Jennifer Beals
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963-12-19
- Works
- 2
Top works
- l Word
- L - A Photographic Journal
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Film & TV
Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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…
Known for
- Hello Out There — Judith2025
- Luckiest Girl Alive — Lolo Vincent2022
- The Book of Boba Fett — Garsa Fwip2021
- Law & Order: Organized Crime — Cassandra Webb2021
- After — Karen Gibson2019
- The L Word: Generation Q — Bette Porter2019
- Swamp Thing — Lucilia Cable2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- The White Orchid — Vivian2018
- Hollywood: No Sex, Please!2018
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 459
- Total plays
- 10,639
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
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- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement
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- Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities
· 2000 · cited 22,566x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1963-12-19 ) December 19, 1963 (age 62) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Education
- Yale University ( BA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1980–present
- Known for
- Alexandra Owens: Flashdance , Bette Porter: The L Word
- Spouses
- Alexandre Rockwell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1986 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 ) Ken Dixon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 19 December 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jennifer
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Jupiter Awards
- Hair colour
- brown hair
Article
Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Beals has appeared in several films including Vampire's Kiss (1988), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), Before I Fall (2017), and Luckiest Girl Alive (2022). On television, she starred in shows such as The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), Taken (2017), and The Book of Boba Fett (2021). Her portrayal of Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009) earned her a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She reprised her role as Bette Porter and served as an executive producer on the sequel series The L Word: Generation Q (2019–2023).
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