<div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1962</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Jennifer Beals is Born</div><div class='timeline-text'>On December 19, 1962, Jennifer Beals was born in Chicago, Illinois.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1980</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Graduates from High School</div><div class='timeline-text'>Beals graduated from the Francis W. Parker School in Chicago.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1983</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Stars in Flashdance</div><div class='timeline-text'>Beals stars in the cult classic movie, Flashdance, as the lead role of Alex Owens.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1984</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Wins a Saturn Award</div><div class='timeline-text'>Wins a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in Flashdance.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1995</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Makes Broadway Debut</div><div class='timeline-text'>Beals makes her Broadway debut with a starring role in the play, The Substance of Fire.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>1996</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Receives NAACP Image Award Nomination</div><div class='timeline-text'>Beals receives an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for her performance in Devil in a Blue Dress.</div></div></div><div class='timeline-item'><div class='timeline-left'><div class='timeline-date'>2020</div></div><div class='timeline-center'></div><div class='timeline-right'><div class='timeline-text timeline-text-title'>Stars in The L Word: Generation Q</div><div class='timeline-text'>Beals reprises her role as Bette Porter for the revival series, The L Word: Generation Q.</div></div></div>