Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Jewel , Jewel Belair Staite
Gender: Female
Place of birth: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Homepage: http://jewelstaite.com/
Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 34
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Good Doctor
(2017) StellaSupernatural
(2005) Amy PondCastle
(2009) Erin CherloffStargate SG-1
(1997) Doctor Jennifer Keller / HerselfThe X-Files
(1993) Amy JacobsDC's Legends of Tomorrow
(2016) Dr. BryceStargate Atlantis
(2004) Dr. Jennifer KellerBlindspot
(2015) Kiva GarenActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Ellie Sattler (voice) | |
2022 | Naomi Harvey | |
2021 | Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi | |
Nurse Anna | ||
2019 | Renee Marand | |
2018 | Detective Penny Hart | |
CC | ||
Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman | ||
2017 | Self | |
Stella | ||
Sarah | ||
Stella Williams | ||
2016 | Monica Boland | |
Dr. Bryce | ||
2015 | Phyllis | |
Kate Carter | ||
Fan Getting Autographs | ||
Kiva Garen | ||
Cassie Cranston | ||
Margaret | ||
2013 | Jenna | |
Annika Drake | ||
Bally Anderson | ||
2012 | Herself | |
Raquel Westbrook | ||
2011 | Brook Calvin | |
Caroline Swift | ||
Anna | ||
2010 | Holly Wilson | |
Katharine Grant | ||
2009 | Loretta | |
Lori Black | ||
Erin Cherloff | ||
2008 | Liz | |
2006 | Self | |
2005 | Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye | |
Amy Pond | ||
Jenny Cavanaugh | ||
2004 | Carolyn | |
Ellia | ||
Jennifer Keller | ||
Dr. Jennifer Keller | ||
Heidi Gotts | ||
2003 | Goth Girl | |
2002 | Teddy Blue | |
Kaylee Frye | ||
Bryanna | ||
2000 | Laurel | |
Daisy Lipenowski | ||
1999 | Callie Snow | |
Sally Prentiss | ||
1998 | Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line") | |
Gabriella Da Vinci | ||
Molly - Psychic | ||
Thora Andrews | ||
1997 | Herself | |
Doctor Jennifer Keller / Herself | ||
1996 | Soap Opera Actress | |
Catalina | ||
1995 | Rebecca 'Becca' Fisher | |
Samantha | ||
1993 | Alexandra Carlisle | |
Amy Jacobs | ||
Catherine Andrews | ||
1992 | Kelly | |
Cody | ||
Labelia | ||
1991 | Jennifer Lanahan | |
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Production
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2015 | Executive Producer | |
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