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 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.
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Fotos
Películas (70)
Joy Will Prevail
2026 · Esther Kahn
Hello Out There
2025 · Judith
La Chica Más Afortunada del Mundo
2022 · Lolo Vincent
Sweet Thing
2020 · Producer
After: Aquí empieza todo
2019 · Karen Gibson
Hollywood, ¡sexo no, por favor!
2018
The White Orchid
2018 · Vivian
Si no despierto
2017 · Mrs. Kingston
Manhattan en la oscuridad
2016 · Lisa Wren, Co-Producer
Full Out
2015 · Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
A Wife's Nightmare
2014 · Liz
Cinemanovels
2013 · Clementine
A Fuller Life
2013 · Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
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
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
Catch That Kid
2004 · Molly Phillips
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
The Last Days of Disco
1998 · Nina
The Spree
1998 · Xinia Kelly
The Prophecy II
1998 · Valerie Rosales
The Twilight of the Golds
1996 · Suzanne Stein
Four Rooms
1995 · Angela
Let It Be Me
1995 · Emily Taylor
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995 · Daphne Monet
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)
Night Owl
1993 · Julia
The Big Pardon 2
1992 · Joyce Ferranti
In the Soup
1992 · Angelica Pena
Indecency
1992 · Ellie Shaw
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992 · Virginia
Blood and Concrete
1991 · Mona
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
The Bride
1985 · Eva
Cinderella
1985 · Cinderella
That's Dancing!
1985 · Self (archive footage)
Flashdance
1983 · Alex Owens
My Bodyguard
1980 · Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
Murder in Cold Country
· Maya Lewis
Series (34)
NCIS: New York
2026 · Robyn Wells
El libro de Boba Fett
2021 · Garsa Fwip
La ley y el orden: crimen organizado
2021 · Cassandra Webb
La palabra L: Generación Q
2019 · Bette Porter, Executive Producer
El programa de Kelly Clarkson
2019 · Self
La cosa del pantano
2019 · Lucilia Cable
Taken
2017 · Christina Hart
Proof (Prueba de vida)
2015 · Dr. Carolyn Tyler
The Night Shift
2014 · Dr. Syd Jennings
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · Self
Motive
2013 · Sophia Balfour
The Chicago Code
2011 · Teresa Colvin
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Castle
2009 · Sophia Turner
Miénteme (Lie to Me)
2009 · Zoe Landau
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Best Week Ever
2004
The L Word
2004 · Bette Porter
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Nothing Sacred
1997 · Justine Madsen Judd
The View
1997 · Self
The Hunger
1997 · Jane
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Outer Limits
1995 · Robin Dysart
Frasier
1993 · Dr. Anne Ranberg
2000 Malibu Road
1992 · Perry Quinn
La Ley y el Orden
1990 · Sofia Archer
The Word
1990
Seitenblicke
1987 · self
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · Cinderella
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self, Self - Nominee