In the new drama series, 'Proof,' Jennifer Beals plays a doctor trying to find out whether there's l...

1. Jennifer Beals Looks For 'Proof' In Her New Series Role
In the new drama series, 'Proof,' Jennifer Beals plays a doctor trying to find out whether there's life
after death.
Fun facts about Jennifer Beals (Source: Wikipedia)
Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard, then came to fame with her starring part in
Flashdance. The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, Flashdance is the story of 18-year-old Alex,
a welder by day and exotic dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepted someday at an illustrious
school of dance. Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale. She was nominated for
a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song. Many of Beals' elaborate
dance moves were actually performed by stunt double Marine Jahan.
After she filmed Flashdance, Beals resumed her studies, making only one film during that time:
playing the titular character The Bride with singer-actor Sting, a gothic horror film loosely based on
the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein, shot during her summer break. She also appeared in the
"Cinderella" episode of Faerie Tale Theatre. Beals was asked by Joel Schumacher to doSt. Elmo's
Fire but turned it down, preferring to stay at Yale.
After completing her studies at Yale in 1987, Beals returned to acting as the love interest in the
boxing film Kid Gloves opposite Craig Sheffer. Starring opposite Nicolas Cage, she portrayed a lusty
and thirsty vampire in 1989's Vampire's Kiss.
In 1995, Beals and Denzel Washington co-starred in Devil in a Blue Dress, a period film based on a
Walter Mosley novel featuring L.A. private detective, Easy Rawlins. Beals plays a biracial
womanpassing for white. That same year she appeared with Tim Roth in two segments of the four-
story anthology Four Rooms, one of which was directed by her then-husband, Alexandre Rockwell.
Rockwell had previously directed her in the 1992 independent film In the Soup, which was a Grand
Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, she played one of the sequestered jury
members in the film adaptation of Runaway Jury.
She had a leading role in 2006's The Grudge 2, sequel to the hit horror film of two years earlier. In
2010, Beals reunited with Denzel Washington in the post-Apocalyptic action drama, The Book of Eli,
where she played a blind woman who is the mother of Mila Kunis' character and a servant of Gary
Oldman's.

2. Beals portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics Head Coach, Valorie Kondos Field, in the Full Out movie
about Ariana Berlin.
In 1992, she appeared in 2000 Malibu Road as attorney Perry Quinn. It was her first ongoing
television series; she said she had been leery as she previously had not "found a character I wanted
to live with for several years".
In 2004, Beals made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier. In 2007, she appeared in the small
TV drama My Name Is Sarah, in which she plays Sarah Winston, a sober woman who joins Alcoholics
Anonymous to conduct research for her book but finds herself falling in love with a recovering
alcoholic and - as a result - having to deal with her original deception in joining the group.
Beals starred in Showtime Network's The L Word, wherein she played Bette Porter, an Ivy League-
educated lesbian. At Beals' request, Bette was made biracial, enabling Pam Grier's Kit Porter
character to become Bette's half-sister. Beals' initial research for the part focused more on the
woman's profession as an art museum director than on her life as a lesbian; "I was much more
obsessed by the work that Bette did, because she was so obsessed by the work that she did." The
series ran for six seasons and ended in March 2009.
She also appears alongside Tim Roth in Lie to Me, as Cal Lightman's ex-wife, Zoe Landau, another
biracial character.
Beals is the female lead in Fox's TV drama The Chicago Code. Her character Teresa Colvin is
Chicago's first female police superintendent. The series was canceled after its first season.

3. Beals turned down an offer to appear on Dancing with the Stars, saying: "I am not a dancer. They
asked me and I said 'no.' You could back up a truck to my door filled with cash and I wouldn't do it."
In 2013, Beals signed on for the main role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and
developed by Ilene Chaiken.
On March 10, 2014, it was announced that Beals would star as Dr. Kathryn Russo in Proof, a TNT
supernatural medical drama about a hard-nosed surgeon, struggling with the loss of her teenage
son, who begins to investigate that there may be life after death. The series will be produced by Kyra
Sedgwick.
Beals is also well known for her support of women's rights and for her strong feminist character. In
August 2012, she appeared alongside Troian Bellisario in the web series Lauren on the YouTube
channel, WIGS.[30] Its first season is a three episode arc featuring the stories of women in the army
being abused, predominantly by more powerful superior. The stories focused on the frequently
reported cases on sexual abuse and how and why most of the cases went unreported or unsettled.
Beals has also appeared in two interviews, discussing her views in relation to Lauren.
In January 2013, Troian Bellisario confirmed on her Twitter and instagram, that she and Beals were
filming more Lauren web episodes. Lauren returned on May 3, 2013 and with a second season of 12
episodes
'Proof' airs Tuesday nights on TNT.
Follow Jennifer Beals on Twitter: @JenniferBeals

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