Name: Jennifer Beals | Height: 5'9'' | Sex: F | Nationality: American | Birth Date: December 19, 1963 | Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA | Profession: Actress | Education: Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, Illionis The Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois Yale University in New Haven Connecticut (graduated in 1987; B.A. in American Literature) | Husband/Wife: Ken L. Dixon (Canadian film technician; married in 1998), Alexandre Rockwell (director, writer; married in 1986; divorced in 1996) | Daughter: Her first daughter (born in October, 2005, father: Ken Dixon) | Claim to fame: Plays Alex Owens in Flashdance (1983)