Jennifer Beals

Actor

Born: December 19, 1963 (age 62)
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography (67)

Hello Out There (2025)
Judith
Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
Lolo Vincent
After (2019)
Karen Gibson
Hollywood: No Sex, Please! (2018)
The White Orchid (2018)
Vivian
Before I Fall (2017)
Mrs. Kingston
Manhattan Night (2016)
Lisa Wren
Full Out (2015)
Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
A Wife's Nightmare (2014)
Liz
Cinemanovels (2013)
Clementine
A Fuller Life (2013)
Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010)
Angela Fox
A Night for Dying Tigers (2010)
Melanie
The Book of Eli (2010)
Claudia
Queen to Play (2009)
L’Américaine
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008)
Self
My Name Is Sarah (2007)
Sarah Winston
Troubled Waters (2006)
FBI Agent Beck
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Trish Kimble
Desolation Sound (2005)
Elizabeth Storey
Break a Leg (2005)
Juliet
Catch That Kid (2004)
Molly Phillips
Runaway Jury (2003)
Vanessa Lembeck
They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002)
Sloan McBride
13 Moons (2002)
Suzi
Roger Dodger (2002)
Sophie
Out of Line (2001)
Officer Jenny Capitanas
Feast of All Saints (2001)
Dolly Rose
The Anniversary Party (2001)
Gina Taylor
Something More (2000)
Lisa