Jewel Staite Add to My Celebs Age 29 Birthday Jun. 2nd, 1982 Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada Height 5' 5 1/2"

Jewel Staite's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Stargate Atlantis Dr. Jennife… Firefly Kaylee Frye Space Cases Catalina Flash Forward (CA) Rebecca 'Be… Higher Ground Daisy Lipen… Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show Tiara Vanhorn Just Deal Laurel

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Serenity 2002 - Cheats 1996 - Carpool 1995 - Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Born in White Rock, BC, Canada. Spent first three years of life in Maui. Started out modeling, was recommened to act at age 6. Won best actor in "Meeting Dad", a Vancouver Film School short.


TRIVIA:

• Was featured on the preteen video/board game "Party Mania".
• Has been involved with AIDS Project since her uncle died of the disease.
• Had to move from her hometown of Vancouver to Toronto during her two year run on the Disney show _"Flash Forward" (1996)_ (qv), one of the better shows for young people of the 1990s.
• Gained 20 lbs for the part of Kaylee in the TV series _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv). When the show was later adapted into a motion picture (_Serenity (2005)_ (qv)), the show had been over for a little while and she had lost the weight. She was told that they weren't going to give anyone else the part anyway, so she didn't have to re-gain the weight.
• Is the youngest of seven children, and lives just three blocks away from her parents in Vancouver.
• Her favorite hobbies are traveling and writing.
• She played the role of "Catalina" on _"Space Cases" (1996)_ (qv), a show that featured a space pirate named "Reaver" played by 'Chip Chuipka' (qv). She played "Kaylee" on _"Firefly" (2002)_ (qv) which featured a race of people called "Reavers", also with malicious intentions.
• In 2006, she appeared at the Armageddon Expo in Wellington, New Zealand.

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