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Jennifer Beals

Born 1963 · African-American actress

Jennifer Beals is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her performance as Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

Jennifer Beals, in order

  1. 1980 My Bodyguard: acted · directed by Tony Bill · critics 79%, audiences 70%
  2. 1983 Flashdance: acted · directed by Adrian Lyne
  3. 1985 The Bride: acted · directed by Franc Roddam
  4. 1988 Split Decisions: acted · directed by David Drury
  5. 1988 The Gamble: acted · directed by Carlo Vanzina
  6. 1988 Vampire's Kiss: acted · directed by Robert Bierman · critics 61%, audiences 55% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  7. 1989 Sons: acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell
  8. 1990 Dr. M: acted · directed by Claude Chabrol
  9. 1990 The Madonna and the Dragon: acted · directed by Samuel Fuller
  10. 1991 Blood and Concrete: acted · directed by Jeffrey Reiner
  11. 1992 2000 Malibu Road (TV series): acted · directed by Joel Schumacher
  12. 1992 Day of Atonement: acted · directed by Alexandre Arcady
  13. 1992 In the Soup: acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell · critics 82%, audiences 76% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Fandango at Home (free)
  14. 1993 Caro diario: acted · directed by Nanni Moretti
  15. 1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle: acted · directed by Alan Rudolph · critics 77%, audiences 61%
  16. 1995 Devil in a Blue Dress: acted · directed by Carl Franklin
  17. 1995 Four Rooms: acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell and Allison Anders · critics 14%, audiences 69% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  18. 1995 Let It Be Me: acted · directed by Eleanor Bergstein
  19. 1996 The Twilight of the Golds (TV movie): acted
  20. 1997 Wishful Thinking: acted · directed by Adam Park
  21. 1998 The Last Days of Disco: acted · directed by Whit Stillman
  22. 1998 The Prophecy II: acted · directed by Greg Spence
  23. 1998 The Spree (TV movie): acted · directed by Tommy Lee Wallace
  24. 1999 Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (TV movie): acted · directed by David Mackay
  25. 2000 Militia (TV movie): acted · directed by Jim Wynorski
  26. 2001 After the Storm: acted · directed by Guy Ferland
  27. 2001 The Anniversary Party: acted · directed by Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh
  28. 2001 The Feast of All Saints: acted · directed by Peter Medak
  29. 2002 13 Moons: acted · directed by Alexandre Rockwell · audiences 44% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Prime Video (free)
  30. 2002 Roger Dodger: acted · directed by Dylan Kidd
  31. 2003 Runaway Jury: acted · directed by Gary Fleder · critics 73%, audiences 75% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex
  32. 2004 Catch That Kid: acted · directed by Bart Freundlich
  33. 2004 The L Word (TV series): acted
  34. 2005 Break a Leg: acted · directed by Monika Mitchell
  35. 2005 Desolation Sound: acted · directed by Scott Weber
  36. 2006 The Grudge 2: acted · directed by Takashi Shimizu
  37. 2006 Troubled Waters (TV movie): acted
  38. 2007 My Name Is Sarah (TV movie): acted · directed by Paul A. Kaufman
  39. 2009 Castle (TV series): acted · critics 82%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, Roku Channel
  40. 2009 Lie to Me (TV series): acted
  41. 2009 Queen to Play: acted · directed by Caroline Bottaro
  42. 2010 A Night for Dying Tigers: acted · directed by Terry Miles
  43. 2010 The Book of Eli: acted · directed by Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes · critics 46%, audiences 65%
  44. 2010 The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (TV movie): acted · directed by James Orr
  45. 2012 Casting By: acted · directed by Tom Donahue · critics 94%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy
  46. 2013 Cinemanovels: acted · directed by Terry Miles
  47. 2015 Full Out (TV movie): acted · directed by Sean Cisterna
  48. 2015 Proof (TV series): acted
  49. 2016 Manhattan Night: acted · directed by Brian DeCubellis
  50. 2017 Before I Fall: acted · directed by Ry Russo-Young
  51. 2017 Taken (TV series): acted
  52. 2019 After: acted · directed by Jenny Gage · critics 18%, audiences 64%
  53. 2019 Swamp Thing (TV series): acted · directed by Len Wiseman
  54. 2019 The L Word: Generation Q (TV series): acted
  55. 2021 The Book of Boba Fett (TV series): acted
  56. 2022 Luckiest Girl Alive: acted · directed by Mike Barker