Jennifer Beals was born on December 19,1963 and is an American actress.
31 Facts About Jennifer Beals
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Jennifer Beals was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Jeanne, an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Jennifer Beals, who owned grocery stores.
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Jennifer Beals's father died when Beals was nine, after which she spent a summer at Cheley Colorado Camps in Estes Park, Colorado.
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Jennifer Beals deferred a term so she could perform in the feature film Flashdance.
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Jennifer Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard, then came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance.
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Jennifer Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale.
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Jennifer Beals was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song.
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Jennifer Beals appeared as Cinderella in an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, opposite Matthew Broderick.
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Jennifer Beals was asked by Joel Schumacher to do St Elmo's Fire but turned it down, preferring to stay at Yale.
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Jennifer Beals had a leading role in 2006's The Grudge 2, sequel to the hit horror film of two years earlier.
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In 2010, Jennifer Beals reunited with Denzel Washington in the post-apocalyptic action drama The Book of Eli, where she played a blind woman who is the mother of Mila Kunis' character and a consort of a local despot played by Gary Oldman.
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Jennifer Beals portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics head coach Valorie Kondos Field, in the Full Out movie about Ariana Berlin.
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In 2004, Jennifer Beals made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier.
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Jennifer Beals starred in Showtime's The L Word, wherein she played Bette Porter, an Ivy League-educated lesbian.
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Jennifer Beals appears alongside Tim Roth in Lie to Me, as Cal Lightman's ex-wife, Zoe Landau.
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Jennifer Beals was the female lead in Fox's TV drama The Chicago Code.
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In 2013, Jennifer Beals signed on for the main role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and developed by Ilene Chaiken.
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On February 27,2017, Jennifer Beals played the leader of a small group of specially trained government operatives for the new series Taken, which serves as a prequel to the Taken film series.
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In September 2018, Jennifer Beals was cast in the role of Sheriff Lucilia Cable for the Swamp Thing series.
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In December 2019, Jennifer Beals reprised her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q, the sequel series to The L Word, and executive-produces the show.
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In December 2021, Jennifer Beals appeared in the series premiere of The Book of Boba Fett, a Disney+ series in the Star Wars franchise, where she portrays the Twi'lek Garsa Fwip.
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Jennifer Beals is well known for her support of women's rights.
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Jennifer Beals has appeared in two interviews, discussing her views in relation to Lauren.
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In January 2013, Troian Bellisario confirmed on her Twitter and Instagram that she and Jennifer Beals were filming more Lauren web episodes.
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Jennifer Beals married Alexandre Rockwell in 1986, before divorcing in 1996.
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On October 18,2005, Jennifer Beals gave birth to their daughter.
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Jennifer Beals has expressed interest in the Bible and Catholicism, as well as Judaism, to which she once considered converting, and she is a practicing Buddhist.
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Jennifer Beals is a practitioner of kung-fu, sanshou, and kickboxing, and is a triathlete.
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Jennifer Beals is a photographer and has had shows featuring her work under her married name, Dixon.
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Jennifer Beals published a book about her time on The L Word featuring her own photographs.
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In 2010, Jennifer Beals served as the Grand Marshal of the McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago, during which she spoke of the two charities important to her: the Matthew Shepard Foundation and the Pablove Foundation.