Jennifer Beals

ABOUT JENNIFER BEALS

Actress best known for her starring role in Flashdance. Her performance in the film earned her an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2015, she appeared as Coach Val in the film Full Out .

Her first job was at an ice cream store. She studied English Literature at Yale .

She debuted in the 1980 film My Bodyguard. She also played Bette Porter in the series The L Word.

She was married to Alexandre Rockwell from 1986 to 1996. She married Ken Dixon in 1998. They have one daughter.

She co-starred with Denzel Washington in Devil in a Blue Dress.