Biography
Jennifer Beals
Acting
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…
Career works
101
Movies
67
Series
34
Career average
6.1/10
Birth date
12/19/1963
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Hello Out There
2025
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022 · 6.5
After
2019 · 7.1
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018 · 5.5
The White Orchid
2018 · 5.7
Before I Fall
2017 · 7.0
Manhattan Night
2016 · 5.9
Full Out
2015 · 7.2
A Wife's Nightmare
2014 · 6.3
Cinemanovels
2013 · 4.5
A Fuller Life
2013 · 6.6
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010 · 5.4
A Night for Dying Tigers
2010 · 5.4
The Book of Eli
2010 · 6.8
Queen to Play
2009 · 6.6
Series
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NCIS: New York
2026
The Book of Boba Fett
2021 · 7.5
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · 7.9
The L Word: Generation Q
2019 · 7.6
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.3
Swamp Thing
2019 · 7.4
Taken
2017 · 6.5
Proof
2015 · 6.5
The Night Shift
2014 · 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · 5.8
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014 · 5.0
Motive
2013 · 6.4
The Chicago Code
2011 · 7.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · 5.0
Castle
2009 · 8.0