Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals

Birthday: 1963-12-19

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also known as: Дженніфер Білз, جنیفر بیلز, 珍妮佛·貝爾

imdb_id: nm0000884

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 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.

Played in movies:

My Name Is Sarah

Score: 7.6

Dear Diary

Score: 7.4

Full Out

Score: 7.2

After

Score: 7.1

Cinderella

Score: 7.1

The Thief and the Cobbler

Score: 7.1

That's Dancing!

Score: 7.0

Out of Line

Score: 7.0

Before I Fall

Score: 7.0

Runaway Jury

Score: 6.9

The Book of Eli

Score: 6.8

A Fuller Life

Score: 6.6

Queen to Play

Score: 6.6

In the Soup

Score: 6.6

Luckiest Girl Alive

Score: 6.5

A Wife's Nightmare

Score: 6.5

Devil in a Blue Dress

Score: 6.5

Flashdance

Score: 6.5

My Bodyguard

Score: 6.3

The Last Days of Disco

Score: 6.2

Roger Dodger

Score: 6.1

The Prophecy II

Score: 6.0

The Madonna and the Dragon

Score: 6.0

Manhattan Night

Score: 5.9

Vampire's Kiss

Score: 5.9

Four Rooms

Score: 5.9

The Big Pardon 2

Score: 5.9

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Score: 5.8

Blood and Concrete

Score: 5.7

The Anniversary Party

Score: 5.7

The White Orchid

Score: 5.7

The Twilight of the Golds

Score: 5.6

Catch That Kid

Score: 5.6

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

Score: 5.5

The Grudge 2

Score: 5.5

A Night for Dying Tigers

Score: 5.4

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

Score: 5.4

13 Moons

Score: 5.3

The Bride

Score: 5.3

Split Decisions

Score: 5.1

Sons

Score: 5.0

A House Divided

Score: 5.0

Let It Be Me

Score: 5.0

The Spree

Score: 5.0

Wishful Thinking

Score: 5.0

Something More

Score: 4.7

Cinemanovels

Score: 4.7

Dr. M

Score: 4.7

Feast of All Saints

Score: 4.7

Desolation Sound

Score: 4.4

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

Score: 4.3

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

Score: 4.3

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

Score: 4.3

Without Malice

Score: 4.2

Indecency

Score: 4.0

Militia

Score: 4.0

Dead on Sight

Score: 3.9

Troubled Waters

Score: 3.8

Break a Leg

Score: 3.4

Night Owl

Score: 2.3

The Gamble

Score: 1.7

Body and Soul

Score: 1.3

Joy Will Prevail

Score: 0.0

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

Score: 0.0

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

Score: 0.0

Hello Out There

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Nothing Sacred

Score: 9.0

E! True Hollywood Story

Score: 8.1

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

Castle

Score: 8.0

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Score: 7.9

Lie to Me

Score: 7.9

The Outer Limits

Score: 7.7

The L Word: Generation Q

Score: 7.7

Frasier

Score: 7.7

The L Word

Score: 7.6

The Chicago Code

Score: 7.5

The Night Shift

Score: 7.5

The Book of Boba Fett

Score: 7.5

Where Are They Now?

Score: 7.5

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Swamp Thing

Score: 7.4

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Score: 6.8

Taken

Score: 6.5

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Score: 6.5

2000 Malibu Road

Score: 6.5

Proof

Score: 6.5

Motive

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

The Hunger

Score: 6.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Score: 5.9

Best Week Ever

Score: 5.6

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Score: 5.1

The View

Score: 4.3

Off Camera with Sam Jones

Score: 4.0

Seitenblicke

Score: 0.0

The L Word: New York

Score: 0.0