In 2017, the actress played the role of Samantha Kingston's mother, in the film version of Before I Fall. Beals was cast for this key role while still a student at Yale. Johnson died from a burst blood vessel in her brain at the age of 30. View rank on IMDbPro Filmography. Recently Passed Away Celebrities and Famous People. STZENC (644), A Massive List of New Netflix Instant Streaming Horror Titles, Ia - Justice 245 Global Film Actresses List 15, IMDb's 25th Anniversary: The 25 Most Voted on Titles on IMDb with Less Than 5.0 Rating, Movie Theme Song Played on a Theater Organ, Iconic Shots in Which Actors Were Doubled. Sunny Johnson was born on September 21, 1953 in San Bernardino County, California, USA as Sunny Suzanne Johnson. Beals appeared in several notable films including Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Roger Dodger (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), and Before I Fall (2017). She was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song. Contact Info View agent, publicist, legal on IMDbPro Top 5000. [11], In 2004, Beals made a brief cameo in the final episode of Frasier. Borat is back! "[45] Beals was a Celebrity Grand Marshal at the 2006 San Francisco Pride Parade. [41], Beals has described herself as a spiritual person. [11] She graduated from Yale University with a B.A.
Rhodes played a small role in the fantasy musical Xanadu (1980) with her next role as Tina Tech in the musical film Flashdance. Jennifer was more than a one hit wonder herself as she found success twenty years later starring as Better Porter in all six seasons of Showtime series The L Word. In September 2018, Beals was cast in the role of Sheriff Lucilia Cable for the Swamp Thing series. The third-highest grossing U.S. film of 1983, Flashdance is the story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and sensual dancer by night, whose dream is to be accepted someday at an illustrious school of dance. Cynthia Rhodes was born on November 21, 1956 and is 63 years old now. Prince William invited to take on Prince Harry's role as Captain General of Royal Marines after Duke of... SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Prince Charles hails dry stone walls as works of art. 1 of 3 | Feat. She reprised her role as Bette Porter in The L Word: Generation Q in December 2019. Rhodes was married to singer-songwriter Richard Marx. [3][4] Beals' father was African-American, and her mother is Irish-American.
[42][43][44], She has been a vocal advocate for gay rights, saying, "I think after playing Bette Porter on The L Word for six years I felt like an honorary member of the community. At Beals' request, Bette was made biracial, enabling Pam Grier's Kit Porter character to become Bette's half-sister. The comments below have not been moderated. Rockwell had previously directed her in the 1992 independent film In the Soup, which was a Grand Prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival. [39][40], Beals was married to Alexandre Rockwell from 1986 to 1996. [13] Beals was asked by Joel Schumacher to do St. Elmo's Fire but turned it down, preferring to stay at Yale.[20]. Mark and Steve research who had opportunity to sabotage the cane, with Roland's partner Sammy the leading suspect. [1], "Sunny Johnson, 30, Actress; Was Skater in 'Flashdance, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sunny_Johnson&oldid=969531883, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 July 2020, at 00:50. After marrying Marx and giving birth to three boys, Rhodes retired from her performing career to raise her family. [22], Beals portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field, in the Full Out movie about Ariana Berlin.[23]. "[45] Beals was a Celebrity Grand Marshal at the 2006 San Francisco Pride Parade. Marine Jahan (born January 1, 1959, Versailles, France) is a French actress and dancer.. Career. [12], Beals had a minor role in the 1980 film My Bodyguard,[13] then came to fame with her starring part in Flashdance. [6] Her father died when Beals was 9 years old,[7] and her mother married Edward Cohen in 1981. Beals was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois's (South Side,[2] the daughter of Jeanne (née Anderson), an elementary school teacher, and Alfred Beals, who owned grocery stores.
