Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals has appeared in 32 movies on CringeMDb. 19 contain sex scenes, nudity or sexual violence, and 13 do not.
- Most recent parent-safe movie: The Book of Eli (2010)
- Most recent with adult content: Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
Born December 19, 1963 · Known for acting
59.4% Featured Movie Cringe Score (32 movies)
Jennifer Beals Movie Credits
Certified Parent-Safe
The Grudge 2
...as Trish Kimble
Catch That Kid
...as Molly Phillips
The Book of Eli
...as Claudia
Militia
...as Julie Sanders
Dr. M
...as Sonja Vogler
In the Soup
...as Angelica Pena
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
...as Jessica
Blood and Concrete
...as Mona
Wishful Thinking
...as Elizabeth
Runaway Jury
...as Vanessa Lembeck
The Twilight of the Golds
...as Suzanne Stein
Let It Be Me
...as Emily Taylor
The Search for One-eye Jimmy
...as Ellen
Certified Cringeworthy
Four Rooms
...as Angela
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
...as Gertrude Benchley
Devil in a Blue Dress
...as Daphne Monet
The Prophecy II
...as Valerie Rosales
The Anniversary Party
...as Gina Taylor
Roger Dodger
...as Sophie
13 Moons
...as Suzi
Desolation Sound
...as Elizabeth Storey
The Last Days of Disco
...as Nina
Feast of All Saints
...as Dolly Rose
Body and Soul
...as Gina
Cinemanovels
...as Clementine
Break a Leg
...as Juliet
Manhattan Night
...as Lisa Wren
Out of Line
...as Officer Jenny Capitanas
A House Divided
...as Amanda Dickson
Before I Fall
...as Mrs. Kingston
After
...as Karen Gibson
Luckiest Girl Alive
...as Lolo Vincent
About Jennifer Beals
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 grocery stores. She is multiracial; 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.
Beals was inspired to become an actress by two events: doing a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof and seeing Balm in Gilead with Joan Allen while volunteer-ushering at the Steppenwolf Theatre.
Beals graduated from the progressive Francis W. Parker School. She also was chosen to attend the elite Goodman Theatre Young People's Drama Workshop. Beals attended Yale University, receiving a B.A. in American literature in 1987; she deferred a term so she could film Flashdance. While at Yale, Beals was a resident of Morse College.
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