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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

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. ​

Personal information

Birthday

1963-12-19

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies and TV shows :

13 Moons

13 Moons

2002

5.5

Movie
poster

2000 Malibu Road

1992

6.5

TV
A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life

2013

6.6

Movie
A House Divided

A House Divided

2000

5.0

Movie
A Night for Dying Tigers

A Night for Dying Tigers

2010

5.5

Movie
A Wife's Nightmare

A Wife's Nightmare

2014

6.4

Movie
After

After

2019

7.1

Movie
Before I Fall

Before I Fall

2017

7.0

Movie
poster

Best Week Ever

2004

6.3

TV
Blood and Concrete

Blood and Concrete

1991

5.7

Movie
Body and Soul

Body and Soul

2000

1.5

Movie
Break a Leg

Break a Leg

2005

3.1

Movie
Caro diario

Caro diario

1993

7.4

Movie
poster

Castle

2009

8.0

TV
Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid

2004

5.6

Movie
Cinderella

Cinderella

1985

7.1

Movie
Cinemanovels

Cinemanovels

2013

4.6

Movie
Dead on Sight

Dead on Sight

1994

5.1

Movie
Desolation Sound

Desolation Sound

2005

4.4

Movie
Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

6.4

Movie
Dr. M

Dr. M

1990

4.7

Movie
poster

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.0

TV
poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982

8.2

TV
Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

2001

4.6

Movie
Flashdance

Flashdance

1983

6.5

Movie
Four Rooms

Four Rooms

1995

5.9

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Full Out

Full Out

2015

7.3

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
Hello Out There

Hello Out There

0.0

Movie
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992

6.5

Movie
Indecency

Indecency

1992

4.0

Movie
poster

Law & Order

1990

7.4

TV
poster

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021

7.9

TV
Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me

1995

5.6

Movie
poster

Lie to Me

2009

7.9

TV
Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022

6.5

Movie
Manhattan Night

Manhattan Night

2016

5.9

Movie
Militia

Militia

2000

4.0

Movie
poster

Motive

2013

6.4

TV
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

6.0

Movie
My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

1980

6.3

Movie
My Name Is Sarah

My Name Is Sarah

2007

7.9

Movie
Night Owl

Night Owl

1993

3.0

Movie
poster

Nothing Sacred

1997

9.0

TV
poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014

4.0

TV
Out of Line

Out of Line

2001

7.0

Movie
poster

Proof

2015

6.5

TV
Queen to Play

Queen to Play

2009

6.6

Movie
Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger

2002

6.1

Movie
Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

2003

6.9

Movie
poster

Seitenblicke

1987

0.0

TV
Something More

Something More

2000

4.7

Movie
Sons

Sons

1990

8.0

Movie
Split Decisions

Split Decisions

1988

5.1

Movie
poster

Swamp Thing

2019

7.4

TV
poster

Taken

2017

6.5

TV
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

1992

5.3

Movie
That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

1985

7.0

Movie
The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

2001

5.7

Movie
The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2

1992

6.1

Movie
poster

The Book of Boba Fett

2021

7.6

TV
The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli

2010

6.8

Movie
The Bride

The Bride

1985

5.3

Movie
poster

The Chicago Code

2011

7.5

TV
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Gamble

The Gamble

1988

1.7

Movie
The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2

2006

5.5

Movie
poster

The Hunger

1997

5.7

TV
poster

The L Word

2004

7.6

TV
poster

The L Word: Generation Q

2019

7.7

TV
poster

The L Word: New York

0.0

TV
The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

1998

6.2

Movie
poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

6.8

TV
The Madonna and the Dragon

The Madonna and the Dragon

1990

6.0

Movie
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

2010

5.4

Movie
poster

The Night Shift

2014

7.6

TV
poster

The Outer Limits

1995

7.7

TV
The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

1998

6.0

Movie
The Search for One-eye Jimmy

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

1994

5.6

Movie
The Spree

The Spree

1998

5.0

Movie
The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

7.1

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
The Twilight of the Golds

The Twilight of the Golds

1996

5.8

Movie
poster

The View

1997

4.4

TV
The White Orchid

The White Orchid

2018

5.6

Movie
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

2002

5.3

Movie
Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters

2006

3.8

Movie
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

1999

4.4

Movie
Vampire's Kiss

Vampire's Kiss

1988

5.9

Movie
poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

5.0

TV
poster

Where Are They Now?

1999

7.5

TV
Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

1999

5.0

Movie
Without Malice

Without Malice

2000

4.2

Movie