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Biography

A thin, naturally attractive brunette with a personable smile and the brains to match her beauty, actress Jennifer Beals was virtually propelled to overnight…more

Born

12/19/1963, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

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Role
- The Chicago Code
  Superintendent of Police Teresa Colvin
  - S 1: Ep 13 Mike Royko's Revenge
    5/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 12 Greylord & Gambat
    5/16/11
  - S 1: Ep 11 Black Sox
    5/9/11
  - S 1: Ep 10 Bathhouse & Hinky Dink
    5/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 9 St. Valentine's Day Massacre
    4/18/11
  - + 8 More Credits
- The L Word
  Bette Porter
  - S 6: Ep 8 Last Word
    3/8/09
  - S 6: Ep 7 Last Couple Standing
    3/1/09
  - S 6: Ep 6 Lactose Intolerant
    2/22/09
  - S 6: Ep 5 Litmus Test
    2/15/09
  - S 6: Ep 4 Leaving Los Angeles
    2/8/09
  - + 65 More Credits
- Retrosexual: The '80s
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hotties
    11/19/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Turn Ons
    11/18/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Taboos
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Teen Sex
    11/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sex Sells
    11/14/04
- 2000 Malibu Road
  Perry Quinn
  - S 1: Ep 6 Part 6
    9/9/92
  - S 1: Ep 5 Part 5
    9/9/92
  - S 1: Ep 4 Part 4
    9/2/92
  - S 1: Ep 3 Part 3
    8/26/92
  - S 1: Ep 2 Part 2
    8/23/92
  - + 1 More Credits
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Cinderella
  - S 6: Ep 3 The Dancing Princesses
    11/14/87
  - S 6: Ep 2 The Little Mermaid
    4/6/87
  - S 6: Ep 1 Rip Van Winkle
    3/23/87
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
    8/11/86
  - S 5: Ep 1 Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
    7/14/86
  - + 10 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Lie To Me
  Zoe Landau
  - S 2: Ep 19 Pied Piper
    8/16/10
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Whole Truth
    6/21/10
  - S 2: Ep 2 Truth or Consequences
    10/5/09
Guest Star (22)

Role
- Castle
  Sophia Conrad
  - S 4: Ep 16 Linchpin
    2/20/12
  - S 4: Ep 15 Pandora
    2/13/12
- Live! with Kelly
  Herself
  - S 23: Ep 127 March 16, 2011
    3/16/11
  - S 16: Ep 154 March 31, 2004
    3/31/04
  - S 5: Ep 20 October 2, 1992
    10/2/92
- Chelsea Lately
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 24 Jennifer Beals
    2/10/11
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 105 Jennifer Beals/Jean-Michel Cousteau
    2/10/11
  - S 4: Ep 84 Jennifer Beals/Carrie Ann Inaba/Little Big Town
    2/25/08
  - S 3: Ep 24 Jennifer Beals/Michael Sheen/Chingy
    10/12/06
  - S 1: Ep 33 Jennifer Beals/David Krumholtz/Interpol
    2/16/05
- Lie To Me
  Zoe Landau
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Core of It
    9/28/09
  - S 1: Ep 13 Sacrifice
    5/13/09
  - S 1: Ep 10 Better Half
    4/22/09
- Law & Order
  Sofia Archer
  - S 17: Ep 12 Charity Case
    1/12/07
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 120 Jennifer Beals
    3/29/04
  - S 5: Ep 11 Jennifer Beals
    7/26/00
- Best Week Ever
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sex and the City, NASCAR and more
    2/20/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 97 2/4/04
    2/4/04
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 11 Jennifer Beals & Jonny Lang
    1/26/04
- The View
  Herself
  - S 7: Ep 92 Baldwin/Grier
    1/15/04
- The Directors
  Herself
  - S 2: Ep 51 The Films of Adrian Lyne
    6/7/03
- Dinner For Five
  Herself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Jennifer Beals, Adam Goldberg, Seth Green, Dwight Yoakam
    6/3/02
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Herself
  - S 3: Ep 237 Hugh Hefner, Jennifer Beals, and Ben Harper
    6/7/01
- The Hunger
  Jane
  - S 2: Ep 4 And She Laughed
    10/3/99
- Nothing Sacred
  Justine Madsen Judd
  - S 1: Ep 14 Kindred Spirits
    3/7/98
- The Outer Limits
  Robin Dysart
  - S 3: Ep 16 Bodies of Evidence
    6/20/97
- The O'Reilly Factor
  Herself
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 3: Ep 18 Show #0457
    9/27/95
- Frasier
  Dr. Anne Ranberg
- Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre
  Cinderella
  - S 4: Ep 5 Cinderella
    8/14/85
- The Academy Awards
  Herself - Presenter
  - S 57: Ep 1 The 57th Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/85
  - S 56: Ep 1 The 56th Annual Academy Awards
    4/9/84
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Frasier
  Dr. Anne Ranberg
  - S 11: Ep 24 Goodnight, Seattle (1)
    5/13/04
  - S 11: Ep 25 Goodnight, Seattle (2)
    5/13/04

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Castle: The Best and Worst Episodes of Season 4 (Thus Far)

By Alex Navarro, May 07, 2012

Will tonight's season finale finally make good on all those wayward half-glances and repeated bouts of unspoken jealousy? Or will we be left dangling until next season? In anticipation of the big finish, let's look back at the season's best… read more
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News Briefs: Netflix Wants to Save The River Too?

By Tim Surette, Mar 23, 2012

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- Showtime and NBC are supporting Jennifer Beals and her performances this year in two categories for possible Emmy nominations. She is considered for a nomination for an actress in a leading role on The L Word for the episode "Little boy blue", and guest star in Law and Order.
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- Jennifer has been nominated for best outstanding actress in a drama series at the 38th NAACP Image Awards for The L Word.
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- Jennifer appeared at a benefit production of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues on April 16th in L.A.
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- Jennifer: There's about three people in the world that have my home phone number and they are all related to me by blood.
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- (About friendship between women.) Jennifer: I said, wouldn't it be nice, instead of having these women fight with each other over men, which seems to be more of a cliché, wouldn't it be wonderful if they were the true comrades and it took these men much more time to infiltrate their friendships.
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- Jennifer: A few years ago I was in a terrible car accident. When the air bag went off it was like getting hit in the face by Muhammad Ali. For years after the accident I had chronic pain in my back and jaw.
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