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Jennifer Beals

Age: 45
Height: 5' 8 1/2"

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Dec. 19th, 1963

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Jennifer Beals' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The L Word	Bette Porter
2000 Malibu Road	Perry Quinn

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jennifer Beals was born in December 1963 in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the city. With a life-long desire for acting, Beals first appeared in small high school plays and even got an uncredited bit part in My Bodyguard (1980) in 1980. After graduation, she enrolled in college at Yale University, studying American literature. She appeared in her first starring role in the movie Flashdance (1983) while still a freshman at Yale. While at Yale, she also starred in Franc Roddam's The Bride (1985). After graduation from Yale, Beals married independent filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell in the mid-80s, and has appeared in several of his films. Most notably, she starred in his In the Soup (1992), which won the 1992 Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the Audience Award at the Deauville Film Festival.

Beals continued to find acting work in various movies and TV productions through the 1990s, in lead and supporting roles. Her most recent and notable role came in early 2004 with her appearing as a regular on the Showtime TV-cable series "The L Word" (2004) playing a lesbian art gallery manager named "Bette Porter".

TRIVIA:

Is a huge fan of _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv) and wanted the cast to guest star on _"The L Word" (2004)_ (qv).
Film debut was in the 1980 film, _My Bodyguard (1980)_ (qv), in which she is uncredited.
Close friend of 'Quentin Tarantino' (qv). He often stayed at her home while struggling as a director before making _Pulp Fiction (1994)_ (qv).
Good friends with 'Elizabeth Berkley' (qv). The each appeared in a 'Joe Eszterhas' (qv)-written film (Berkley: _Showgirls (1995)_ (qv); Beals: _Flashdance (1983)_ (qv)), and they appeared together in _Roger Dodger (2002)_ (qv).
Gave birth to her first child, a girl, in October, 2005.
Stepmother to her husband, Ken Dixon's, two children.
Worked at Baskin-Robbins as a teenager.
In _Flashdance (1983)_ (qv), the birth date that she fills out on the application form is her actual birth date in real life.