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Jewel StaiteAdd to My CelebsAge 29 Birthday Jun. 2nd, 1982 Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada Height 5' 5 1/2" |
Jewel Staite's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2005 - Serenity2002 - Cheats 1996 - Carpool 1995 - Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
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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