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Born · December 19, 1963 (61 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Lolo Vincent
6.5
2022
Garsa Fwip · (4 episodes)
7.6
2021
Cassandra Webb · (5 episodes)
7.9
2021
Bette Porter · (28 episodes)
7.7
2019
Lucilia Cable · (9 episodes)
7.4
2019
Karen Gibson
7.1
2019
Vivian
5.6
2018
Mrs. Kingston
7.0
2017
Christina Hart · (26 episodes)
6.5
2017
Lisa Wren
5.9
2016
Valorie Kondos-Field
7.3
2015
Dr. Carolyn Tyler · (10 episodes)
6.5
2015
Liz
6.4
2014
Dr. Syd Jennings · (7 episodes)
7.6
2014
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Self · (1 episode)
4.0
2014
Clementine
4.6
2013
Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
6.6
2013
Sophia Balfour · (1 episode)
6.4
2013
Teresa Colvin · (13 episodes)
7.5
2011
Angela Fox
5.4
2010
Melanie
5.5
2010
Claudia
6.8
2010
L’Américaine
6.6
2009
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2009
Sophia Turner · (4 episodes)
8.0
2009
Zoe Landau · (6 episodes)
7.9
2009
Sarah Winston
7.9
2007
FBI Agent Beck
3.8
2006
Trish Kimble
5.5
2006
Elizabeth Storey
4.4
2005
Juliet
3.1
2005
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
Molly Phillips
5.6
2004
(1 episode)
6.3
2004
Bette Porter · (71 episodes)
7.6
2004
Vanessa Lembeck
6.9
2003
Sloan McBride
5.3
2002
Suzi
5.5
2002
Sophie
6.1
2002
Officer Jenny Capitanas
7.0
2001
Dolly Rose
4.6
2001
Gina Taylor
5.7
2001
Lisa
4.7
2000
Julie Sanders
4.0
2000
Gina
1.5
2000
Amanda Dickson
5.0
2000
Samantha Wilkes
4.2
2000
Jessica
4.4
1999
Elizabeth
5.0
1999
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
Nina
6.2
1998
Xinia Kelly
5.0
1998
Valerie Rosales
6.0
1998
Justine Madsen Judd · (7 episodes)
9.0
1997
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Jane · (1 episode)
5.7
1997
Suzanne Stein
5.8
1996
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Angela
5.9
1995
Emily Taylor
5.6
1995
Daphne Monet
6.4
1995
Robin Dysart · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
Ellen
5.6
1994
Rebecca Darcy
5.1
1994
Gertrude Benchley
6.0
1994
Self
7.4
1993
Princess YumYum (voice)
7.1
1993
Dr. Anne Ranberg · (2 episodes)
7.7
1993
Julia
3.0
1993
Joyce Ferranti
6.1
1992
Angelica Pena
6.5
1992
Ellie Shaw
4.0
1992
Perry Quinn · (6 episodes)
6.5
1992
Virginia
5.3
1992
Mona
5.7
1991
Sofia Archer · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
Patty Meredith
6.0
1990
Sonja Vogler
4.7
1990
Transvestite
8.0
1990
Lady Olivia Candioni
1.7
1988
Rachel
5.9
1988
Barbara Uribe
5.1
1988
self · (1 episode)
0.0
1987
Eva
5.3
1985
Cinderella
7.1
1985
7.0
1985
Alex Owens
6.5
1983
Cinderella · (1 episode)
8.2
1982
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
6.3
1980
Judith
0.0
Bette Porter · (1 episode)
0.0
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
6.8
1944