Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals could have been a one-image actress, the dancer in the wet shirt from Flashdance, and the culture would have happily frozen her there. What earns my respect is that she refused the trap. A Yale graduate from Chicago, she carried real intelligence into her choices, and her long run as Bette on The L Word proved she had range and patience the early fame never suggested. I value performers who outlast their iconic moment by building something steadier, and she did exactly that. The white-shirt scene is famous, but to me the upright spine of her whole career is the more impressive image.

Name (English)

Jennifer Beals

Name (Japanese)

ジェニファー・ビールス

Reading

じぇにふぁー・びーるす

Born

December 19, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rabbit

Origin

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Occupation

actor / model / film actor / television actor / voice actor

University

Yale College

Awards & achievements

• Jupiter Awards

• Official sitehttps://jennifer-beals.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/thejenniferbeals/
• Xhttps://x.com/jenniferbeals
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Beals
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181229

Tags

• Illinois
• actor
• model
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.