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Jennifer Beals

Known For: Acting
Born: December 19, 1963
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Beals

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 fi…

Filmography

NCIS: New York

2026 · Robyn Wells

Hello Out There

2025 · Judith

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022 · Lolo Vincent

The Book of Boba Fett

2021 · Garsa Fwip

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021 · Cassandra Webb

Sweet Thing

2020 · Producer

The L Word: Generation Q

2019 · Bette Porter, Executive Producer

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Self

Swamp Thing

2019 · Lucilia Cable

After

2019 · Karen Gibson

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

The White Orchid

2018 · Vivian

Before I Fall

2017 · Mrs. Kingston

Taken

2017 · Christina Hart

Manhattan Night

2016 · Lisa Wren, Co-Producer

Full Out

2015 · Coach Valorie Kondos-Field

Proof

2015 · Dr. Carolyn Tyler

A Wife's Nightmare

2014 · Liz

The Night Shift

2014 · Dr. Syd Jennings

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

Off Camera with Sam Jones

2014 · Self

Cinemanovels

2013 · Clementine

A Fuller Life

2013 · Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

Motive

2013 · Sophia Balfour

The Chicago Code

2011 · Teresa Colvin

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

2010 · Angela Fox

A Night for Dying Tigers

2010 · Melanie

The Book of Eli

2010 · Claudia

Queen to Play

2009 · L’Américaine

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Castle

2009 · Sophia Turner

Lie to Me

2009 · Zoe Landau

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

2008 · Self

My Name Is Sarah

2007 · Sarah Winston

Troubled Waters

2006 · FBI Agent Beck

The Grudge 2

2006 · Trish Kimble

Desolation Sound

2005 · Elizabeth Storey

Break a Leg

2005 · Juliet

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005 · Self

Catch That Kid

2004 · Molly Phillips

Best Week Ever

2004

The L Word

2004 · Bette Porter

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self - Guest

Runaway Jury

2003 · Vanessa Lembeck

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

2002 · Sloan McBride

13 Moons

2002 · Suzi

Roger Dodger

2002 · Sophie

Out of Line

2001 · Officer Jenny Capitanas

Feast of All Saints

2001 · Dolly Rose

The Anniversary Party

2001 · Gina Taylor

Something More

2000 · Lisa

Militia

2000 · Julie Sanders

Body and Soul

2000 · Gina

A House Divided

2000 · Amanda Dickson

Without Malice

2000 · Samantha Wilkes

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

1999 · Jessica

Wishful Thinking

1999 · Elizabeth

Where Are They Now?

Where Are They Now?

1999 · Self

The Last Days of Disco

1998 · Nina

The Spree

1998 · Xinia Kelly

The Prophecy II

1998 · Valerie Rosales

Nothing Sacred

1997 · Justine Madsen Judd

The View

1997 · Self

The Hunger

1997 · Jane

The Twilight of the Golds

1996 · Suzanne Stein

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

The Daily Show

1996 · Self

Four Rooms

1995 · Angela

Let It Be Me

1995 · Emily Taylor

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995 · Daphne Monet

The Outer Limits

1995 · Robin Dysart

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

1994 · Ellen

Dead on Sight

1994 · Rebecca Darcy

Pulp Fiction

1994 · Thanks

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994 · Gertrude Benchley

Caro diario

1993 · Jennifer Beals

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993 · Princess YumYum (voice)

Frasier

1993 · Dr. Anne Ranberg

Night Owl

1993 · Julia

The Big Pardon 2

1992 · Joyce Ferranti

In the Soup

1992 · Angelica Pena

Indecency

1992 · Ellie Shaw

2000 Malibu Road

1992 · Perry Quinn

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

1992 · Virginia

Blood and Concrete

1991 · Mona

Law & Order

1990 · Sofia Archer

The Madonna and the Dragon

1990 · Patty Meredith

Dr. M

1990 · Sonja Vogler

Sons

1990 · Transvestite

Vampire's Kiss

1989 · Rachel

The Gamble

1988 · Lady Olivia Candioni

Split Decisions

1988 · Barbara Uribe

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988 · Self

Seitenblicke

1987 · self

The Bride

1985 · Eva

Cinderella

1985 · Cinderella

That's Dancing!

1985 · , Self (archive footage)

Flashdance

1983 · Alex Owens

Faerie Tale Theatre

1982 · Cinderella

My Bodyguard

1980 · Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self, Self - Nominee

Joy Will Prevail

Joy Will Prevail

— · Esther Kahn

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