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- Early Life
- Career
- Personal Life
Beals was born and raised in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores. Beals's father was African-American, and her mother is Irish-American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory. Her father died when Beals was nine, after which she spent ...
Film
Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard, then came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance. The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, Flashdance is the story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and sensual dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song. Many of Beals's elabora...
Television
In 1992, she appeared in 2000 Malibu Roadas attorney Perry Quinn. It was her first television series; she said she had been leery as she previously had not "found a character I wanted to live with for several years". In 2004, Beals made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier. In 2007, she appeared in the small TV drama My Name Is Sarah, in which she plays Sarah Winston, a sober woman who inadvertently walks in on an Alcoholics Anonymousmeeting and is mistaken for an alcoholic, but find...
Web series
Beals is also well known for her support of women's rights. In August 2012, she appeared alongside Troian Bellisario in the web series Lauren on the YouTube channel WIGS. Its first season is a three-episode arc featuring the stories of women in the army being abused, predominantly by more powerful superiors. The stories focused on frequently unreported cases of sexual abuse and how and why most of the cases went unreported or unsettled. Beals has also appeared in two interviews, discussing he...
While attending Yale, Beals dated future film executive Robert Simonds. She married Alexandre Rockwell in 1986, before divorcing in 1996.In 1998, she married Ken Dixon, a Canadian entrepreneur. On October 18, 2005, Beals gave birth to their daughter. Dixon also has two children from a previous marriage. Beals has described herself as a spiritual pe...
Jennifer Beals is an internationally renowned actress who has over 90 credits to her name, including critically acclaimed feature films and some of the highest rated television series to date. Beals is currently executive producing and returning as a lead cast member in the revival of her hit original series THE L WORD: GENERATION Q.
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29 de nov. de 2022 · November 29, 2022 12:17pm. Jennifer Beals Nicole Wilder/SHOWTIME. Jennifer Beals is taking a step back — but not away — with her leading role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q.
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17 de dez. de 2021 · Courtesy Image. For more than a year, Jennifer Beals (“The L Word,” “Flashdance”) has been dying to talk with anyone outside her family about her role on the new “Star Wars” series “ The Book...
2 de fev. de 2022 · The actress says appearing in multiple episodes of the Disney+ series was a dream come true, as the first film had a profound impact on her life. By Ryan Parker. February 2, 2022 1:12pm. Jennifer...
24 de ago. de 2021 · A decade after "The L Word" series finale, Jennifer Beals reprises her role as Bette Porter in the show's reboot, whose second season premiered earlier this month. Aug. 24, 2021, 4:38 PM UTC ...
