Jennifer Beals

ActorProducerProductionCrew Dec 19 (age 62) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1980–2025 (45 year career)

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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 gr…

Known For

Film

Pulp Fiction

Thanks

Film

After

Karen Gibson

Film

The Book of Eli

Claudia

Film

Before I Fall

Mrs. Kingston

Film

The L Word

Bette Porter

Film

Runaway Jury

Vanessa Lembeck

Film

Flashdance

Alex Owens

Film

Four Rooms

Angela

Filmography

Acting (101)

Movies (69)

Hello Out There

2025

as Judith

Luckiest Girl Alive

as Lolo Vincent

After

as Karen Gibson

The White Orchid

as Vivian

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Before I Fall

as Mrs. Kingston

Manhattan Night

as Lisa Wren

Full Out

as Coach Valorie Kondos-Field

A Wife's Nightmare

as Liz

Cinemanovels

as Clementine

A Fuller Life

as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")

6.6

The Book of Eli

2010

as Claudia

6.8

A Night for Dying Tigers

2010

as Melanie

5.4

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

as Angela Fox

Queen to Play

as L’Américaine

Starz Inside: Fashion in Film

2008

as Self

My Name Is Sarah

as Sarah Winston

The Grudge 2

as Trish Kimble

Troubled Waters

as FBI Agent Beck

Desolation Sound

as Elizabeth Storey

Break a Leg

as Juliet

Catch That Kid

as Molly Phillips

Runaway Jury

as Vanessa Lembeck

Roger Dodger

as Sophie

13 Moons

as Suzi

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?

as Sloan McBride

Feast of All Saints

as Dolly Rose

Out of Line

as Officer Jenny Capitanas

7.0

The Anniversary Party

as Gina Taylor

Militia

as Julie Sanders

Something More

as Lisa

A House Divided

as Amanda Dickson

Without Malice

as Samantha Wilkes

Body and Soul

as Gina

Wishful Thinking

as Elizabeth

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying

1999

as Jessica

4.4

The Last Days of Disco

as Nina

The Prophecy II

as Valerie Rosales

The Spree

as Xinia Kelly

The Twilight of the Golds

as Suzanne Stein

Four Rooms

as Angela

Devil in a Blue Dress

as Daphne Monet

Let It Be Me

as Emily Taylor

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

1994

as Gertrude Benchley

5.8

The Search for One-eye Jimmy

as Ellen

Dead on Sight

as Rebecca Darcy

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993

as Princess YumYum (voice)

Dear Diary

as Self

Night Owl

as Julia

Indecency

as Ellie Shaw

In the Soup

as Angelica Pena

The Big Pardon 2

as Joyce Ferranti

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion

as Virginia

Blood and Concrete

as Mona

The Madonna and the Dragon

as Patty Meredith

Sons

as Transvestite

Dr. M

as Sonja Vogler

Vampire's Kiss

as Rachel

Split Decisions

as Barbara Uribe

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988

as Self

6.0

The Gamble

1988

as Lady Olivia Candioni

1.8

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella

1985

as Cinderella

The Bride

as Eva

Cinderella

as Cinderella

That's Dancing!

Flashdance

as Alex Owens

My Bodyguard

as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)

6.3

Joy Will Prevail

as Esther Kahn

乱麻

Television (32)

Law & Order: Organized Crime

2021

as Cassandra Webb

7.9

The Book of Boba Fett

2021

as Garsa Fwip

7.5

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Swamp Thing

as Lucilia Cable

The L Word: Generation Q

as Bette Porter

Taken

as Christina Hart

Proof

as Dr. Carolyn Tyler

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self - Guest

5.9

Off Camera with Sam Jones

as Self

The Night Shift

as Dr. Syd Jennings

Motive

as Sophia Balfour

The Chicago Code

as Teresa Colvin

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Castle

as Sophia Turner

Lie to Me

as Zoe Landau

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

The L Word

as Bette Porter

Best Week Ever

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

Where Are They Now?

as Self

The View

as Self

The Hunger

as Jane

Nothing Sacred

as Justine Madsen Judd

9.0

The Daily Show

1996

as Self

6.4

E! True Hollywood Story

The Outer Limits

as Robin Dysart

Frasier

as Dr. Anne Ranberg

2000 Malibu Road

as Perry Quinn

Law & Order

as Sofia Archer

Seitenblicke

as self

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Cinderella

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (4)

Movies (3)

Sweet Thing

Producer

Manhattan Night

Co-Producer

Pulp Fiction

Thanks

Television (1)

The L Word: Generation Q

2019

Executive Producer

7.6