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Jennifer Beals

Acting

December 19, 1963 (62)

Chicago, Illinois, USA

67 movies

5.6 avg

7

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...

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

Caro diario

Caro diario

as Jennifer Beals

Full Out

Full Out

as Coach Valorie Kondos-Field

After

After

as Karen Gibson

Filmography

2020s

2 films

Hello Out There

Hello Out There

as Judith

Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

as Lolo Vincent

2010s

12 films

After

After

as Karen Gibson

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

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The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Princess YumYum (voice)

Before I Fall

Before I Fall

as Mrs. Kingston

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018

5.5

The White Orchid

The White Orchid

as Vivian

Before I Fall

Before I Fall

as Mrs. Kingston

Manhattan Night

Manhattan Night

as Lisa Wren

Full Out

Full Out

as Coach Valorie Kondos-Field

A Wife's Nightmare

A Wife's Nightmare

as Liz

Cinemanovels

Cinemanovels

as Clementine

A Fuller Life

A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

as Angela Fox

A Night for Dying Tigers

A Night for Dying Tigers

as Melanie

The Book of Eli

The Book of Eli

as Claudia

2000s

20 films

Queen to Play

Queen to Play

as L’Américaine

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

as Self

My Name Is Sarah

My Name Is Sarah

as Sarah Winston

Troubled Waters

Troubled Waters

as FBI Agent Beck

The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2

as Trish Kimble

Desolation Sound

Desolation Sound

as Elizabeth Storey

Break a Leg

Break a Leg

as Juliet

Catch That Kid

Catch That Kid

as Molly Phillips

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

as Vanessa Lembeck

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

as Sloan McBride

13 Moons

13 Moons

as Suzi

Roger Dodger

Roger Dodger

as Sophie

Out of Line

Out of Line

as Officer Jenny Capitanas

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

as Dolly Rose

The Anniversary Party

The Anniversary Party

as Gina Taylor

Something More

Something More

as Lisa

Militia

Militia

as Julie Sanders

Body and Soul

Body and Soul

as Gina

A House Divided

A House Divided

as Amanda Dickson

Without Malice

Without Malice

as Samantha Wilkes

1990s

23 films

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

as Jessica

Wishful Thinking

Wishful Thinking

as Elizabeth

The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

as Nina

The Spree

The Spree

as Xinia Kelly

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

as Valerie Rosales

The Twilight of the Golds

The Twilight of the Golds

as Suzanne Stein

Four Rooms

Four Rooms

as Angela

Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me

as Emily Taylor

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

as Daphne Monet

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

as Ellen

Dead on Sight

Dead on Sight

as Rebecca Darcy

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

as Gertrude Benchley

Caro diario

Caro diario

as Jennifer Beals

The Thief and the Cobbler

The Thief and the Cobbler

as Princess YumYum (voice)

Night Owl

Night Owl

as Julia

The Big Pardon 2

The Big Pardon 2

as Joyce Ferranti

In the Soup

In the Soup

as Angelica Pena

Indecency

Indecency

as Ellie Shaw

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

as Virginia

Blood and Concrete

Blood and Concrete

as Mona

The Madonna and the Dragon

The Madonna and the Dragon

as Patty Meredith

Dr. M

Dr. M

as Sonja Vogler

Sons

Sons

as Transvestite

1980s

10 films

Vampire's Kiss

Vampire's Kiss

as Rachel

The Gamble

The Gamble

as Lady Olivia Candioni

Split Decisions

Split Decisions

as Barbara Uribe

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

as Self

The Bride

The Bride

as Eva

Cinderella

Cinderella

as Cinderella

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

as Self (archive footage)

Flashdance

Flashdance

as Alex Owens

My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)