Jennifer Beals
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1963-12-19
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Four Rooms
Dec 09, 1995
Flashdance
Apr 14, 1983
The Grudge 2
Oct 12, 2006
The Book of Eli
Jan 14, 2010
Catch That Kid
Feb 06, 2004
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Sep 07, 1994
Militia
Oct 17, 2000
Vampire's Kiss
Jun 02, 1989
Devil in a Blue Dress
Sep 29, 1995
Dear Diary
Nov 12, 1993
The Prophecy II
Jan 20, 1998
The Anniversary Party
Jun 09, 2001
The Thief and the Cobbler
Sep 23, 1993
Roger Dodger
May 09, 2002
The Big Pardon 2
Dec 09, 1992
Dr. M
May 24, 1990
The Bride
Aug 16, 1985
Troubled Waters
Dec 21, 2006
Queen to Play
Aug 05, 2009
13 Moons
Aug 30, 2002
Desolation Sound
Jun 27, 2005
The Last Days of Disco
May 29, 1998
In the Soup
Oct 23, 1992
Feast of All Saints
Nov 11, 2001
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
Nov 20, 2010
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
Dec 27, 1999
Split Decisions
Jun 11, 1988
Blood and Concrete
Sep 13, 1991
Wishful Thinking
Jul 12, 1999
A Night for Dying Tigers
Sep 10, 2010
The Spree
Apr 18, 1998
Body and Soul
Sep 01, 2000
Dead on Sight
Oct 12, 1994
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
Jun 12, 1992
My Name Is Sarah
May 28, 2007
Cinemanovels
Sep 06, 2013
Break a Leg
Apr 21, 2005
Indecency
Sep 16, 1992
The Madonna and the Dragon
Sep 01, 1990
Runaway Jury
Jan 16, 2003
The Gamble
Oct 28, 1988
The Twilight of the Golds
Oct 10, 1996
Manhattan Night
May 20, 2016
Full Out
Sep 11, 2015
A Wife's Nightmare
Dec 27, 2014
Out of Line
Nov 20, 2001
Let It Be Me
Nov 17, 1995
Night Owl
Aug 19, 1993
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Oct 05, 2002
A House Divided
Jul 30, 2000
Before I Fall
Mar 02, 2017
A Fuller Life
Aug 28, 2013
Cinderella
Aug 14, 1985
Without Malice
Jan 01, 2000
The White Orchid
Feb 01, 2018
After
Apr 11, 2019
Sons
Jan 01, 1990
Something More
Nov 28, 2000
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Nov 09, 1994
That's Dancing!
Jan 18, 1985
Luckiest Girl Alive
Sep 30, 2022
My Bodyguard
Jul 11, 1980
Hello Out There
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Aug 08, 1985
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
Nov 25, 2008
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Castle
Mar 09, 2009
Best Week Ever
Jan 23, 2004
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
The View
Aug 11, 1997
E! True Hollywood Story
Aug 21, 1996
The L Word
Jan 18, 2004
Faerie Tale Theatre
Sep 11, 1982
Lie to Me
Jan 21, 2009
2000 Malibu Road
Aug 23, 1992
Where Are They Now?
Jun 07, 1999
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
The L Word: New York
The Chicago Code
Feb 07, 2011
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Jan 03, 2005
Motive
Feb 03, 2013
Proof
Jun 16, 2015
The Book of Boba Fett
Dec 29, 2021
Taken
Feb 27, 2017
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
The Hunger
Jul 20, 1997
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Apr 01, 2021
Nothing Sacred
Sep 18, 1997
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
The Night Shift
May 27, 2014
The L Word: Generation Q
Dec 08, 2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Swamp Thing
May 31, 2019
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Feb 06, 2014
Seitenblicke
Oct 07, 1987
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
