Actor

Jennifer Beals

December 19, 1963 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Notable work

7.1
After (2019)
as Karen Gibson
6.8
The Book of Eli (2010)
as Claudia
7
Before I Fall (2017)
as Mrs. Kingston
7.5
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
as Garsa Fwip
5.9
Four Rooms (1995)
as Angela
8
Castle (2009)
as Sophia Turner
7.9
Lie to Me (2009)
as Zoe Landau
6.5
Flashdance (1983)
as Alex Owens
6.9
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Vanessa Lembeck
5.6
The Grudge 2 (2006)
as Trish Kimble
7.4
Swamp Thing (2019)
as Lucilia Cable
6.5
Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
as Lolo Vincent

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