Personal Info
Jennifer Beals
Acting
Biography
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.…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Hello Out There
as Judith
Luckiest Girl Alive
as Lolo Vincent
After
as Karen Gibson
The White Orchid
as Vivian
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
Before I Fall
as Mrs. Kingston
Manhattan Night
as Lisa Wren
Full Out
as Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
A Wife's Nightmare
as Liz
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
TV Shows
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Cassandra Webb · 5 ep.
The Book of Boba Fett
as Garsa Fwip · 4 ep.
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Swamp Thing
as Lucilia Cable · 9 ep.
The L Word: Generation Q
as Bette Porter · 28 ep.
Taken
as Christina Hart · 26 ep.
Proof
as Dr. Carolyn Tyler · 10 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self · 1 ep.
The Night Shift
as Dr. Syd Jennings · 7 ep.
