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 f ... or 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.
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The L Word
as Bette Porter
Episodes: 71
First Aired: Jan 18, 2004
The L Word: Generation Q
as Bette Porter
Episodes: 28
First Aired: Dec 08, 2019
Taken
as Christina Hart
Episodes: 26
First Aired: Feb 27, 2017
The Chicago Code
as Teresa Colvin
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Feb 07, 2011
Proof
as Dr. Carolyn Tyler
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jun 16, 2015
Swamp Thing
as Lucilia Cable
Episodes: 9
First Aired: May 31, 2019
Nothing Sacred
as Justine Madsen Judd
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Sep 18, 1997
The Night Shift
as Dr. Syd Jennings
Episodes: 7
First Aired: May 27, 2014
Lie to Me
as Zoe Landau
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Jan 21, 2009
2000 Malibu Road
as Perry Quinn
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 23, 1992
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Cassandra Webb
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Apr 01, 2021
Castle
as Sophia Turner
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 09, 2009
The Book of Boba Fett
as Garsa Fwip
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 29, 2021
Frasier
as Dr. Anne Ranberg
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 16, 1993
Law & Order
as Sofia Archer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1990
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Cinderella
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1982
The Outer Limits
as Robin Dysart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 26, 1995
The L Word: New York
as Bette Porter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Unknown
Motive
as Sophia Balfour
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 03, 2013
The Hunger
as Jane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 20, 1997
The View
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Aug 11, 1997
Best Week Ever
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 2004
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Where Are They Now?
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 07, 1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2014
Seitenblicke
as self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1987
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
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