | Liz | |
| Dr. Syd Jennings | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Clementine | |
| Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter") | ||
| Sophia Balfour | ||
| 2011 | Teresa Colvin | |
| 2010 | Angela Fox | |
| Melanie | ||
| Claudia | ||
| 2009 | L’Américaine | |
| Sophia Turner | ||
| Zoe Landau | ||
| 2007 | Sarah Winston | |
| 2006 | FBI Agent Beck | |
| Trish Kimble | ||
| 2005 | Elizabeth Storey | |
| Juliet | ||
| 2004 | Molly Phillips | |
| N/A | ||
| Bette Porter | ||
| 2003 | Vanessa Lembeck | |
| 2002 | Sloan McBride | |
| Suzi | ||
| Sophie | ||
| 2001 | Jenny Capitanas | |
| Dolly Rose | ||
| Gina Taylor | ||
| 2000 | Lisa | |
| Julie Sanders | ||
| Gina | ||
| Amanda Dickson | ||
| Samantha Wilkes | ||
| 1999 | Jessica | |
| Self | ||
| 1998 | Nina | |
| Xinia Kelly | ||
| Valerie Rosales | ||
| 1997 | Justine Madsen Judd | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1996 | Elizabeth | |
| Suzanne Stein | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1995 | Angela | |
| Emily Taylor | ||
| Daphne Monet | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Ellen | |
| Rebecca Darcy | ||
| Gertrude Benchley | ||
| 1993 | Self | |
| Princess YumYum (voice) | ||
| Dr. Anne Ranberg | ||
| Julia | ||
| 1992 | Joyce Ferranti | |
| Angelica Pena | ||
| Ellie Shaw | ||
| Perry Quinn | ||
| Virginia | ||
| 1991 | Mona | |
| 1990 | Sofia Archer | |
| Patty Meredith | ||
| Sonja Vogler | ||
| Transvestite | ||
| 1988 | Lady Olivia Candioni | |
| Rachel | ||
| Barbara Uribe | ||
| 1987 | self | |
| 1985 | Eva | |
| Cinderella | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1983 | Alex Owens | |
| 1982 | Cinderella | |
| 1980 | Clifford's Friend (uncredited) | |
| Bette Porter | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Producer | |
| 2019 | Executive Producer | |
| 2016 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
