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Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals is an American actress and a former teen model. She played the role of Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 film "Flashdance," and appeared 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. She is multiracial; her father was African American, and her mother is Irish American. 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."

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 attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in American literature in 1987; she deferred a term so she could film "Flashdance." The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, "Flashdance" is the story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and exotic dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepte

Jennifer Beals

American actress (born 1963)

Jennifer Beals

Beals at the 2008 at GLAAD Awards show

Born (1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 61)

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
EducationYale University
OccupationActress
Years active1980–present
Known forAlexandra Owens: Flashdance
Bette Porter: The L Word
Spouses

Alexandre Rockwell

(m. 1986; div. 1996)​

Ken Dixon

(m. 1998)​
Children1

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963)[1] is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Beals has appeared in several films including Vampire's Kiss (1988), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Devi

Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals is an American actress and a former teen model. She made her film debut in 1980's My Bodyguard, before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010) and Before I Fall (2017).

She starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004-2009). She later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015) and Taken (2017).

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.

Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard, then

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