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• JENNIFER {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JENNIFER BEALS IS AN AMERIN ACTRS WHO LNCHED TO STARDOM WH THE LEAD ROLE THE 1983 H 'FLASHDANCE.' 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AFTER TWO S PERFORMG BOTH PENNT AND MAJOR MOTN PICTUR, ALONGSI SUCH ACTORS AS {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}NILAS CAGE AND DENZEL WASHGTON, BEALS LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE L WORD, WHICH AIRED OM 2004 TO 2009. SHE NTU TO ACT FILMS AND ON TV.EARLY LIFEBEALS WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 19, 1963, CHIGO, ILLOIS. HER MOTHER IS AN IRISH AMERIN AND HER FATHER IS AN AIN AMERIN AND BEALS HAS SAID THAT SHE'S ALWAYS FELT "OTHER," OR THAT SHE'S LIVED OUTSI THE NORM.BEALS BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER ACTG AFTER PERFORMG HER HIGH SCHOOL'S PRODUCTN OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF AND STUDIED AT THE GOODMAN THEATER CHIGO BEFORE ATTENDG YALE UNIVERSY, WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS GREE LERATURE 1987.MOVI AND TELEVISN ROL'FLASHDANCE'AFTER JT ONE MOR ROLE THE 1980 FLICK MY BODYGUARD, BEALS LAND THE LEAD 1983'S FLASHDANCE WHILE STUDYG AT YALE. THE ROLE EARNED HER A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN AND SHOT HER TO STARDOM. MANY OF THE PLITED DANCE SCEN WERE PERFORMED BY A DOUBLE, AND FOUR DIFFERENT DOUBL APPEAR HER DN SCENE, CLUDG ONE MALE DANCER WHO DONNED A WIG. WHEN FLASHDANCE WRAPPED, BEALS RETURNED TO LLEGE. SHE MA ONE FILM DURG HER SUMMER BREAK, THE BRI, AN TERPRETATN OF BRI OF FRANKENSTE, STARRG ALONGSI SGER STG OF THE POLICE. HOWEVER, SHE TURNED DOWN OTHER ACTG OPPORTUNI, CLUDG A PART ST. ELMO'S FIRE. BEALS' NEXT MAJOR MOTN PICTURE APPEARANCE WAS ALONGSI NILAS CAGE THE 1989 DARK EDY VAMPIRE KISS. IN 1992 SHE STARRED THE TV SHOW 2000 MALIBU ROAD, WHICH WAS NCELED AFTER ONE SEASON. SHE THEN ACTED PRIMARILY SMALLER, PENNT MOVI FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BEFORE MAKG DEVIL BLUE DRS WH DENZEL WASHGTON 1995. SHE NTUED TO WORK REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND EARLY 2000S, DIE FILMS, AS WELL AS NON-LEADG ROL FILMS LIKE THE LAST DAYS OF DIS, WH CHLOë SEVIGNY AND KATE BECKSALE; THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY, WH JENNIFER JASON LEIGH AND ALAN CUMMG; AND RUNAWAY JURY, WH JOHN CACK AND GENE HACKMAN. 'THE L WORD'A REER-FG MOMENT ME 2004 WHEN BEALS LAND THE PART OF BETTE PORTER ON THE L WORD. BEALS SISTED THAT HER CHARACTER BE BIRACIAL, AND SHE WAS HERALD FOR BRGG GREATER VISIBILY TO BIRACIAL WOMEN. THE SHOW AIRED FOR SIX SEASONS, AND BEALS WAS NOMATED FOR MULTIPLE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. SHE REPRISED HER ROLE 2019'S THE L WORD: GENERATN Q.FROM 2009 TO 2011, BEALS HAD A RECURRG ROLE ON THE SHOW LIE TO ME, AND THEN RETURNED TO HER HOMETOWN TO STAR THE TV P DRAMA THE CHIGO CO, WHICH WAS NCELED AFTER ONE SEASON. IN AUGT OF 2012, BEALS BEGAN STARRG A NEW WEB SERI, LREN, FOR WIGS, A YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT PRODUC ORIGAL NTENT WH FEMALE LEADS.IN 2017 BEALS BEGAN STARRG AS CHRISTA HART THE CRIME DRAMA, TAKEN, WHICH IS BASED ON THE FILM ANCHISE, AND THAT SAME YEAR APPEARED THE FIRST SEASON OF AMAZON'S 1930S PERD PIECE THE LAST TYON, LOOSELY SPIRED BY THE F. STT FZGERALD NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME.PERSONAL LIFEBEALS WAS MARRIED TO ALEXANDRE ROCKWELL OM 1986 TO 1996, AND MARRIED KEN DIXON 1998. SHE AND DIXON HAVE ONE DGHTER TOGETHER, AND BEALS HAS TWO STEPCHILDREN OM DIXON'S PREV MARRIAGE. OUTSI OF HER ACTG REER, BEALS STAYS ACTIVE AS A TRI-ATHLETE AND GAY-RIGHTS {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
• JENNIFER GAY(V)
• GAY IN AND NOW TV’S GOLN GIRL, HOW JENNIFER COOLIDGE WON OVER THE WORLD
• WHE LOT'S JENNIFER COOLIDGE LOV BEG A GAY IN
• JENNIFER COOLIDGE IS THE ONLY GIFT GAYS NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

