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.
Born: December 19, 1963 (Age 61) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Streaming Sources for all Jennifer Beals Movies & TV ShowsTitle | Rating | Job | Role(s) | Year |
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Movie | Actress | Suzi | 2002 | |
Movie | Actress | Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter") | 2013 | |
Movie | Actress | Melanie | 2010 | |
Movie | Actress | Karen Gibson | 2019 | |
Movie | Actress | Mrs. Kingston | 2017 | |
Movie | Actress | Mona | 1991 | |
Movie | Actress | Gina | 1999 | |
Movie | Actress | Juliet | 2005 | |
Movie | Actress | Self | 1993 | |
Movie | Actress | Molly Phillips | 2004 | |
Movie | Actress | Clementine | 2013 | |
Movie | Actress | Rebecca Darcy | 1994 | |
Movie | Actress | Elizabeth Storey | 2005 | |
Movie | Actress | Daphne Monet | 1995 | |
Movie | Actress | Sonja Vogler | 1990 | |
Movie | Actress | Alex Owens | 1983 | |
Movie | Actress | Angela | 1995 | |
Movie | Actress | Valorie Kondos-Field | 2015 | |
Movie | Actress | Angelica Pena | 1992 | |
Movie | Actress | Joyce Ferranti | 1992 | |
Movie | Actress | Emily Taylor | 1995 | |
Movie | Actress | Claudia | 2010 | |
Movie | Actress | Vanessa Lembeck | 2003 | |
Movie | Actress | Trish Kimble | 2006 | |
Movie | Actress | Sophie | 2002 | |
Movie | Actress | Rachel | 1988 | |
Movie | Actress | Nina | 1998 | |
Movie | Actress | Lisa Wren | 2016 | |
Movie | Actress | Gina Taylor | 2001 | |
Movie | Actress | Gertrude Benchley | 1994 | |
Movie | Actress | Princess YumYum (voice) | 1993 | |
Movie | Actress | Eva | 1985 | |
Movie | Actress | L’Américaine | 2009 | |
Movie | Actress | Jessica | 1999 | |
Movie | Actress | Elizabeth | 1999 | |
Movie | Actress | Suzanne Stein | 1996 | |
Movie | Actress | Julie Sanders | 2000 | |
Movie | Actress | FBI Agent Beck | 2006 | |
Movie | Actress | Officer Jenny Capitanas | 2001 | |
Movie | Actress | Lady Olivia Candioni | 1988 | |
Movie | Actress | Vivian | 2018 | |
Movie | Actress | Transvestite | 1990 | |
Movie | Actress | Lisa | 2000 | |
Movie | Actress | Ellen | 1994 | |
Movie | Actress | 1985 | ||
Movie | Actress | Clifford's Friend (uncredited) | 1980 | |
Movie | Actress | Lolo Vincent | 2022 | |
Movie | Actress | Cinderella | 1985 | |
Movie | Actress | Valerie Rosales | 1998 | |
Movie | Actress | Barbara Uribe | 1988 | |
Movie | Actress | Judith | ||
TV Show | Actress | Bette Porter 71 Episodes | 2004-2009 | |
TV Show | Actress | Teresa Colvin 13 Episodes | 2011-2011 | |
TV Show | Actress | Christina Hart 26 Episodes | 2017-2018 | |
TV Show | Actress | Dr. Carolyn Tyler 10 Episodes | 2015-2015 | |
TV Show | Actress | Perry Quinn 6 Episodes | 1992-1992 | |
TV Show | Actress | 1 Episode | 1996 | |
TV Show | Actress | self 1 Episode | 1987 | |
TV Show | Actress | Robin Dysart 1 Episode | 1995-2002 | |
TV Show | Actress | Cinderella 1 Episode | 1982-1987 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self 1 Episode | 1999-2004 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self 2 Episodes | 1997 | |
TV Show | Actress | Sofia Archer 1 Episode | 1990 | |
TV Show | Actress | 1 Episode | 2004 | |
TV Show | Actress | Sophia Turner 4 Episodes | 2009-2016 | |
TV Show | Actress | Zoe Landau 6 Episodes | 2009-2011 | |
TV Show | Actress | Sophia Balfour 1 Episode | 2013-2016 | |
TV Show | Actress | Dr. Anne Ranberg 2 Episodes | 1993-2004 | |
TV Show | Actress | Dr. Syd Jennings 7 Episodes | 2014-2017 | |
TV Show | Actress | Lucilia Cable 9 Episodes | 2019-2019 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self 1 Episode | 2014 | |
Limited Series | Actress | Garsa Fwip 4 Episodes | 2021-2022 | |
TV Show | Actress | Jane 1 Episode | 1997-2000 | |
TV Show | Actress | Cassandra Webb 5 Episodes | 2021 | |
TV Show | Actress | Justine Madsen Judd 7 Episodes | 1997-1998 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self - Guest 1 Episode | 2014 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self 1 Episode | 1996 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self 1 Episode | 2005-2015 | |
TV Show | Actress | Self - Guest 1 Episode | 2009 | |
TV Show | Actress | Bette Porter 1 Episode | ||
TV Show | Actress | Self 1 Episode | 1944 | |
Movie | Actress | Liz | 2014 | |
Movie | Actress | Dolly Rose | 2001 | |
Movie | Actress | Angela Fox | 2010 | |
Movie | Actress | Sloan McBride | 2002 | |
Movie | Actress | Sarah Winston | 2007 | |
Movie | Actress | Amanda Dickson | 2000 | |
Movie | Actress | Samantha Wilkes | 2003 | |
Movie | Actress | Xinia Kelly | 1998 | |
Movie | Actress | Julia | 1993 | |
Movie | Actress | Ellie Shaw | 1992 | |
Movie | Actress | Virginia | 1992 | |
Movie | Actress | Patty Meredith | 1990 | |
TV Show | Actress | Bette Porter 28 Episodes | 2019-2023 | |
Movie | Production | Co-Producer | 2016 | |
Movie | Crew | Thanks | 1994 | |
Movie | Production | Producer | 2020 | |
TV Show | Production | Executive Producer 8 Episodes | 2019-2023 | |
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