Biography
Jennifer Beals (height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)) 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 gr...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Luckiest Girl Alive
2022
as Lolo Vincent
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously craf...

Sweet Thing
2020
Producer
For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and thei...

After
2019
as Karen Gibson
Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa...

The White Orchid
2018
as Vivian
A social services investigator helps a local sheriff solve the brutal murder of a beautiful blonde known only as The White Orchid.

Before I Fall
2017
as Mrs. Kingston
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the sam...

Manhattan Night
2016
as Lisa Wren
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. ...

Manhattan Night
2016
Co-Producer
Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. ...

Full Out
2015
as Valorie Kondos-Field
Based on the true life story of California gymnast Ariana Berlin. As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin's life took a sharp ...

A Wife's Nightmare
2014
as Liz
Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to b...

Cinemanovels
2013
as Clementine
The estranged daughter (Lauren Lee Smith) of a recently deceased filmmaker gains a new understanding of her father when she offers to create a retrosp...

A Fuller Life
2013
as Self - Reader (segment "Crime Reporter")
Friends and admirers of iconoclastic film director Sam Fuller read from his memoirs in this unconventional documentary directed by Fuller's only child...

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010
as Angela Fox
When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of present...

A Night for Dying Tigers
2010
as Melanie
The night before Jack (Gil Bellows) is slated to begin a five-year prison sentence for murder, his wife, Melanie (Jennifer Beals), and assorted siblin...

The Book of Eli
2010
as Claudia
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 to saving humankin...

Queen to Play
2009
as L’Américaine
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple pla...
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film
2008
as Self
From the supermodels of Paris to the superstars of Hollywood, this special explores the connecting thread between fashion and film.

My Name Is Sarah
2007
as Sarah Winston
Sarah is depressed and lonely after her best friend dies. She follows a handsome man, Charlie, into a church where he attends AA meetings. Sarah lets ...

Troubled Waters
2006
as FBI Agent Beck
Intrepid FBI agent Beck, assigned to solve the case of a multimillionaire couple's missing daughter. As clues begin to reveal themselves, Beck draws a...

The Grudge 2
2006
as Trish Kimble
A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong...

Desolation Sound
2005
as Elizabeth Storey
Noir thriller from Vancouver plays out a destructive friendship between a depressed housewife and her childhood friend to an ugly conclusion.

Break a Leg
2005
as Juliet
A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!

Catch That Kid
2004
as Molly Phillips
A determined twelve-year-old mountain climber takes drastic action to save her injured father by planning a high-stakes bank heist, using her skills a...

Runaway Jury
2003
as Vanessa Lembeck
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, w...

They Shoot Divas, Don't They?
2002
as Sloan McBride
Sloan McBride is an 1980s music star who is trying to hold on to her career. She hires Jenny as her assistant and Jenny seems to be the perfect employ...

13 Moons
2002
as Suzi
Things aren't looking so good for television clown Banana's career, and the fact that his estranged wife, Suzi, has just been arrested for assaulting ...

Roger Dodger
2002
as Sophie
A smooth-talking ad executive attributes his remarkable success with women to his ability to manipulate their emotions from the moment he first meets ...

Out of Line
2001
as Officer Jenny Capitanas
Henry, a hitman hired to take out a socialite, finds himself falling for Jenny, a parole officer, instead.

Feast of All Saints
2001
as Dolly Rose
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b...

The Anniversary Party
2001
as Gina Taylor
While celebrating their reconciliation and six years of marriage, American actress Sally Nash and British novelist Joe Therrian receive their close fr...

Something More
2000
as Lisa
When Sam and his friend fall for the same woman, their friendship is put at risk.

Militia
2000
as Julie Sanders
When deadly anthrax missiles are stolen by a militia, ATF agent Ethan Carter must go undercover and join the group to save the country from disaster.

Body and Soul
2000
as Gina
Charlie Davis, an ambitious small-town boxer with dreams of making it as a professional, travels to Reno with his unwavering friend Tiny. On his climb...

