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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 southside of Chicago, the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores. She is biracial, as her father was African American and her mother is Irish American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory. Her father died when Beals was nine years old, and her mother married Edward Cohen in 1981. Beals has said her biracial heritage had some effect on her, as she "always lived sort of on the outside", with an idea "of being the other in society". She got her first job at age 13 at an ice cream store, using her height at the time (she is now nearly 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)), to convince her boss she was 16.
Jennifer Beals on The L Word, Proof & Her Clothing Line | The Meredith Vieira Show
Jennifer Beals on The Talk
Jennifer Beals Speaks on Working with Denzel Washington & New TNT Series "Proof"
Jennifer Beals - Interview on "Chelsea Lately" talk show (February 10th, 2011)
Jennifer Beals - A House Divided
Jennifer Beals - Interview: The Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson (February 10, 2011)
Jennifer Beals - Interview: The Late Late Show w/ Craig Ferguson (February 16, 2005)
TLW Reunion [Jennifer Beals] 2/2
Jennifer Beals - Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999) - Full Movie
Jennifer Beals - Indecency (1992) - Full Movie
Extended dance scene Jennifer Beals and Robert Roldan in "Motive"
Jennifer Beals Flashdance Special - Let's Dance
Jennifer Beals - Desolation Sound (2005) - Full Movie
Jennifer Beals receives the HRC Ally for Equality Award