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Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals TV Listings
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Fri, Feb 12, 2:00 PM
Outer Limits
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Militia
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Jennifer Beals Biography
Birth Place:
Chicago, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign:
12/19/1963, Sagittarius
Profession:
Actor
This biracial beauty was studying American literature at Yale when picked to star in the 1983 romantic blockbuster
Flashdance
. Playing a straight man's fantasy — welder by day, sexy dancer by night — Beals became an instant pinup girl with her exotic beauty and signature sweatshirt-off-the-shoulder style. But her career soon faltered, and although she worked consistently in mostly low-level projects for the next two decades — notably as a femme fatale in
Devil in a Blue Dress
and a slew of independent films, many directed by her ex-husband, Alexandre Rockwell — she remained indelibly linked to her seminal role. In 2004 she shattered that 20-year-old image when she signed on to
The L Word
as a workaholic lesbian, a part that revitalized her career and landed her on
People
magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list.
Jennifer Beals Fast Facts:
Made her film debut as an unbilled extra in 1980's
My Bodyguard
.
Performed very little of the actual dancing in her breakout 1983 hit
Flashdance
.
Her baggy, off-the-shoulder sweatshirt look in
Flashdance
sparked a fashion rage.
Considered for the role of Dana Scully in
The X-Files
, which starred fellow Yale classmate David Duchovny.
Her ex-husband, indie filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell, directed her in four films:
Sons
(1989),
In the Soup
(1992),
Four Rooms
(1995) and
13 Moons
(2002), which was made after they divorced.
Gave birth to a girl in October 2005 with husband Ken Dixon. Coincidentally, she was pregnant at the same time that her
L Word
character's girlfriend was pregnant.
Is an avid photographer.
Jennifer Beals Relationships:
Alexandre Rockwell - Ex-husband
Alfred Beals - Father
Bobby Beals - Brother
Edward Cohen - Stepfather
Gregory Beals - Brother
Jeanne Cohen - Mother
Ken Dixon - Husband
Jennifer Beals Awards:
1984 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
College:
Yale University, New Haven, CT (BA in American Literature, 1987)
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