A House Divided
2000
as Amanda Dickson
In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a...

Without Malice
2000
as Samantha Wilkes
Paul Venters is a self-centered plastic surgeon who is soon to be married to beautiful Susan, but doesn't get along very well with his fiancée's famil...

Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
1999
as Jessica
A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pil...

Wishful Thinking
1999
as Elizabeth
A story told from three angles. Max meets Elizabeth; they live together, but when she talks of marriage, he balks. He becomes extremely jealous, proba...

The Last Days of Disco
1998
as Nina
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
The Spree
1998
as Xinia Kelly
A policeman becomes obsessed with a female cat burglar, who convinces him to join her in crime.

The Prophecy II
1998
as Valerie Rosales
In this direct-to-video sequel, Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposit...

The Twilight of the Golds
1996
as Suzanne Stein
A woman discovers her unborn baby has a genetic predisposition to homosexuality, unwittingly exposing deep-seated prejudices within her family.

Four Rooms
1995
as Angela
It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems t...

Let It Be Me
1995
as Emily Taylor
Right after getting engaged, a man starts taking dance lessons.

Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
as Daphne Monet
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a my...

The Search for One-eye Jimmy
1994
as Ellen
While working on a documentary on his old neighborhood, a young film school graduate shifts the focus of his production onto the disappearance of a lo...

Dead on Sight
1994
as Rebecca Darcy
A graduate student discovers her nightmares are actually visions of real-life murders committed by a man known as the Clock Killer. Joined by an unbel...

Pulp Fiction
1994
Thanks
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime cape...

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
1994
as Gertrude Benchley
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted w...

Dear Diary
1993
as Self
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted ...

The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Princess YumYum (voice)
It is written among the limitless constellations of the celestial heavens, and in the depths of the emerald seas, and upon every grain of sand in the...

Night Owl
1993
as Julia
New York: Every night the mysterious "Night Owl" goes on the air with her moody radio show. She seems to have an inexplicable influence on some men; s...

The Big Pardon 2
1992
as Joyce Ferranti
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he ...

In the Soup
1992
as Angelica Pena
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.

Indecency
1992
as Ellie Shaw
One of three friends who work in an advertising agency has a nervous breakdown. Upon her recovery, she embarks upon an affair with her former employer...

Terror Stalks the Class Reunion
1992
as Virginia
A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.

Blood and Concrete
1991
as Mona
A dimwitted thug encounters a strung-out, suicidal young woman and an unlikely relationship develops as they work together to make a break for new hor...

The Madonna and the Dragon
1990
as Patty Meredith
Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.

Dr. M
1990
as Sonja Vogler
In the not-too-distant future Berlin is shocked by a series of spectacular suicides; a policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic w...

Sons
1990
as Transvestite
A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.

Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Rachel
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to c...

The Gamble
1988
as Lady Olivia Candioni
When Francesco returns home with the assumption that his father's wealth will be there to keep him content, he discovers that his father has lost ever...

Split Decisions
1988
as Barbara Uribe
When a boxer is killed because he wouldn't take a dive, his brother tries to find a way to avenge him even if only symbolically.

The Bride
1985
as Eva
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed w...

Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
An oppressed young woman finds happiness when she secretly attends the royal ball.

Faerie Tale Theatre: Cinderella
1985
as Cinderella
Faerie Tale Theatre's "Cinderella" more than lives up to the series' stellar legacy of creative fairytale adaptations. Featuring a cast which includes...

That's Dancing!
1985
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...

Flashdance
1983
as Alex Owens
Alex Owens, a young woman juggling between two odd jobs, aspires to become a successful ballet dancer. Nick, who is her boss and lover, supports and e...

My Bodyguard
1980
as Clifford's Friend (uncredited)
Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmat...
Hello Out There
N/A
as Judith
Minnie, a young journalist who embarks on a road trip across New Mexico with her cousin, Rex, a punk rock guitarist fresh out of rehab, is trying to f...