Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals (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.
Acted Movies
Director: Mike Barker
Writers: Jessica Knoll,
Cast: Alex Barone, Carson MacCormac, Chiara Aurelia, Connie Britton, Dalmar Abuzeid, Finn Wittrock, Jennifer Beals, Justine Lupe, Mila Kunis, Scoot McNairy,
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Writers: Maria Maggenti,
Cast: Cynthy Wu, Diego Boneta, Elena Kampouris, Erica Tremblay, Halston Sage, Jennifer Beals, Kian Lawley, Logan Miller, Medalion Rahimi, Zoey Deutch,
Director: Sean Cisterna
Writers: Willem Wennekers,
Cast: Ana Golja, Ariana Berlin, Art Hindle, Asha Bromfield, Jake Epstein, Jennifer Beals, Lamar Johnson, Ramona Milano, Sarah Fisher, Trevor Tordjman,
Director: Albert Hughes
Writers: Gary Whitta,
Cast: Denzel Washington, Evan Jones, Frances de la Tour, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Beals, Joe Pingue, Michael Gambon, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Tom Waits,
Director: Bart Freundlich
Writers: Derek Haas,
Cast: Corbin Bleu, James Le Gros, Jennifer Beals, John Carroll Lynch, Kristen Stewart, Lennie Loftin, Max Thieriot, Michael Des Barres, Sam Robards, Stark Sands,
Director: Dylan Kidd
Writers: Dylan Kidd,
Cast: Ato Essandoh, Ben Shenkman, Campbell Scott, Elizabeth Berkley, Isabella Rossellini, Jennifer Beals, Jesse Eisenberg, Mina Badie, Morena Baccarin, Peter Appel,
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Writers: Alexandre Rockwell,
Cast: Debi Mazar, Elizabeth Bracco, Jennifer Beals, Pat Moya, Sam Rockwell, Seymour Cassel, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, Steven Randazzo, Will Patton,
Director: Adrian Lyne
Writers: Joe Eszterhas,
Cast: Cynthia Rhodes, Jennifer Beals, Kyle T. Heffner, Lee Ving, Lilia Skala, Michael Nouri, Micole Mercurio, Philip Bruns, Ron Karabatsos, Sunny Johnson,