Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1982-06-02
Place of Birth:White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As: Jewel / Jewel Belair Staite /
Known For: Acting Gender: Female Birthday: 1982-06-02 More

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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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Quantum Leap
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The Order
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CC
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Take Two
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Dialing Home
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Same Time Next Week
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The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
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Not With His Wife
Crime Drama TV Movie
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
The Magicians
Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A Frosty Affair
Adventure Comedy Romance TV Movie
Blindspot
Crime Drama Action & Adventure
She Who Must Burn
Drama Thriller Horror
State of Syn
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Mystery
Motive
Crime Drama Mystery
Doomsday Prophecy
TV Movie Science Fiction Adventure Action
The Killing
Drama Crime Mystery
The Pact
Horror Drama
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
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Mothman
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Warehouse 13
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comedy Action & Adventure Drama
The Listener
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Castle
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Serenity
Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Supernatural
Drama Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Widow on the Hill
Drama Thriller Mystery TV Movie
Stargate Atlantis
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama
Wonderfalls
Comedy Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery
Dead Like Me
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Comedy
Firefly
Drama Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Damaged Care
Drama TV Movie
So Weird
Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids
Seven Days
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama
EP Daily
News Comedy Documentary
Stargate SG-1
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Mystery
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Documentary Mystery Reality
Carpool
Family Comedy
Space Cases
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Flash Forward
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The Only Way Out
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The X-Files
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  • name:Jewel Staite
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1982-06-02
  • Place of Birth:White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
  • Also Known As: Jewel · Jewel Belair Staite ·
  • Biography: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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