7.6
7.6
My Name Is Sarah
2007
as Sarah Winston
Jennifer Beals
Acting
Born:December 19, 1963(age 62)
Birthplace:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Yale College, William Esper Studio, Francis W. Parker School, Morse College
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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 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.
Filmography (66 movies)
7.3
7.3
Dear Diary
1993
as Self
7.2
7.2
Full Out
2015
as Valorie Kondos-Field
7.1
7.1
After
2019
as Karen Gibson
7.1
7.1
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Princess YumYum (voice)
7.0
7.0
Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
7.0
7.0
That's Dancing!
1985
7.0
7.0
Out of Line
2001
as Officer Jenny Capitanas
7.0
7.0
Before I Fall
2017
as Mrs. Kingston
6.9
6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
as Vanessa Lembeck
6.8
6.8
The Book of Eli
2010
as Claudia
6.6
6.6
Queen to Play
2009
as L’Américaine
6.6
6.6
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
6.6
6.6
Sweet Thing
2020
Producer
6.5
6.5
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
as Lolo Vincent
6.5
6.5
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Daphne Monet
6.5
6.5
In the Soup
1992
as Angelica Pena
6.5
6.5
Flashdance
1983
as Alex Owens
6.2
6.2
The Last Days of Disco
1998
as Nina
6.1
6.1
A Wife's Nightmare
2014
as Liz
6.1
6.1
Roger Dodger
2002
as Sophie
6.0
6.0
The Madonna and the Dragon
1990
as Patty Meredith
6.0
6.0
The Prophecy II
1998
as Valerie Rosales
5.9
5.9
Manhattan Night
2016
as Lisa Wren
5.9
5.9
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Rachel
5.9
5.9
The Big Pardon 2
1992
as Joyce Ferranti
5.9
5.9
Four Rooms
1995
as Angela
5.8
5.8
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Gertrude Benchley
5.7
5.7
The Anniversary Party
2001
as Gina Taylor
5.6
5.6
Catch That Kid
2004
as Molly Phillips
5.6
5.6
The Grudge 2
2006
as Trish Kimble
5.6
5.6
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Mona
5.5
5.5
The White Orchid
2018
as Vivian
5.5
5.5
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Ellen
5.4
5.4
The Twilight of the Golds
1996
as Suzanne Stein
5.4
5.4
A Night for Dying Tigers
2010
as Melanie
5.4
5.4
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010
as Angela Fox
5.3
5.3
13 Moons
2002
as Suzi
5.2
5.2
The Bride
1985
as Eva
5.0
5.0
Let It Be Me
1995
as Emily Taylor
5.0
5.0
Wishful Thinking
1999
as Elizabeth
5.0
5.0
A House Divided
2000
as Amanda Dickson
5.0
5.0
Split Decisions
1988
as Barbara Uribe
4.5
4.5
Cinemanovels
2013
as Clementine
4.4
4.4
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Dolly Rose
4.4
4.4
Dr. M
1990
as Sonja Vogler
4.3
4.3
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
1999
as Jessica
4.3
4.3
The Spree
1998
as Xinia Kelly
4.2
4.2
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002
as Sloan McBride
4.2
4.2
Desolation Sound
2005
as Elizabeth Storey
4.2
4.2
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992
as Virginia
4.2
4.2
Without Malice
2000
as Samantha Wilkes
4.0
4.0
Militia
2000
as Julie Sanders
4.0
4.0
Indecency
1992
as Ellie Shaw
3.8
3.8
Something More
2000
as Lisa
3.7
3.7
Troubled Waters
2006
as FBI Agent Beck
3.6
3.6
Dead on Sight
1994
as Rebecca Darcy
3.1
3.1
Break a Leg
2005
as Juliet
2.0
2.0
Night Owl
1993
as Julia
1.8
1.8
The Gamble
1988
as Lady Olivia Candioni
1.3
1.3
Body and Soul
2000
as Gina
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
乱麻
TBA
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
2008
as Self
Joy Will Prevail
TBA
as Esther Kahn
Hello Out There
2025
as Judith
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