Jewel Staite

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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Adult: No

Birthday: June 02, 1982

Age: 42 years old

Gender: Female

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Known For:

The Forgotten Ones
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
Done the Impossible
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Mothman
Serenity
Doomsday Prophecy
The Pact
Party Mania
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
Carpool
The Christmas Ornament
LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
Cheats
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
A Frosty Affair
Damaged Care
Not With His Wife
The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
Widow on the Hill
Same Time Next Week
She Who Must Burn
CC
The Only Way Out
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories