Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals is an American actress and former teen model. She made her film debut in My Bodyguard, before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance, for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Beals has appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress, The Last Days of Disco, Roger Dodger, The Book of Eli, and Before I Fall. On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code, Proof, Taken, and The Book of Boba Fett. She reprised her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q beginning in December 2019.

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