Jennifer Beals
Acting
Born December 19, 1963 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 · 40 titles
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Law & Order
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Daily Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Castle
Frasier
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The View
Golden Globe Awards
Lie to Me
The Outer Limits
Law & Order: Organized Crime
The L Word
Taken
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Motive
Faerie Tale Theatre
After
The Hunger
The Book of Boba Fett
Best Week Ever
The Night Shift
Where Are They Now?
Seitenblicke
The L Word: Generation Q
Swamp Thing
The Word
Before I Fall
The Book of Eli
Four Rooms
Flashdance
The Chicago Code
Runaway Jury
Luckiest Girl Alive
The Grudge 2
Proof
Devil in a Blue Dress
The Last Days of Disco