Jennifer Beals

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1963-12-19 (62 years old)

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 fathe...

Acting

1995

Four Rooms

as Angela

1983

Flashdance

as Alex Owens

2006

The Grudge 2

as Trish Kimble

2004

Catch That Kid

as Molly Phillips

2010

The Book of Eli

as Claudia

1994

2000

Militia

as Julie Sanders

1989

1995

Devil in a Blue Dress

as Daphne Monet

1993

1998

The Prophecy II

as Valerie Rosales

2001

The Anniversary Party

as Gina Taylor

1993

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Princess YumYum (voice)

2002

Roger Dodger

as Sophie

1992

The Big Pardon 2

as Joyce Ferranti

1990

Dr. M

as Sonja Vogler

1985

The Bride

as Eva

2006

Troubled Waters

as FBI Agent Beck

2009

Queen to Play

as L’Américaine

2002

13 Moons

as Suzi

2005

Desolation Sound

as Elizabeth Storey

1992

In the Soup

as Angelica Pena

2001

Feast of All Saints

as Dolly Rose

1988

Split Decisions

as Barbara Uribe

1999

Wishful Thinking

as Elizabeth

1998

The Spree

as Xinia Kelly

2000

1994

Dead on Sight

as Rebecca Darcy

2007

My Name Is Sarah

as Sarah Winston

2013

Cinemanovels

as Clementine

2005

Break a Leg

as Juliet

1992

Indecency

as Ellie Shaw

1990

2003

Runaway Jury

as Vanessa Lembeck

1988

The Gamble

as Lady Olivia Candioni

1996

2016

Manhattan Night

as Lisa Wren

2015

Full Out

as Valorie Kondos-Field

2001

Out of Line

as Officer Jenny Capitanas

1995

Let It Be Me

as Emily Taylor

1993

Night Owl

as Julia

2002

2000

A House Divided

as Amanda Dickson

2017

Before I Fall

as Mrs. Kingston

2013

A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

1985

Cinderella

as Cinderella

2000

Without Malice

as Samantha Wilkes

2018

2019

After

as Karen Gibson

1990

Sons

as Transvestite

2000

2022

Luckiest Girl Alive

as Lolo Vincent

1980

My Bodyguard

as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

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Production

2020

Sweet Thing

as Producer

2016

Manhattan Night

as Co-Producer

1994

Pulp Fiction

as Thanks

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