Biography
Who is Jewel Staite?
Early life and background
Jewel Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia, as the youngest of seven children. She has stated that she has British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry.
She began working in early childhood as both a model and an actor starting at the age of six. She trained at the Vancouver Youth Theatre and later attended the Vancouver Film School to develop her skills.
Early television roles
Jewel's early career included appearances in television movies such as Liar, Liar and The Only Way Out. She also secured a guest-starring role in a third-season episode of The X-Files in 1995.
She played Catalina in the Nickelodeon science fiction series Space Cases and appeared as Rebecca Fisher on the Disney Channel series Flash Forward alongside Ben Foster. She was also cast in the drama series Higher Ground and did voice work for animated series like Mummies Alive! And Sabrina: The Animated Series.
Firefly and Stargate Atlantis
Jewel Staite gained wider recognition for playing Kaylee Frye in the television series Firefly and its 2005 film continuation Serenity. She also contributed a chapter to the book Finding Serenity about her experience on the show.
Later, she joined the cast of the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis as head medical doctor Jennifer Keller. Before taking on this main role, she previously portrayed a Wraith child named Ellia in an earlier episode of the same series.
Later acting career
In 2012, Jewel portrayed struggling actress Raquel Westbrook as a series regular on the drama The L.A. Complex. She also appeared in ten episodes of the AMC crime drama The Killing as Caroline Swift.
Her subsequent television work includes starring as Abigail Bianchi in the Canadian legal drama series Family Law and playing FBI agent Jules Gardner in the science fiction series Resident Alien.
Personal life
Jewel Staite was married to actor Matt Anderson from 2003 until 2011. She later became engaged to Charlie Ritchie, and the couple welcomed their first child, a boy, in 2015 before marrying in July 2016.
Birthday and age
Jewel Staite was born on June 2, 1982, which makes Jewel 44 years old today. That birthday falls under the Gemini sign. Jewel shares the date with 26 other famous people.
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