Jennifer Beals Profile

Name: Jennifer Beals
Birth Name: Jennifer Beals
Birth Date: December 19, 1963
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Measurements: 34-27-36

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Jennifer Beals Quotes

A couple years ago I had a big crush on Eddie Vedder. I told my husband, "Do not let me be in the same room with Eddie Vedder." He said, "Don't worry, I won't."
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A few years ago I was in a terrible car accident. When the air bag went off it was like getting hit in the face by Muhammad Ali. For years after the accident I had chronic pain in my back and jaw.
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And what is so incredibly interesting is that I've played vampires, murderers, and morally bankrupt people and no one has ever asked me if I had reservations for playing those characters.
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Jennifer Beals Biography

Jennifer Beals was born on December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Francis W. Parker School, Beals pursued a degree in American Literature and graduated from Yale University in 1987. Her first experience in the entertainment industry was a small role in the 1980 comedy-drama movie “My Bodyguard.” Jennifer’s next acting gig, a starring role in the 1983 musical flick “Flashdance”, made her a star. In the film, she portrayed a 19-year-old welder/dancer who dreams to join a renowned dance school. For her work on “Flashdance,” Jennifer earned her first Golden Globe nomination and received a “Best Song” Academy Award.

Throughout the mid-1980s to 1990, Jennifer Beals worked on several mythological-based films, including the 1985 gothic horror flick “The Bride” alongside Sting and the 1985 made-for-TV movie, “Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella.” She also starred in the 1989 film “Vampire’s Kiss” opposite Nicolas Cage. By early 1990s, Jennifer Beals appeared on various movies, including “Blood and Concrete” in 1991, the Sundance-winning film “In the Soup” and “Indecency” in 1992, “Caro Diario” and “The Night Owl” in 1993 and “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle” in 1994.

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About Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals first appeared in the 1980 film, “My Bodyguard”, which led to her starring role in the 1983 box office hit, “Flashdance”, wherein she was nominated for a Golden Globe and won an Academy Award for ‘Best Song’. After this movie, she was then cast in several interesting films, including the 1985 gothic horror “The Bride”, where she starred alongside singer-actor Sting. That same year, she appeared in an episode of the TV series, “Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella”. In 1989, Beals starred alongside Nicolas Cage in the 1989 movie, “Vampire’s Kiss”, where she portrayed a lusty vampire.

Beals appeared in the 1991 movie, “Blood and Concrete”. She then appeared in her then-husband Alexandre Rockwell’s independent film, “In the Soup” in 1992, which was a Grand prizewinner at the Sundance Film Festival. That same year, Beals worked on the movie, “Indecency” and appeared on the 1993 documentary film, “Caro Diario”. From 1993 to 1994, she was cast in two films – “The Night Owl” and “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle”. However, it was in 1995 that she received better roles, such as in another Alexandre Rockwell film – a four-story anthology entitled, “Four Rooms” and a period film “Devil in a Blue Dress” alongside Denzel Washington.

By the late 1990s and early 2000, Beals starred in numerous films, including “The Thief and the Cobbler”, “Wishful Thinking”, “The Prophecy II”, “The Spree”, “The Last Days of Disco”, “Fear of Flying”, “Militia”, “Out of Line”, “The Anniversary Party”, “13 Moons” and “Roger Dodger”. However, it was in 2006 that she gained global fame when she was cast as the lead role in the horror film, “The Grudge 2”. She then starred in the 2007 TV series, “My Name is Sarah” and landed a regular spot in the Showtime Network’s TV drama, “The L Word”.