Jennifer Beals Net Worth

What is Jennifer Beals Net Worth?

Jennifer Beals Net Worth is US$ 8 Million as of 2022.

Biography

Jennifer Beal is an American Actress and Model born on December 19, 1963. She started her career with the film “My Bodyguard”, which was released in the year 1980. Her career got a boon in 1983 from the movie “Flashdance”. She won the NAACP Image Award for the Outstanding Actress in Motion Pictures category and was Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She was also featured in Showtime Drama Series “The L Word,” “Proof,” “The Chicago Code,” “Taken” and The Book of Boba Fett.” Jennifer Beals Net Worth is US$ 8 Million as of 2022.

Timeline

Early Life

Bales was born and raised on the south side of Chicago, her father, Alfred (African-American), was the owner of grocery stores, and her mother, Jeanne (Irish-American), was an elementary school teacher. She lost her father when she was 9. Taking advantage of her extended height (5’8″), she convinced her boss that she was 16 and started doing work at the age of 13 at an Ice-cream parlor. She attended Francis W. Parker School and took part in the Young People’s Drama Workshop at the Goodman Theatre. In 1987, she earned her B.A. in American Literature from Yale University. She says that she got inspired to become an actress due to two events:

While working as a volunteer usher at the Steppenwolf Theatre, Joan Allen and I saw Balm in Gilead and worked on a high school production of Fiddler on the Roof.

Career

Films

Featuring in the film “My Bodyguard (1980)”, Beals’ got famous with her featuring part in “Flashdance”. It was the third-highest-grossing U.S. film in 1983, mainly focused on the character ‘Alex’, who was 18 years old, a welder by day and a sensual dancer by night, dreaming of being accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. The film received an Academy Award for Best Song also Jennifer was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Jennifer was a student at Yale University when she was cast for the role.

After “Flashdance” was finished filming, Beals returned to her studies. She worked on “The Bride,” a gothic horror movie based on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, during her summer break because it was the only movie available at the time. She was also chosen to play Cinderella in the “Faerie Tale Theatre” episode of the same name opposite Matthew Broderick.

After graduating from Yale in 1987, she restarted her career as an actor by costarring with Craig Sheffer as the love interest in the boxing movie Split Decisions. She had appeared in different movies, playing different roles. Some of the famous characters she featured are Lusty and thirsty Vampire in “Vampire Kiss,” as well as Blind Woman in The “Book of Eli.”

Television

“My Name is Sarah,” in which she played the role of Sarah Winston in 2007, a sober woman who joins Alcoholics Anonymous to conduct analysis for her book but finds herself falling in love with a recovering alcoholic and, as a result, have to deal with her original deception in joining the group. Her debut in television was in 1992 as attorney Perry Quinn in “2000 Malibu Road.”

She has appeared in numerous T.V. series right from 2000 to 2022, including the series “ABC”, “The Chicago Code,” “Dancing with Stars,” “Taken,” and “The L Word: Generation Q.”

Beals played Bette Porter, an Ivy League-educated lesbi*n character in “The L Word.” Beals was featured in Fox’s T.V. drama The Chicago Code as Teresa Colvin, who is Chicago’s first female police superintendent. Bale was the female lead in the series that was canceled after its first season.

Web Series

In August 2012, she appeared in Lauren on a YouTube channel, ‘WIGS,’ featuring the stories of army women being abused, mainly by higher authorities. The story is based on s*xual harassment of women, their unreported cases, and why cases went unreported and unsettled. Lauren made a come-back on May 3, 2013, with the second season of 12 episodes.

Highlights

Here are some of the best highlights of Jennifer Beals’ career:

Film

Television

Favorite Quotes from Jennifer Beal

“You automatically are trusting because not only is the person a friend, they are so incredibly gifted that you know someone is going to be able to hit the ball back to you across the net.” 

– Jennifer Beals

“Making sure that when my child went to school, people were enlighted enough not to torture them, you know?” 

– Jennifer Beals

“I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I can’t figure it out. I know it’s a holiday. I know I don’t have a meeting. It’s very confusing.”

– Jennifer Beals

“Often what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don’t understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well.”

– Jennifer Beals

“When you have to play a character that 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

Keys Life Lessons from Jennifer Beals

We now know everything about Jennifer Beals and his net worth. Let’s look at some of his lessons.

Focus

If you are focused on your goal, you achieve it, no matter the circumstances.

Stand for the cause

Take a stand for things, situations, or people who are not right.

Frequently Asked Questions

Summary

Jennifer has a long film career debuting at 17 with “My Bodyguard.” She has done various famous Films, T.V. shows, and Web series. Not only in the film industry, but she has also served society and raised some social issues in her career.