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person_profile-Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite Age: 43

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jewel Staite

Date of Birth:

Jun 02, 1982

Country of birth:

Canada

Biography of

Jewel Staite

    Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis. Most recently, she starred as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama, The L.A. Complex.Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia. The youngest of seven children, she modeled as a child and has acted since age six. She has stated that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry. Staite attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre.

    She married actor Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003. On December 13, 2011, she announced they were divorcing in a post on her food blog. Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived space westerntelevision seriesFirefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".She played Heidi Gotts in the television series Wonderfalls, and appeared in a Season Three episode of The X-Files.Staite played the role of head medical doctor Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin, who had a brief role as a colonel in the Stargate SG-1 Season Seven episode "Heroes", and the second being Morena Baccarin, who played Adria, the main villain in the tenth season of SG-1), and the second to take a recurring role. She replaced Paul McGillion (Dr. Carson Beckett). In the fifth season her character was changed from recurring status to part of the main cast. Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct".She also appeared in the 2010 Sci-Fi film, Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson.

    Staite guest starred in an episode of Warehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon (played by Sean Maher, who played Jewel's love interest in Firefly).

    She also did voices in the animated TV series Mummies Alive! and Sabrina: The Animated Series for DIC Entertainment. As of 2012, Staite was a series regular on The L.A. Complex, in which she portrayed Raquel Westbrook, a struggling actress. The show aired in Canada on MuchMusic and in the U.S. on The CW. She also appeared recently in an episode of The Listener.

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Filmography of

Jewel Staite

Found 22 Movies in total

Same Time Next Week

Sarah ( Actor )

... 2017

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit

Stella Williams ( Actor )

... 2017

Not With His Wife

Monica Boland ( Actor )

... 2016

A Frosty Affair

Kate Carter ( Actor )

... 2015

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town

Cassie Cranston ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 2015

She Who Must Burn

Margaret ( Actor )

... 2015

The Christmas Ornament

Jenna ( Actor )

... 2013

... 2012

Doomsday Prophecy

Brook Calvin ( Actor )

... 2011

Call Me Mrs. Miracle

Holly Wilson ( Actor )

... 2010

Mothman

Katharine Grant ( Actor )

... 2010

The Forgotten Ones

Liz ( Actor )

... 2008

Done the Impossible

Self ( Actor )

... 2006

Serenity

Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye ( Actor )

... 2005

Widow on the Hill

Jenny Cavanaugh ( Actor )

... 2005

Cheats

Teddy Blue ( Actor )

... 2002

Damaged Care

Bryanna ( Actor )

... 2002

Carpool

Soap Opera Actress ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1995

The Only Way Out

Alexandra Carlisle ( Actor )

... 1993

Liar, Liar

Dorianna ( Actor )

... 1993

Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories

Jennifer Lanahan ( Actor )

... 1991