She made her film debut in My Bodyguard (1980), before receiving critical acclaim for her role in Flashdance (1983), for which she won NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. New Test and Trace shambles as malfunctioning phones thwart efforts to find 40,000 contacts of people missed... Parts of the UK - including Sheffield, Leeds and Oxford - could be plunged into local lockdowns 'within... What your loo reveals about you! What a feeling! Irish government IGNORES experts' demands for a new national lockdown and instead moves country to Level 3... Johnson & Johnson will pay more than $100MILLION to settle more than 1,000 lawsuits that claim its baby... Now strip Post Office chief of her CBE: Former boss Paula Vennells should lose the honour over postmasters... Donald Trump leaves Walter Reed after three nights battling COVID, takes off his mask as he arrives at the... Italy, Greece and Sweden face being added to UK quarantine this week - but ministers mull slashing wait time... NHS will officially recognise 'Long Covid' and advise doctors on how to treat long-lasting symptoms... Rebel Tories 'to meet today to discuss joining forces with Labour to vote down PM's 10pm pub curfew'. Beals starred in Showtime Network's The L Word, wherein she played Bette Porter, an Ivy League-educated lesbian. wigs.ly/11mnzSR", "12 more episodes premiere in mid-April! Troian Bellisario & Jennifer Beals | WIGS", "Jennifer Beals - Interview: Huffington Post Live (August 15, 2012)", "Jennifer Beals on the Melissa Harris-Perry show", "She's back! Directed by Christian I. Nyby II. RT @OMGee_na: @SleepintheGardn are you going to do any more episodes of "Lauren, "Actress speaks on Buddhism and the Dalai Lama", "Jennifer Beals cracks the 'Code' - 2655", "Jennifer Beals receives Ally for Equality Award", "NY Times Talk Panel: Jennifer Beals is a Perfect Human and Ilene Chaiken Talks A Lot", "DIVA Lesbian Magazine - The B Word: Jennifer Beals", "Area Code: Jennifer Beals returns to 312 in Fox's new series", "Jennifer Beals' Photography Book Preview is Only Highlight of L Word S6 DVD", "Jennifer Beals represents Pablove in the McDonald's Thanksgiving Day Parade", "The Laws of the Universe Anime Film Casts Dylan McDermott, Jennifer Beals, Tom Kenny", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Beals&oldid=980515455, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 23:27. [47], Beals is a practitioner of kung-fu, sanshou, and kickboxing, and is a triathlete. What FIRST set the royal brothers at war: Years before Meghan, Prince William brought Prince Harry into his... Wind farms to power EVERY home in Britain in ten years: Boris Johnson will tell party conference he wants to... An epidemic of failure: Test and Trace that doesn't work, local lockdowns that don't make sense, flu deaths... ALEX BRUMMER: Free lunch is over... but don't crush the wealth creators. She also appears alongside Tim Roth in Lie to Me, as Cal Lightman's ex-wife, Zoe Landau, another biracial character. On television, she starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word (2004–2009) and later went on to star in the series The Chicago Code (2011), Proof (2015), and Taken (2017). [34] She stars alongside fellow The L Word cast members, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey.
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. [48][49], Beals is a photographer and has had shows featuring her work under her married name, Dixon. Trailer.
The series ran from June 16 through August 18, 2015, and was produced by Kyra Sedgwick.[32]. Rhodes, seven years his senior, thought Marx was much too young for her to date at the time. Her character Teresa Colvin is Chicago's first female police superintendent. Sunny Johnson, the actress who portrayed Jennifer Beals's figure-skating friend in the 1983 film ''Flashdance,'' has died from a burst blood vessel in her brain, it was disclosed today. [38] Lauren returned on May 3, 2013 with a second season of 12 episodes. The 51-year-old actress appeared to be in good spirits as she beamed while enjoying the Easter holiday in the Great White North. The stories focused on the frequently reported cases on sexual abuse and how and why most of the cases went unreported or unsettled. While poorly reviewed, the film was commercially successful.
Jennifer also wore a long, black coat over a green knit sweater and printed top while strutting along in a pair of skinny dark jeans and black leather motorcycle boots. She had a leading role in 2006's The Grudge 2, sequel to the hit horror film of two years earlier.
[3][4] Beals' father was African-American, and her mother is Irish-American. on 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. She also had roles in the films The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and the spoof Dr. Heckyl and Mr. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.
Sunny Sue Johnson (September 21, 1953 – June 19, 1984) was an American actress. 2:37 PM PDT The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Cynthia Rhodes (born November 21, 1956) is an American retired actress, singer and dancer. Somebody pinch me", "I gave you the sneak peek yesterday but now its official! On February 27, 2017, Beals played the leader of a small group of specially trained government operatives for the new series Taken, which serves as a prequel to the Taken film series. STZENC (645), Fri, Oct 09 No cause of death was given. [22], Beals portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field, in the Full Out movie about Ariana Berlin.[23]. The actress first appeared in the Baretta series on television. HENRY DEEDES watches Rishi... Tax rises ARE coming: Rishi Sunak warns he WILL need to balance the books after Covid crisis as he... First 'clean' count since Excel blunder was fixed reveals 12,594 new daily cases - up from 4,368 two weeks... BEN SPENCER: Basic IT blunder exposes flaws in coronavirus test-and-trace service that was cobbled together... ALEX BRUMMER: As Cineworld temporarily closes its doors, there needs to be recognition that the days of... Why are cancer patients still being left in limbo? The programme followed a group of lesbian, bisexual, straight and transgender people in the Los Angeles neighbourhood of West Hollywood. She has expressed interest in the Bible and Catholicism, as well as Judaism, which she once considered converting to, and is a practicing Buddhist. Birthday: November 21, 1956How Old - Age: 63. [8] Beals has said her biracial heritage has affected her, as she has "always lived sort of on the outside", with an idea "of being the other in society".
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