Biography
Jennifer Beals is an American actress. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980) and rose to prominence with the lead role of Alexandra Owens in Flashdance (1983), for which she received an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe nomination. She later played Bette Porter in the series The L Word (2004–2009) and its revival The L Word: Generation Q.
Beals graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in American literature in 1987. Her other film credits include Four Rooms (1995), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) and The Book of Eli (2010). She appeared as herself in Caro diario (1993).
