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 g
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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Born
Dec 19, 1963
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Movies
69 acting
3 crew
Popularity
3.1
Known For
The Book of Eli
2010
as Claudia
After
2019
as Karen Gibson
Flashdance
1983
as Alex Owens
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
as Lolo Vincent
My Bodyguard
1980
as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
Runaway Jury
2003
as Vanessa Lembeck
The Grudge 2
2006
as Trish Kimble
Four Rooms
1995
as Angela
Before I Fall
2017
as Mrs. Kingston
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Rachel
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