Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals Movies and TV Shows

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963, 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Beals, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 12/19/1963 (60 years old)
  • Place of birth: Chicago - Illinois - USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.73 m
  • Net worth: $8,000,000
  • twitter: jenniferbeals
  • instagram: thejenniferbeals
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Luckiest Girl Alive
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 67%
role:
LoLo Vincent
2022

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.4
67%
Sweet Thing
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 75%
role:
Producer
2020

Drama

7.0
75%
The L Word: Generation Q
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 79%
role:
Bette Porter & 1 more
2019

Drama

7.4
79%
After
IMDB 5.3
TMDB 71%
role:
Karen Gibson
2019

Comedy

Drama

Romance

5.3
71%
2018

Drama

Thriller

5.4
54%
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Before I Fall
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 70%
role:
Mrs. Kingston
2017

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
70%
Taken
IMDB 6.6
TMDB 66%
role:
Christina Hart
2017

Action

Adventure

Crime

6.6
66%
Manhattan Night
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 60%
role:
Co-Producer & 1 more
2016

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.2
60%
Full Out
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 74%
role:
Valorie Kondos-Field
2015

Drama

Family

History

6.3
74%
Proof
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Dr. Carolyn Tyler
Not available
2015

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
65%
Not available
2014

Drama

Mystery

TV Movie

Thriller

5.8
63%
The Chicago Code
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Teresa Colvin
2011

Crime

Drama

7.7
74%
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 54%
role:
Angela Fox
Not available
2010

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
54%
Not available
The Book of Eli
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 68%
role:
Claudia
2010

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
68%
Queen to Play
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 67%
role:
L’Américaine
2009

Comedy

Drama

6.9
67%
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My Name Is Sarah
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 80%
role:
Sarah Winston
2007

Drama

Romance

6.0
80%
The Grudge 2
IMDB 5.0
TMDB 55%
role:
Trish Kimble & 1 more
2006

Horror

Thriller

5.0
55%
Catch That Kid
IMDB 5.2
TMDB 56%
role:
Molly Phillips
2004

Action

Adventure

Family

5.2
56%
The L Word
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 77%
role:
Bette Porter
2004

Drama

7.7
77%
Runaway Jury
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 69%
role:
Vanessa Lembeck
2003

Drama

Thriller

7.1
69%
Roger Dodger
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Sophie
2002

Comedy

Drama

6.8
62%
1998

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.7
64%
The Prophecy II
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 63%
role:
Valerie Rosales
1998

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8
63%
Four Rooms
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 57%
role:
Angela
1995

Comedy

Crime

6.7
57%
Devil in a Blue Dress
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 63%
role:
Daphne Monet
1995

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.8
63%
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Pulp Fiction
IMDB 8.9
TMDB 85%
role:
Thanks
1994

Crime

Thriller

8.9
85%
1993

Comedy

Drama

7.2
75%
The Thief and the Cobbler
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 71%
role:
Princess YumYum (voice)
1993

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
71%
1988

Comedy

Horror

6.1
60%
Flashdance
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 65%
role:
Alex Owens
1983

Drama

Romance

6.2
65%
My Bodyguard
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 64%
role:
Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
1980

Comedy

Drama

Family

7.1
64%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Jennifer Beals are, for example, Luckiest Girl Alive, Sweet Thing and The L Word: Generation Q.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are Pulp Fiction (8.7), The L Word: Generation Q (7.7) and The L Word (7.7).
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