Jennifer Beals
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Dec 19 1963
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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 Ame…
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Jennifer Beals's Credits
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Law & Order
Sofia Archer
Castle
Sophia Turner
Frasier
Dr. Anne Ranberg
The Outer Limits
Robin Dysart
Lie to Me
Zoe Landau
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Cassandra Webb
Taken
Christina Hart
Pulp Fiction
Crew
The L Word
Bette Porter
Faerie Tale Theatre
Cinderella
Motive
Sophia Balfour
The Hunger
Jane
The Night Shift
Dr. Syd Jennings
Where Are They Now?
Self
The L Word: Generation Q
Bette Porter
The Book of Boba Fett
Garsa Fwip
Swamp Thing
Lucilia Cable
After
Karen Gibson
The Chicago Code
Teresa Colvin
Seitenblicke
self
The Book of Eli
Claudia
Nothing Sacred
Justine Madsen Judd
Proof
Dr. Carolyn Tyler
Flashdance
Alex Owens
Runaway Jury
Vanessa Lembeck
A Wife's Nightmare
Liz
Four Rooms
Angela
The Grudge 2
Trish Kimble
E! True Hollywood Story
My Bodyguard
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
Luckiest Girl Alive
Lolo Vincent
Before I Fall
Mrs. Kingston
Manhattan Night
Lisa Wren
The Bride
Eva
Vampire's Kiss
Rachel
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Gertrude Benchley
The Last Days of Disco
Nina
In the Soup
Angelica Pena
2000 Malibu Road
Perry Quinn
The Thief and the Cobbler
Princess YumYum (voice)
The Prophecy II
Valerie Rosales
Catch That Kid
Molly Phillips
Militia
Julie Sanders
Devil in a Blue Dress
Daphne Monet
Indecency
Ellie Shaw
Roger Dodger
Sophie
Dr. M
Sonja Vogler
Break a Leg
Juliet
Sons
Transvestite
The Anniversary Party
Gina Taylor
The Twilight of the Golds
Suzanne Stein
That's Dancing!
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Let It Be Me
Emily Taylor
Blood and Concrete
Mona
Cinemanovels
Clementine
Split Decisions
Barbara Uribe
Dear Diary
Self
Full Out
Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
A Fuller Life
Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
13 Moons
Suzi
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
Jessica
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
Sweet Thing
Production
The Gamble
Lady Olivia Candioni
Feast of All Saints
Dolly Rose
Out of Line
Officer Jenny Capitanas
The White Orchid
Vivian
Queen to Play
L’Américaine
A Night for Dying Tigers
Melanie
The Spree
Xinia Kelly
My Name Is Sarah
Sarah Winston
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
Self
A House Divided
Amanda Dickson
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
Sloan McBride
Without Malice
Samantha Wilkes
Body and Soul
Gina
Troubled Waters
FBI Agent Beck
Hello Out There
Judith
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
Cinderella
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
Ellen
Night Owl
Julia
Something More
Lisa
Desolation Sound
Elizabeth Storey
Wishful Thinking
Elizabeth
Dead on Sight
Rebecca Darcy
The Big Pardon 2
Joyce Ferranti
Cinderella
Cinderella
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
Virginia
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
Angela Fox
The Madonna and the Dragon
Patty Meredith
Joy Will Prevail
Esther Kahn