Alexandra "Alex" Owens

Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Played by Jennifer Beals) is the main female protagonist from the movie, Flashdance who is 18 years old and has two jobs, as a steel worker by day and at nighttime she is an exotic dancer at Mawby's and dreams to be accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. She also has a crush on her boyfriend, Richie the short-order cook. 
==Story==
Alexandra is an eighteen-year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her dog Grunt in a converted warehouse. Although she aspires to become a professional dancer, she has no formal dance training, and works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby's, a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret. 
At dinner at Jeanie's parents' house, Alex defends her friend's dream of becoming a professional ice skater even though her parents don't seem to have much confidence in their daughter's abilities. After dinner the two girls go to the ice rink where Jeanie showcases some of her skating skills.
Johnny C. visits Mawby's to recruit some of the dancers to work at the Zanzibar. When he stops Alex and squeezes her buttocks, she pours beer on his crotch. Later after work as Richie and Alex are walking through a parking lot, Johnny and Cecil stop them. After Cecil socks Richie in the nose, Nick breaks up a potentially violent payback. Afterwards, Alex thanks Nick for his help and bikes home. Nick follows her in his Porsche and asks her to dinner again. Once again, she reiterates that it isn't a good idea to go out with her boss, so he jokingly fires her and sets a date for the next evening.
On their date, Alex and Nick first attend Jeanie's ice-skating competition. Jeanie's parents and Richie are also there to watch her skate to "Gloria." Unfortunately, Jeanie falls a couple of times. Afterwards, Alex tries to cheer Jeanie up, but she is discouraged that she has spent so much time and practice towards something that now seems like a waste. Her father, who hasn't been very supportive of his daughter's dream, reassures her of his love.
==Overview==
Alex Owens is a female dynamo: steel worker by day, exotic dancer by night. Her dream is to get into a real dance company, though, and with encouragement from her boss/boyfriend, she may get her chance.
==Trivia==
* Jessica Alba was inspired by Jennifer Beals’ performance for her performance as Honey Daniels in the 2003 film Honey. Beals was originally going to portray a banker but since the studio had enough American actors, she was rejected in favor of a Canadian actress.
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