Jennifer Beals

Q: Has Jennifer Beals won any awards?

Jennifer Beals has received several nominations throughout her career, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for her ensemble work in 'The L Word'. She has also won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series.

Q: What was Jennifer Beals' first film?

Jennifer Beals' first film was 'My Bodyguard', released in 1980. This film marked the beginning of her acting career and showcased her talent at a young age.

Q: What are some of Jennifer Beals' most successful films?

Some of Jennifer Beals' most successful films include 'Flashdance', which became a cultural phenomenon, and 'Devil in a Blue Dress'. Both films contributed significantly to her fame and established her as a leading actress.

Q: What can you tell me about Jennifer Beals' personal life?

Jennifer Beals is married to Ken Dixon, and they have one daughter named Ella. She is known to keep her personal life private, focusing primarily on her acting career and advocacy work.

Q: What is Jennifer Beals' estimated net worth?

Jennifer Beals' estimated net worth is approximately $8 million. Her wealth is attributed to her successful acting career and various endorsements.

Q: What milestones has Jennifer Beals achieved in her filmography?

Jennifer Beals has achieved significant milestones including starring in the groundbreaking series 'The L Word', which highlighted LGBTQ+ issues, and her recent role in 'The Wives', continuing to push boundaries in her career.

Q: What is Jennifer Beals' acting style known for?

Jennifer Beals' acting style is known for its emotional depth and authenticity. She brings a unique presence to her roles, making her performances memorable across various genres.

Known for

Flashdance (1983)

IMDb 6.2 / 10

1983 / Drama, Music / 90mins

Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover,...

The Book of Eli (2010)

IMDb 6.8 / 10

2010 / Action, Adventure / 118 min

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets...

Name

Jennifer Beals

Height

5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)

Born

19 December 1963, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Spouses

Ken Dixon (1998–present)

