A beautiful actress Jennifer Beals was born on December 19, 1963, in Chicago, Illinois. She grew up in an average family, her father Alfred Beals was a businessman, her mother Jeanne Beals was a teacher. Jennifer has two different races - African American and Irish. That caused a lot of problems during her childhood, since she was a black sheep among her peers. She never felt like she is a part of society, however, it did not affect on her famous future.
From being a teenager, she craved to become an actress. According to posts on Twitter and her interviews, there were two things that inspired her to become an actress: when she participated in a school production of Fiddler on the Roof and when she saw a play Balm in Gilead in the Steppenwolf Theatre.
Jennifer Beals attended the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago. At the age of 13, she already found her first job. That is difficult to believe, but she could convince her boss, that she was 16 years old, thanks to her big height. The job was pretty simple – she was selling an ice cream, however it made her more confident about her big stage plans.
First role of Jennifer was in 1980 in a comedy-drama My Bodyguard where she had a cameo role. Her next role was much more successful, in 1983 she played the main character Alex Owens in an American romantic drama Flashdance. In her 20, Jennifer Beals this lead role was a real breakthrough. The film was unbelievable profitable (budget 7 million dollars, box office 200 million dollars). For this role, Jennifer won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated on Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Her next role was also very noticeable. In 1985, she played Eva in a mysterious film The Bride (adaptation of Frankenstein). She coped with this part, however she was nominated on Razzie Award for Worst Actress.
From 1985 to 2004 had many roles in movies and TV series: The Gamble (1988), Split Decisions (1988), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Blood and Concrete (1991), Day of Atonement (1992), The Thief and the Cobbler (1993), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), The Twilight of the Golds (1997), Nothing Sacred (1997), A House Divided (2000), They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002) and other.
In 2004 she got a main regular role in TV series The L Word. For this role she was nominated on NAACP Image Award and Satellite Award for Best Actress. She has played there for five years. Thanks to this role she became very famous and rich earned a net worth about 5 million dollars.
In 1986 she was married to Alexandre Rockwell. They have lived together for 10 years and signed a divorce in 1996. Her second husband was Ken Dixon. They married in 1998 and in seven years she gave a birth to their first mutual child. Jennifer and Ken still live together raising their daughter in love and care.
| Birth Date: | 19 Dec, 1963 |
| Age: | 56 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Chicago |
| Education: | Yale College William Esper Studio |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | American actress and a former teen model |
| Twitter Id: | Jenniferbeals |
| Spouse: | Laurel Holloman[1986-1996] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 8 million |
