Question (English): who was the girl that played in flashdance
Question (Yorùbá): ta ni ọmọbìnrin tí ó ṣeré nínú flashdance
Answer (English): Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is best known for her role as Alexandra `` Alex '' Owens in the 1983 romantic drama film Flashdance, and starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. Beals earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. She has appeared in more than 50 films.
Answer (Yorùbá): Ó ṣe ìfarahàn àkọ́kọ́ nínú My Bodyguards ní ọdún 1980, kí ó tó gba ìyin pàtàkì fún ipa rẹ̀ nínú Flashdance ní ọdún 1983, èyí sì mu gba àmì-ẹ̀yẹ NAACP fún òṣèré tíátà tó tayọ jù lọ, wọ́n tún yàn án fún àmì-èyẹ Golden Globe.

English document: Jennifer Beals Beals at the GLAAD Awards, 2009. Born ( 1963-12-19 ) December 19, 1963 (age 54) Chicago , Illinois , U.S. Nationality American Education Francis W. Parker School Yale University Occupation Actress, model Years active 1980–present Known for Alexandra Owens: Flashdance Bette Porter: The L Word Spouse(s) Alexandre Rockwell ( m. 1986; div. 1996) Ken Dixon ( m. 1998) Children 1 Website jennifer-beals .com Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She is best known for her role as Alexandra "Alex" Owens in the 1983 romantic drama film Flashdance , and starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word . Beals earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the former. She has appeared in more than 50 films. Contents [ hide ] 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2.1 Film 2.2 Television 2.3 Web series 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 5 References 6 External links Early life and education [ edit ] Beals was born on December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois ( south side ), the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores. Beals' father was black and her mother is Irish-American. She has two brothers, Bobby and Gregory. Her father died when Beals was 10 years old, and her mother married Edward Cohen in 1981. Beals has said her biracial heritage had some effect on her, as she "always lived sort of on the outside", with an idea "of being the other in society". She got her first job at age 13 at an ice cream store, using her height at the time (she is now 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m), to convince her boss she was 16. Beals was inspired to become an actress by two events: working on a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof and seeing Balm in Gilead with Joan Allen while volunteer-ushering at the Steppenwolf Theatre . Beals graduated from the progressive Francis W. Parker School . She also was chosen to attend the elite Goodman Theatre Young People's Drama Workshop. Beals attended Yale University , receiving a B.A. in American Literature in 1987; she deferred a term so she could film Flashdance . While at Yale, Beals was a resident of Morse College . Career [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Beals in Sweden during promotion for Flashdance , July 1983 Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard , then came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance . The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, Flashdance is the story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and exotic dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale. She was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song. Many of Beals' elaborate dance moves were actually performed by stunt double Marine Jahan . After she filmed Flashdance , Beals resumed her studies, making only one film during that time: playing the titular character The Bride with singer-actor Sting , a gothic horror film loosely based on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein , shot during her summer break. She also appeared in the "Cinderella" episode of Faerie Tale Theatre . Beals was asked by Joel Schumacher to do St. Elmo's Fire but turned it down, preferring to stay at Yale. After graduating from Yale in 1987, Beals resumed her acting career, playing the love interest in the boxing film Split Decisions opposite Craig Sheffer . Starring opposite Nicolas Cage , she portrayed a lusty and thirsty vampire in 1989's Vampire's Kiss . Beals was considered for the role of Catwoman in Tim Burton 's 1992 film Batman Returns but she declined the role. In 1995, Beals and Denzel Washington co-starred in Devil in a Blue Dress , a period film based on a Walter Mosley novel featuring L.A. private detective, Easy Rawlins. Beals plays a biracial woman passing for white. That same year she appeared with Tim Roth in two segments of the four-story anthology Four Rooms , one of which was directed by her then-husband, Alexandre Rockwell. Rockwell had previously directed her in the 1992 independent film In