| Net Worth: | $8 Million |
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| Date of birth: | December 19, 1963 (60 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor, Model, Photographer, Triathlete |
| Nationality: | American |
Jennifer was born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He ancestry is half Irish and half African. She holds Bachelor’s Degree in American literature from Yale University. Yes, she’s not only beautiful but also incredibly smart. She was married to Alexandre Rockwell but they divorced in 1996. Beals currently lives with her second husband Ken Dixon. Great recognition received also her role of Bette Porter on The L Word.
Career
Beals made her feature film debut in 1980 with a minor role in “My Bodyguard.” She had her breakthrough role three years later, when she starred as aspiring professional dancer Alex Owens in “Flashdance.” The film was a smash hit, becoming the third highest grossing of the year in the United States. For her performance, Beals earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. Following this, she starred opposite Sting in the 1985 horror film “The Bride,” loosely based on the 1935 classic “Bride of Frankenstein.” Beals was next in the Italian comedy “The Gamble” and the boxing drama “Split Decisions.” She closed out the 80s playing a vampire opposite Nicolas Cage in “Vampire’s Kiss.” In the early-to-mid 90s, Beals appeared in “Dr. M,” “In the Soup,” “Day of Atonement,” “Caro diario,” “Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle,” and “The Search for One-eye Jimmy.” In 1995, she starred opposite Denzel Washington in the neo-noir crime film “Devil in a Blue Dress,” and also starred opposite Campbell Scott in the musical film “Let it Be Me.” Beals’ other notable credits in the 90s include “Four Rooms,” “Wishful Thinking,” “The Last Days of Disco,” and “Something More.”
Personal Life
While she was a student at Yale, Beals was in a relationship with Robert Simonds, who later became a successful film producer and studio executive. In 1986, she wed her first husband, filmmaker Alexandre Rockwell. The pair eventually divorced a decade later. Subsequently, in 1998, Beals married Canadian entrepreneur Ken Dixon. Together, they have a daughter, as well as two children from Dixon’s previous marriage.
Quotes
“My husband does so many romantic things for me, it’s absurd.”
— Jennifer Beals
“I think that in some ways everybody is like Roger. Everybody thinks that when their friends have a problem, that they know the answer and that it’s much easier to analyze the problems of other people than your own.”
— Jennifer Beals
“Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know?”
— Jennifer Beals
“It doesn’t seem as if there’s that much of a difference between a big production and a little production, other than you have a smaller space in which to get dressed and you have a shorter waiting time.”
— Jennifer Beals
“When you have to play a character that seems to be a relatively decent person and seems to be like yourself, I think the trick in that kind of character, so that you don’t become a cliche, is to find where their weaknesses are.”
— Jennifer Beals