Jennifer Beals
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Hello Out There
2025
as Judith
Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
as Lolo Vincent
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
as Garsa Fwip
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
as Cassandra Webb
After
2019
as Karen Gibson
The L Word: Generation Q
2019
as Bette Porter
Swamp Thing
2019
as Lucilia Cable
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The White Orchid
2018
as Vivian
Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
2018
Before I Fall
2017
as Mrs. Kingston
Taken
2017
as Christina Hart
Manhattan Night
2016
as Lisa Wren
Full Out
2015
as Coach Valorie Kondos-Field
Proof
2015
as Dr. Carolyn Tyler
A Wife's Nightmare
2014
as Liz
The Night Shift
2014
as Dr. Syd Jennings
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
2014
as Self
Cinemanovels
2013
as Clementine
A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
Motive
2013
as Sophia Balfour
The Chicago Code
2011
as Teresa Colvin
The Book of Eli
2010
as Claudia
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010
as Angela Fox
A Night for Dying Tigers
2010
as Melanie
Queen to Play
2009
as L’Américaine
Castle
2009
as Sophia Turner
Lie to Me
2009
as Zoe Landau
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
2008
as Self
My Name Is Sarah
2007
as Sarah Winston
The Grudge 2
2006
as Trish Kimble
Troubled Waters
2006
as FBI Agent Beck
Desolation Sound
2005
as Elizabeth Storey
Break a Leg
2005
as Juliet
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Catch That Kid
2004
as Molly Phillips
Best Week Ever
2004
The L Word
2004
as Bette Porter
Runaway Jury
2003
as Vanessa Lembeck
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Roger Dodger
2002
as Sophie
13 Moons
2002
as Suzi
They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002
as Sloan McBride
The Anniversary Party
2001
as Gina Taylor
Feast of All Saints
2001
as Dolly Rose
Out of Line
2001
as Officer Jenny Capitanas
Militia
2000
as Julie Sanders
Body and Soul
2000
as Gina
A House Divided
2000
as Amanda Dickson
Without Malice
2000
as Samantha Wilkes
Something More
2000
as Lisa
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
1999
as Jessica
Wishful Thinking
1999
as Elizabeth
Where Are They Now?
1999
as Self
The Prophecy II
1998
as Valerie Rosales
The Last Days of Disco
1998
as Nina
The Spree
1998
as Xinia Kelly
The View
1997
as Self
The Hunger
1997
as Jane
Nothing Sacred
1997
as Justine Madsen Judd
The Twilight of the Golds
1996
as Suzanne Stein
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Four Rooms
1995
as Angela
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Daphne Monet
Let It Be Me
1995
as Emily Taylor
The Outer Limits
1995
as Robin Dysart
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Gertrude Benchley
Dead on Sight
1994
as Rebecca Darcy
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Ellen
Dear Diary
1993
as Self
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Princess YumYum (voice)
Night Owl
1993
as Julia
Frasier
1993
as Dr. Anne Ranberg
The Big Pardon 2
1992
as Joyce Ferranti
In the Soup
1992
as Angelica Pena
Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992
as Virginia
Indecency
1992
as Ellie Shaw
2000 Malibu Road
1992
as Perry Quinn
Blood and Concrete
1991
as Mona
Dr. M
1990
as Sonja Vogler
The Madonna and the Dragon
1990
as Patty Meredith
Sons
1990
as Transvestite
Law & Order
1990
as Sofia Archer
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Rachel
Split Decisions
1988
as Barbara Uribe
The Gamble
1988
as Lady Olivia Candioni
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
The Bride
1985
as Eva
Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
That's Dancing!
1985
Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Flashdance
1983
as Alex Owens
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Cinderella
My Bodyguard
1980
as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee