Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals
Beals at the 2008 L5 convention in Blackpool
Born	(1963-12-19) December 19, 1963 (age 60) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Yale University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Known for	Alexandra Owens: Flashdance Bette Porter: The L Word
Spouses	Alexandre Rockwell ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1996)​ Ken Dixon ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	1

Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963)^[1] is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Beals has appeared in several films including Vampire's Kiss (1988), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), Before I Fall (2017), and Luckiest Girl Alive (2022). On television, she starred in shows such as The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), Taken (2017), and The Book of Boba Fett (2021). Her portrayal of Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009) earned her a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. She reprised her role as Bette Porter and served as an executive producer on the sequel series The L Word: Generation Q (2019–2023).