1. Jewel Belair Staite was born on June 2,1982 and is a Canadian actress.
13 Facts About Jewel Staite
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Jewel Staite is known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in the series Firefly and its follow-up movie Serenity, and as Jennifer Keller on science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis.
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Jewel Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia, the youngest of seven children.
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Jewel Staite has said that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry.
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Jewel Staite began her career in early childhood, working both as a model and, from the age of six, as an actor.
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Jewel Staite attended Vancouver Film School and developed her stagecraft at the Vancouver Youth Theatre.
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Jewel Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived television series Firefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity.
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Jewel Staite wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".
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Jewel Staite played the recurring role of Heidi Gotts in the television series Wonderfalls in 2004.
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Jewel Staite played the role of head medical doctor Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis, making her one of three actors from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series.
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Jewel Staite appeared in the 2010 Syfy film, Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson.
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Also in 2010, Jewel Staite guest-starred in an episode of Warehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon, and in 2011, she guest-starred on an episode of Supernatural as a former love interest of Sam.
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Jewel Staite was married to actor Matt Anderson from 2003 to 2011.