Jennifer Beals

Personal Info

Birthday

December 19, 1963

(61 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Jennifer Beals

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Castle

Frasier

Lie to Me

Runaway Jury

Law & Order: Organized Crime

The L Word

After

Filmography

2025
Hello Out There
as Judith
2022
Luckiest Girl Alive
as Lolo Vincent
2019
After
as Karen Gibson
2018
The White Orchid
as Vivian
2017
Before I Fall
as Mrs. Kingston
2016
Manhattan Night
as Lisa Wren
2015
Full Out
as Valorie Kondos-Field
2014
A Wife's Nightmare
as Liz
2013
Cinemanovels
as Clementine
A Fuller Life
as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
2010
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
as Angela Fox
A Night for Dying Tigers
as Melanie
The Book of Eli
as Claudia
2009
Queen to Play
as L’Américaine
2008
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
as Self
2007
My Name Is Sarah
as Sarah Winston
2006
Troubled Waters
as FBI Agent Beck
The Grudge 2
as Trish Kimble
2005
Desolation Sound
as Elizabeth Storey
Break a Leg
as Juliet
2004
Catch That Kid
as Molly Phillips
2003
Runaway Jury
as Vanessa Lembeck
2002
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
as Sloan McBride
13 Moons
as Suzi
Roger Dodger
as Sophie
2001
Out of Line
as Officer Jenny Capitanas
Feast of All Saints
as Dolly Rose
The Anniversary Party
as Gina Taylor
2000
Something More
as Lisa
Militia
as Julie Sanders
Body and Soul
as Gina
A House Divided
as Amanda Dickson
Without Malice
as Samantha Wilkes
1999
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
as Jessica
Wishful Thinking
as Elizabeth
1998
The Last Days of Disco
as Nina
The Spree
as Xinia Kelly
The Prophecy II
as Valerie Rosales
1996
The Twilight of the Golds
as Suzanne Stein
1995
Four Rooms
as Angela
Let It Be Me
as Emily Taylor
Devil in a Blue Dress
as Daphne Monet
1994
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
as Ellen
Dead on Sight
as Rebecca Darcy
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
as Gertrude Benchley
1993
Dear Diary
as Self
The Thief and the Cobbler
as Princess YumYum (voice)
Night Owl
as Julia
1992
The Big Pardon 2
as Joyce Ferranti
In the Soup
as Angelica Pena
Indecency
as Ellie Shaw
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
as Virginia
1991
Blood and Concrete
as Mona
1990
The Madonna and the Dragon
as Patty Meredith
Dr. M
as Sonja Vogler
Sons
as Transvestite
1989
Vampire's Kiss
as Rachel
1988
The Gamble
as Lady Olivia Candioni
Split Decisions
as Barbara Uribe
1985
The Bride
as Eva
Cinderella
as Cinderella
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
as Cinderella
That's Dancing!
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Flashdance
as Alex Owens
1980
My Bodyguard
as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)