Children

1 daughter, Ella Beals

Parents

Betsy Beals, Alfred Beals

Estimated Net Worth

$8 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV NCIS: New York Special Agent Sam Hanna returns to his hometown of New York City to the NCIS field office and partners with...	Robyn Wells	Not rated
2025	Movie Hello Out There Minnie, a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across New Mexico with her cousin, Rex, a punk rock...	Judith	Not rated
2022	Movie Luckiest Girl Alive A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth...	Lolo Vincent	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	TV The Book of Boba Fett Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands...	Garsa Fwip	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	TV Law & Order: Organized Crime The detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau work to dismantle New York City's most vicious and violent illegal enterprises.	Cassandra Webb	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2019	TV The L Word: Generation Q In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and...	Bette Porter	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2019	TV The Kelly Clarkson Show Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	TV Swamp Thing CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but...	Lucilia Cable	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	Movie After Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester...	Karen Gibson	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2018	Movie Hollywood: No Sex, Please! Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers' puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2018	Movie The White Orchid A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The...	Vivian	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2017	Movie Before I Fall Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped...	Mrs. Kingston	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV Taken The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes...	Christina Hart	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2016	Movie Manhattan Night Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and...	Lisa Wren	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2015	Movie Full Out Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14...	Coach Valorie Kondos-Field	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2015	TV Proof A brilliant surgeon searches for proof of life after death.	Dr. Carolyn Tyler	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	Movie A Wife's Nightmare Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a...	Liz	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	TV The Night Shift The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an...	Dr. Syd Jennings	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2014	TV The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2014	TV Off Camera with Sam Jones Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders,...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2013	Movie Cinemanovels The estranged daughter (Lauren Lee Smith) of a recently deceased filmmaker gains a new understanding of her father when she...	Clementine	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2013	Movie A Fuller Life Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's...	Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2013	TV Motive A team of Vancouver investigators, led by homicide detective Angie Flynn, sets out to uncover the motive of each puzzling...	Sophia Balfour	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2011	TV The Chicago Code The series follows officers of the Chicago Police Department as they fight crime on the streets and try to expose...	Teresa Colvin	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2010	Movie The Night Before the Night Before Christmas When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with...	Angela Fox	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2010	Movie A Night for Dying Tigers The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer...	Melanie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2010	Movie The Book of Eli A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book...	Claudia	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2009	Movie Queen to Play Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her...	L’Américaine	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV Castle After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the...	Sophia Turner	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	TV Lie to Me The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when...	Zoe Landau	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2008	Movie Starz Inside: Fashion in Film From the supermodels of Paris to the superstars of Hollywood, this special explores the connecting thread between fashion and film.	Self	Not rated
2007	Movie My Name Is Sarah Sarah is depressed and lonely after her best friend dies. She follows a handsome man, Charlie, into a church where...	Sarah Winston	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2006	Movie Troubled Waters Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal...	FBI Agent Beck	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2006	Movie The Grudge 2 A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school...	Trish Kimble	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2005	Movie Desolation Sound Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly...	Elizabeth Storey	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2005	Movie Break a Leg A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a...	Juliet	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2005	TV The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson,...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	Movie Catch That Kid A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using...	Molly Phillips	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2004	TV Best Week Ever Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	TV The L Word A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.	Bette Porter	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2003	Movie Runaway Jury After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury...	Vanessa Lembeck	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Sloan McBride is an 1980s music star who is trying to hold on to her career. She hires Jenny as...	Sloan McBride	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2002	Movie 13 Moons Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just...	Suzi	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2002	Movie Roger Dodger A smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment...	Sophie	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2001	Movie Out of Line Henry, a hitman hired to take out a socialite, finds himself falling for Jenny, a parole officer, instead.	Officer Jenny Capitanas	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2001	Movie Feast of All Saints Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a...	Dolly Rose	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2001	Movie The Anniversary Party While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their...	Gina Taylor	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2000	Movie Something More When Sam and his friend fall for the same woman, their friendship is put at risk.	Lisa	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2000	Movie Militia When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover and join the group...	Julie Sanders	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2000	Movie Body and Soul Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering...	Gina	TMDB 2.8 / 10
2000	Movie A House Divided In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find...	Amanda Dickson	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2000	Movie Without Malice Paul Venters is a self-centered plastic surgeon who is soon to be married to beautiful Susan, but doesn't get along...	Samantha Wilkes	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1999	Movie Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb...	Jessica	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1999	Movie Wishful Thinking Elizabeth, a vet assistant, falls for Max, who brings in an abused dog. His jealousy burdens their relationship as does...	Elizabeth	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1999	TV Where Are They Now? Where Are They Now? was a television series on VH1 that featured past celebrities and updated on their current professional...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1998	Movie The Last Days of Disco Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.	Nina	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1998	Movie The Spree A policeman becomes obsessed with a female cat burglar, who convinces him to join her in crime.	Xinia Kelly	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1998	Movie The Prophecy II The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a...	Valerie Rosales	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	TV Nothing Sacred Father Ray, a card-playing, cocktail-sipping, blues-loving priest, ministers to his parishioners at St. Thomas, a large urban church in an...	Justine Madsen Judd	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1997	TV The View ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro...	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1997	TV The Hunger The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the...	Jane	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1996	Movie The Twilight of the Golds A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.	Suzanne Stein	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1996	TV E! True Hollywood Story E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.2 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1995	Movie Four Rooms It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in...	Angela	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1995	Movie Let It Be Me Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.	Emily Taylor	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1995	Movie Devil in a Blue Dress In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At...	Daphne Monet	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1995	TV The Outer Limits Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements...	Robin Dysart	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1994	Movie The Search for One-eye Jimmy While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production...	Ellen	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1994	Movie Dead on Sight A graduate student discovers her nightmares are actually visions of real-life murders committed by a man known as the Clock...	Rebecca Darcy	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1994	Movie Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was...	Gertrude Benchley	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1993	Movie Caro diario Nanni Moretti recounts in his diary three slice-of-life stories marked by a dry, ironic gaze: in the first, he rides...	Jennifer Beals	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	Movie The Thief and the Cobbler Princess Yum Yum falls in love with Tack and saves him from being executed. Later, when the protective orbs of...	Princess YumYum (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1993	TV Frasier After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist...	Dr. Anne Ranberg	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	Movie Night Owl New York: Every night the mysterious "Night Owl" goes on the air with her moody radio show. She seems to...	Julia	TMDB 3.2 / 10
1992	Movie The Big Pardon 2 The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is...	Joyce Ferranti	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1992	Movie In the Soup An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.	Angelica Pena	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1992	Movie Indecency One of three friends who work in an advertising agency has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon...	Ellie Shaw	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1992	TV 2000 Malibu Road 2000 Malibu Road is a prime time American soap opera that aired on CBS in the summer of 1992. The...	Perry Quinn	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1992	Movie Terror Stalks the Class Reunion A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.	Virginia	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1991	Movie Blood and Concrete A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make...	Mona	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1990	TV Law & Order In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects...	Sofia Archer	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1990	Movie The Madonna and the Dragon Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.	Patty Meredith	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1990	TV The Word The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. The show pushed forward the boundaries of...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Dr. M In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a...	Sonja Vogler	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1990	Movie Sons A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and...	Transvestite	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1989	Movie Vampire's Kiss A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to...	Rachel	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie The Gamble When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers...	Lady Olivia Candioni	TMDB 3.4 / 10
1988	Movie Split Decisions When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge...	Barbara Uribe	TMDB 5.1 / 10
1988	Movie Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Wembley Stadium hosts a concert featuring stars from the fields of music, comedy and film, in celebration of the 70th...	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	TV Seitenblicke An Austrian magazine-TV show.	self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1985	Movie The Bride Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn,...	Eva	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1985	Movie Cinderella An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.	Cinderella	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1985	Movie That's Dancing! A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1985	Movie That's Dancing! A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1983	Movie Flashdance Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is...	Alex Owens	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1982	TV Faerie Tale Theatre A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.	Cinderella	TMDB 8.1 / 10
1980	Movie My Bodyguard Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a...	Clifford's Friend (uncredited)	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1944	TV Golden Globe Awards An annual awards ceremony recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign, bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press...	Self - Nominee	TMDB 7.1 / 10
TBA	Movie Joy Will Prevail Based on the life of architect Louis Kahn	Esther Kahn	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Sweet Thing For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in...	Producer Production	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	TV The L Word: Generation Q In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	Movie Manhattan Night Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and...	Co-Producer Production	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1994	Movie Pulp Fiction A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic...	Thanks Crew	TMDB 8.5 / 10

Hello Out There

2025

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022 / TMDB 6.5

After

2019 / TMDB 7.1

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

2018 / TMDB 5.5

The White Orchid

2018 / TMDB 5.7

Before I Fall

2017 / TMDB 7.0

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What are some of Jennifer Beals' career highlights?

Jennifer Beals' career highlights include her iconic role in 'Flashdance', her leading role in 'The L Word', and her recent performance in 'The Wives'. She has showcased her versatility in various genres, from drama to romance.

Has Jennifer Beals won any awards?

What was Jennifer Beals' first film?

What are some of Jennifer Beals' most successful films?

What can you tell me about Jennifer Beals' personal life?

What is Jennifer Beals' estimated net worth?

What milestones has Jennifer Beals achieved in her filmography?

What is Jennifer Beals' acting style known for?