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Jennifer Beals Biography

Jennifer Beals is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Actress best known for her starring role in Flashdance. Her performance in the film earned her an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2015, she appeared as Coach Val in the film Full Out.

She co-starred with Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress.

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard, then came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance. The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, Flashdance is the story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and sensual dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song. Many of Beals’ elaborate dance moves were actually performed by dance double Marine Jahan.

She was married to Alexandre Rockwell from 1986 to 1996. She married Ken Dixon in 1998. They have one daughter.

NameJennifer Beals
First NameJennifer
Last NameBeals
OccupationMovie Actress
BirthdayDecember 19
Birth Year1963
Place of BirthChicago
Home TownIllinois
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignSagittarius
Full/Birth Name
ParentsAlfred Beals, Jeanne Anderson
Brother(s)Bobby, Gregory
SiblingsGregory Beals, Bobby Beals
SpouseKen Dixon , Alexandre Rockwell
Children(s)Not Available

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Beals graduated from the progressive Francis W. Parker School and was chosen to attend the elite Goodman Theatre Young People’s Drama Workshop. She graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in American Literature in 1987 having deferred a term so she could film Flashdance. While at Yale, Beals was a resident of Morse College.

Jennifer Beals Net Worth

Jennifer Beals is one of the richest Movie Actress from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jennifer Beals's net worth $8 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Her first job was at an ice cream store. She studied English Literature at Yale.

She debuted in the 1980 film My Bodyguard. She also played Bette Porter in the series The L Word.

After she filmed Flashdance, Beals resumed her studies, making only one film during that time: playing the titular character The Bride with singer-actor Sting, a gothic horror film loosely based on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, shot during her summer break. She also appeared as Cinderella in the eponymous episode of Faerie Tale Theatre, opposite Matthew Broderick. Beals was asked by Joel Schumacher to do St. Elmo’s Fire but turned it down, preferring to stay at Yale.

Net Worth$8 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeMovie Actress
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

Beals is a photographer and has had shows featuring her work under her married name, Dixon. In 1989, she spent some time in Haiti photographing the elections. She published a book about her time on The L Word featuring her own photographs.

In 1992, she appeared in 2000 Malibu Road as attorney Perry Quinn. It was her first ongoing television series; she said she had been leery as she previously had not “found a character I wanted to live with for several years”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Jennifer Beals height 5 ft 8 in Jennifer weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height5 ft 8 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
Hair ColorNot Available
Feet/Shoe SizeNot Available

After graduating from Yale in 1987, Beals resumed her acting career, playing the love interest in the boxing film Split Decisions opposite Craig Sheffer. Starring opposite Nicolas Cage, she portrayed a lusty and thirsty vampire in 1989’s Vampire’s Kiss.

In 1995, Beals and Denzel Washington co-starred in Devil in a Blue Dress, a period film based on a Walter Mosley novel featuring L.A. private detective, Easy Rawlins. Beals plays a biracial woman passing for white. That same year she appeared with Tim Roth in two segments of the four-story anthology Four Rooms, one of which was directed by her then-husband, Alexandre Rockwell.

Who is Jennifer Beals Dating?

According to our records, Jennifer Beals married to Ken Dixon , Alexandre Rockwell . As of December 1, 2023, Jennifer Beals’s is not dating anyone.

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Rockwell had previously directed her in the 1992 independent film In the Soup, which was a Grand Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, she played one of the sequestered jury members in the film adaptation of Runaway Jury.

Top Facts about Jennifer Beals

  1. Jennifer Beals was born on December 19, 1963.
  2. She rose to fame with the movie “Flashdance” in 1983.
  3. Beals has won several awards for her acting performances.
  4. She is also a producer and an advocate for social causes.
  5. Beals has been married twice and has two children.
  6. Her net worth is estimated at $8 million USD.
  7. Beals has appeared in over 50 films and TV shows.
  8. She is known for her activism in LGBTQ+ rights advocacy.
  9. Beals studied American literature at Yale University.
  10. She speaks fluent French and Spanish languages

Facts & Trivia

Jennifer Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jennifer Beals celebrates birthday on December 19 of every year.

Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), and Before I Fall (2017). On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009) and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), and Taken (2017). She reprised her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q in December 2019.

What nationality is Jennifer Beals?

American

What happened to Jennifer Beals?

Beals, who has long been an advocate for gay rights and is a practicing Buddhist, has been married twice. She was married to Alexandre Rockwell between 1986 and 1996. Since 2006, Beals has been married to the Canadian entrepreneur Ken Dixon, with whom she has a daughter named Ella Dixon.

Who is Jennifer Beals husband?

Husband

Is Jennifer Beals vegan?

“I’m not a drinker or a smoker,” she says, “And, I’m 99.9% vegan.” (She does admit to the rare day when “nothing but a hamburger will do.”) However, that’s not the full story.

How old is Jessica Biel now?

40 years (March 3, 1982)

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