the Soup , which was a Grand Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, she played one of the sequestered jury members in the film adaptation of Runaway Jury . She had a leading role in 2006's The Grudge 2 , sequel to the hit horror film of two years earlier. In 2010, Beals reunited with Denzel Washington in the post-apocalyptic action drama The Book of Eli , where she played a blind woman who is the mother of Mila Kunis ' character and a consort of a local despot played by Gary Oldman . Beals portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field , in the Full Out movie about Ariana Berlin . In 2017, the actress played the role of Samantha Kingston's mother, in the film version of Before I Fall . Television [ edit ] In 1992, she appeared in 2000 Malibu Road as attorney Perry Quinn. It was her first ongoing television series; she said she had been leery as she previously had not "found a character I wanted to live with for several years". In 2004, Beals made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier . In 2007, she appeared in the small TV drama My Name Is Sarah , in which she plays Sarah Winston, a sober woman who joins Alcoholics Anonymous to conduct research for her book but finds herself falling in love with a recovering alcoholic and - as a result - having to deal with her original deception in joining the group. Beals starred in Showtime Network's The L Word , wherein she played Bette Porter , an Ivy League -educated lesbian. At Beals' request, Bette was made biracial, enabling Pam Grier 's Kit Porter character to become Bette's half-sister. Beals' initial research for the part focused more on the woman's profession as an art museum director than on her life as a lesbian; "I was much more obsessed by the work that Bette did, because she was so obsessed by the work that she did." The series ran for six seasons and ended in March 2009. She also appears alongside Tim Roth in Lie to Me , as Cal Lightman's ex-wife, Zoe Landau, another biracial character. Beals was the female lead in Fox's TV drama The Chicago Code . Her character Teresa Colvin is Chicago's first female police superintendent. The series was canceled after its first season. Beals turned down an offer to appear on Dancing with the Stars , saying: "I am not a dancer. They asked me and I said 'no.' You could back up a truck to my door filled with cash and I wouldn't do it." In 2013, Beals signed on for the main role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and developed by Ilene Chaiken . On March 10, 2014, it was announced that Beals would star as Dr. Kathryn Russo (character's name is Dr. Carolyn Tyler) in Proof , a TNT supernatural medical drama about a hard-nosed surgeon, struggling with the loss of her teenage son, who begins to investigate that there may be life after death. The series ran from June 16 through August 18, 2015, and was produced by Kyra Sedgwick . On February 27, 2017 the pilot for the new series Taken aired. Beals plays the leader of a small group of specially trained government operatives. This series is supposed to be the prequel for the character Bryan Mills in Taken and subsequent movies. Web series [ edit ] Beals is also well known for her support of women's rights. In August 2012, she appeared alongside Troian Bellisario in the web series Lauren on the YouTube channel WIGS . Its first season is a three episode arc featuring the stories of women in the army being abused, predominantly by more powerful superiors. The stories focused on the frequently reported cases on sexual abuse and how and why most of the cases went unreported or unsettled. Beals has also appeared in two interviews, discussing her views in relation to Lauren . In January 2013, Troian Bellisario confirmed on her Twitter and Instagram that she and Beals were filming more Lauren web episodes. Lauren returned on May 3, 2013 with a second season of 12 episodes. Personal life [ edit ] Beals was married to Alexandre Rockwell from 1986 to 1996. In 1998, she married Ken Dixon, a Canadian entrepreneur. On October 18, 2005, Beals gave birth to their daughter. Her husband also has two children from a previous marriage. Beals has described herself as a spiritual person. She has expressed interest in the Bible and Catholicism, as well as Judaism, which she once considered conversion to, and is a practicing Buddhist . She has been a vocal advocate for gay rights , saying, "I think after playing Bette Porter on The L Word for six years I felt like an honorary member of the community." Beals was a Celebrity Grand Marshal at the 2006 San Francisco Pride Parade . In October 2012, she received the Human Rights Campaign 's Ally For Equality Award, in recognition of her outstanding support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Beals is a practitioner of kung-fu , sanshou , and kickboxing . She also enjoys ballet , salsa dancing and belly dancing . Beals is a photographer, and has had shows of her work under her married name, Dixon. She has a book about her time on The L Word featuring her own photographs. In 1989, she spent some time in Haiti photographing the elections. She is also a triathlete . In 2010, Beals served as the Grand Marshal of the McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago, during which she spoke of the two charities important to her, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and The Pablove Foundation . Filmography [ edit ] Film [ edit ] Year Title Role Notes 1980 My Bodyguard Clifford's Friend Uncredited 1983 Flashdance Alex Owens NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated— Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical 1985 The Bride Eva Nominated— Razzie Award for Worst Actress 1988 The Gamble Lady Olivia Candioni a.k.a. La Partita 1988 Split Decisions Barbara Uribe 1989 Vampire's Kiss Rachel 1989 Sons Transgender 1990 Dr. M Sonja Vogler 1991 Blood and Concrete Mona 1992 In the Soup Angelica Pena 1992 Day of Atonement Joyce 1993 Caro diario Herself 1993 The Thief and the Cobbler Princess YumYum Voice 1994 Dead on Sight Rebecca Darcy 1994 Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle Gertrude Benchley 1994 The Search for One-eye Jimmy Ellen 1995 Four Rooms Angela 1995 Let It Be Me Emily Taylor 1995 Devil in a Blue Dress Daphne Monet Nominated— NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture 1997 Wishful Thinking Elizabeth 1998 Body and Soul Gina 1998 The Prophecy II Valerie Rosales 1998 The Last Days of Disco Nina 1999 Something More Lisa 1999 Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying Jessica 2000 Militia Julie Sanders 2001 Out of Line Parole Officer Jenny Capitanas 2001 The Anniversary Party Gina Taylor 2002 13 Moons Suzi 2002 Roger Dodger Sophie 2002 They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Sloan McBride 2003 Runaway Jury Vanessa Lembeck 2004 Catch That Kid Molly 2005 Break a Leg Juliet 2005 Desolation Sound Elizabeth Storey 2006 The Grudge 2 Trish 2006 Troubled Waters Special Agent Jennifer Beck 2009 Queen to Play L'Américaine 2010 The Book of Eli Claudia 2010 A Night for Dying Tigers Melanie 2013 Cinemanovels Clementine Independent film 2015 Full Out Coach Val 000000002015-09-26-0000 2015 The Laws of the Universe Part 0 Inkar Limited theatrical release 2016 Manhattan Night Lisa Wren 2017 Before I Fall Mrs. Kingston Television [ edit ] Year Title Role Notes 1985 Faerie Tale Theatre Cinderella Episode: "Cinderella" 1990 Tinikling ou 'La madonne et le dragon Patty Meredith Television movie 1992 2000 Malibu Road Perry Quinn Main role, 6 episodes 1992 Indecency Ellie Shaw Television movie 1992 Terror Stalks the Class Reunion ( fr ) Virginia Television movie 1993 Night Owl Julia Television movie 1997 The Outer Limits Robin Dysart Episode: " Bodies of Evidence " 1997 The Twilight of the Golds Suzanne Stein Television movie Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 1997–1998 Nothing Sacred Justine Madsen Judd 2 episodes 1998 The Spree Xinia Kelly Television movie 1999 The Hunger Jane Episode: "And She Laughed" 2000 Without Malice Samantha Wilkes Television movie 2000 A House Divided Amanda Dickson Television movie Nominated— Satellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 2001 The Big House Lorraine Brewster Television movie 2001 After the Storm Mrs. Gavotte Television movie 2001 The Feast of All Saints Dolly Rose Television movie 2002 They Shoot Divas, Don't They? Sloan McBride Television movie 2004–2009 The L Word Bette Porter Main role, 70 episodes Nominated— NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2007–2008) Nominated— Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama 2004 Frasier Dr. Anne Ranberg 2 episodes 2007 Law & Order Sofia Archer Episode: "Charity Case" 2007 My Name Is Sarah Sarah Winston Television movie 2009–2011 Lie to Me Zoe Landau Recurring role, 6 episodes 2010 The Night Before the Night Before Christmas Angela Fox Television movie 2011 The Chicago Code Teresa Colvin Main role, 13 episodes 2012 Castle CIA Agent Sophia Turner 2 episodes 2012–2013 Lauren Major Jo Stone Main cast, 10 episodes 2012–2013 The Mob Doctor Celeste LaPree Recurring cast, 4 episodes 2013 Westside Lisa Carver Unsold TV pilot 2014 Motive Sophia Balfur Episode: "They Made Me a Criminal" 2014 A Wife's Nightmare Liz Television movie 2015 Proof Dr. Carolyn Tyler Lead role 2016 The Night Shift Dr. Syd Jennings Recurring character (season 3) 2017-Present Taken Christina Hart Lead role 2017 The Last Tycoon Margo Taft Recurring character (season 1) References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jennifer Beals . 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