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AFTER TWO S PERFORMG BOTH PENNT AND MAJOR MOTN PICTUR, ALONGSI SUCH ACTORS AS {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}NILAS CAGE AND DENZEL WASHGTON, BEALS LAND A LEADG ROLE ON THE L WORD, WHICH AIRED OM 2004 TO 2009. SHE NTU TO ACT FILMS AND ON TV.EARLY LIFEBEALS WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 19, 1963, CHIGO, ILLOIS. HER MOTHER IS AN IRISH AMERIN AND HER FATHER IS AN AIN AMERIN AND BEALS HAS SAID THAT SHE'S ALWAYS FELT "OTHER," OR THAT SHE'S LIVED OUTSI THE NORM.BEALS BEME TERTED PURSUG A REER ACTG AFTER PERFORMG HER HIGH SCHOOL'S PRODUCTN OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF AND STUDIED AT THE GOODMAN THEATER CHIGO BEFORE ATTENDG YALE UNIVERSY, WHERE SHE RECEIVED A BACHELOR OF ARTS GREE LERATURE 1987.MOVI AND TELEVISN ROL'FLASHDANCE'AFTER JT ONE MOR ROLE THE 1980 FLICK MY BODYGUARD, BEALS LAND THE LEAD 1983'S FLASHDANCE WHILE STUDYG AT YALE. THE ROLE EARNED HER A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN AND SHOT HER TO STARDOM. MANY OF THE PLITED DANCE SCEN WERE PERFORMED BY A DOUBLE, AND FOUR DIFFERENT DOUBL APPEAR HER DN SCENE, CLUDG ONE MALE DANCER WHO DONNED A WIG. WHEN FLASHDANCE WRAPPED, BEALS RETURNED TO LLEGE. SHE MA ONE FILM DURG HER SUMMER BREAK, THE BRI, AN TERPRETATN OF BRI OF FRANKENSTE, STARRG ALONGSI SGER STG OF THE POLICE. HOWEVER, SHE TURNED DOWN OTHER ACTG OPPORTUNI, CLUDG A PART ST. ELMO'S FIRE. BEALS' NEXT MAJOR MOTN PICTURE APPEARANCE WAS ALONGSI NILAS CAGE THE 1989 DARK EDY VAMPIRE KISS. IN 1992 SHE STARRED THE TV SHOW 2000 MALIBU ROAD, WHICH WAS NCELED AFTER ONE SEASON. SHE THEN ACTED PRIMARILY SMALLER, PENNT MOVI FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BEFORE MAKG DEVIL BLUE DRS WH DENZEL WASHGTON 1995. SHE NTUED TO WORK REGULARLY THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND EARLY 2000S, DIE FILMS, AS WELL AS NON-LEADG ROL FILMS LIKE THE LAST DAYS OF DIS, WH CHLOë SEVIGNY AND KATE BECKSALE; THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY, WH JENNIFER JASON LEIGH AND ALAN CUMMG; AND RUNAWAY JURY, WH JOHN CACK AND GENE HACKMAN. 'THE L WORD'A REER-FG MOMENT ME 2004 WHEN BEALS LAND THE PART OF BETTE PORTER ON THE L WORD. BEALS SISTED THAT HER CHARACTER BE BIRACIAL, AND SHE WAS HERALD FOR BRGG GREATER VISIBILY TO BIRACIAL WOMEN. THE SHOW AIRED FOR SIX SEASONS, AND BEALS WAS NOMATED FOR MULTIPLE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS. SHE REPRISED HER ROLE 2019'S THE L WORD: GENERATN Q.FROM 2009 TO 2011, BEALS HAD A RECURRG ROLE ON THE SHOW LIE TO ME, AND THEN RETURNED TO HER HOMETOWN TO STAR THE TV P DRAMA THE CHIGO CO, WHICH WAS NCELED AFTER ONE SEASON. IN AUGT OF 2012, BEALS BEGAN STARRG A NEW WEB SERI, LREN, FOR WIGS, A YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT PRODUC ORIGAL NTENT WH FEMALE LEADS.IN 2017 BEALS BEGAN STARRG AS CHRISTA HART THE CRIME DRAMA, TAKEN, WHICH IS BASED ON THE FILM ANCHISE, AND THAT SAME YEAR APPEARED THE FIRST SEASON OF AMAZON'S 1930S PERD PIECE THE LAST TYON, LOOSELY SPIRED BY THE F. STT FZGERALD NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME.PERSONAL LIFEBEALS WAS MARRIED TO ALEXANDRE ROCKWELL OM 1986 TO 1996, AND MARRIED KEN DIXON 1998. SHE AND DIXON HAVE ONE DGHTER TOGETHER, AND BEALS HAS TWO STEPCHILDREN OM DIXON'S PREV MARRIAGE. OUTSI OF HER ACTG REER, BEALS STAYS ACTIVE AS A TRI-ATHLETE AND GAY-RIGHTS {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

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"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.

"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis.

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The edian, actor, and star of the NBC's The Carmichael Show me out as gay April durg his HBO Max edy show Rothaniel. And the secret is that I'm gay. The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was.

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JENNIFER COOLIDGE IS THE ONLY GIFT GAYS NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

"He ntued: "The gamg dtry is rampant wh sexism, prejudice, and homophobia. Though the pop sger has been open about her sexualy for years ( 2019 she told Attu that she was bisexual and an open relatnship), she took to Instagram June to celebrate Pri Month and to talk even further about her sexualy, remdg everyone that she is, fact, a queer in who is "not gay and not straight. "I'm not gay.

The Brish distance swimmer and Olympian publicly me out as gay June after petg at the World Champnships Budapt.

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