Jennifer Beals
Biografía
Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) 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.
Filmografía
Hello Out There
Judith (2025)
La chica que lo tenía todo
Lolo Vincent (2022)
El libro de Boba Fett
Garsa Fwip (2021)
Ley y orden: Crimen organizado
Cassandra Webb (2021)
L: Generación Q
Bette Porter (2019)
El programa de Kelly Clarkson
Self (2019)
La cosa del pantano
Lucilia Cable (2019)
After: Aquí empieza todo
Karen Gibson (2019)
Hollywood, ¡sexo no, por favor!
(2018)
The White Orchid
Vivian (2018)
Si no despierto
Mrs. Kingston (2017)
Venganza: Orígenes
Christina Hart (2017)
Manhattan nocturno
Lisa Wren (2016)
Full Out
Coach Valorie Kondos-Field (2015)
Proof (Prueba de vida)
Dr. Carolyn Tyler (2015)
La pesadilla de una esposa
Liz (2014)
Turno de noche
Dr. Syd Jennings (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self (2014)
Cinemanovels
Clementine (2013)
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter") (2013)
Motive
Sophia Balfour (2013)
The Chicago Code
Teresa Colvin (2011)
La víspera de la víspera de Navidad
Angela Fox (2010)
A Night for Dying Tigers
Melanie (2010)
El libro de Eli
Claudia (2010)
La jugadora de ajedrez
L’Américaine (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest (2009)
Castle
Sophia Turner (2009)
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
Self (2008)
Me llamo Sarah
Sarah Winston (2007)
Aguas turbulentas
FBI Agent Beck (2006)
El grito 2
Trish Kimble (2006)
Desolation Sound
Elizabeth Storey (2005)
Break a Leg
Juliet (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self (2005)
Misión sin permiso
Molly Phillips (2004)
Best Week Ever
(2004)
The L Word
Bette Porter (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest (2003)
El jurado
Vanessa Lembeck (2003)
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Sloan McBride (2002)
13 Moons
Suzi (2002)
Cosa de hombres
Sophie (2002)
Out of Line
Officer Jenny Capitanas (2001)
Feast of All Saints
Dolly Rose (2001)
Dinner for Five
Alex Owens (2001)
The Anniversary Party
Gina Taylor (2001)
Náufrago
Zoe Landau (2000)
Something More
Lisa (2000)
Militia
Julie Sanders (2000)
Body and Soul
Gina (2000)
A House Divided
Amanda Dickson (2000)
Without Malice
Samantha Wilkes (2000)
Turbulence 2: Miedo a volar
Jessica (1999)
Piensa en mi
Elizabeth (1999)
Where Are They Now?
Self (1999)
The Last Days of Disco
Nina (1998)
The Spree
Xinia Kelly (1998)
Ángeles y demonios 2
Valerie Rosales (1998)
Nothing Sacred
Justine Madsen Judd (1997)
The View
Self (1997)
The Hunger. El lado salvaje del deseo
Jane (1997)
La fuerza del amor
Suzanne Stein (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story
(1996)
The Daily Show
Self (1996)
Four Rooms
Angela (1995)
Let It Be Me
Emily Taylor (1995)
El demonio vestido de azul
Daphne Monet (1995)
Más allá del límite
Robin Dysart (1995)
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Ellen (1994)
Muerte a la vista
Rebecca Darcy (1994)
La Sra. Parker y el círculo vicioso
Gertrude Benchley (1994)
Caro Diario (Querido diario)
Self (1993)
El Zapatero y La Princessa
Princess YumYum (voice) (1993)
Frasier
Dr. Anne Ranberg (1993)
Night Owl
Julia (1993)
Le Grand Pardon II
Joyce Ferranti (1992)
En la sopa
Angelica Pena (1992)
Indecency
Ellie Shaw (1992)
2000 Malibu Road
Perry Quinn (1992)
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
Virginia (1992)
Perseguido por todos
Mona (1991)
Ley y orden
Sofia Archer (1990)
Tinikling ou La madonne et le dragon
Patty Meredith (1990)
Dr. M
Sonja Vogler (1990)
Sons
Transvestite (1990)
Besos de vampiro
Rachel (1989)
Juegos prohibidos de una dama
Lady Olivia Candioni (1988)
El chico de los guantes
Barbara Uribe (1988)
Seitenblicke
self (1987)
La prometida
Eva (1985)
La Cenicienta (Cuentos de las estrellas)
Cinderella (1985)
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Cinderella (1985)
¡Esto sí es bailar!
Self (archive footage) (1985)
Cuentos de las estrellas
Cinderella (1982)
This Week
Trish Kimble (1981)
Mi guardaespaldas
Clifford's Friend (uncredited) (1980)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Nominee (1944)
Joy Will Prevail
Esther Kahn