Actress, "The L Word" and "Flashdance"
Jennifer Beals: Biography at a Glance
- Jennifer Beals is reprises her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q.
- Beals made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
- Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), and Before I Fall (2017). On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004-2009) and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), and Taken (2017).
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Jennifer Beals is currently reprising her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q. Beals made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Actress and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), and Before I Fall (2017). On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004-2009) and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), and Taken (2017).
