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Jewel Staite

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jun 2, 1982 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

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.

Known For

Acting
2023LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial RetellingEllie Sattler (voice)
2022Quantum LeapNaomi Harvey
2021Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of InsulinNurse Anna
2021Family LawAbigail 'Abby' Bianchi
2021Resident AlienJules Gardner
2019The OrderRenee Marand
2018CCCC
2018Take TwoJackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
2018The Case That Haunts MeDetective Penny Hart
2017The Wrong Bed: Naked PursuitStella Williams
2017Same Time Next WeekSarah
2017Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'Self
2017Dialing HomeSelf
2017The Good DoctorStella
2016Not With His WifeMonica Boland
2016DC's Legends of TomorrowDr. Bryce
2015How to Plan an Orgy in a Small TownCassie Cranston
2015A Frosty AffairKate Carter
2015She Who Must BurnMargaret
2015BlindspotKiva Garen
2015The MagiciansPhyllis
2015The Magicians
2015Con ManFan Getting Autographs
2013The Christmas OrnamentJenna
2013MotiveBally Anderson
2013State of SynAnnika Drake
2012Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2012The L.A. ComplexRaquel Westbrook
2011Doomsday ProphecyBrook Calvin
2011The PactAnna
2011The KillingCaroline Swift
2010MothmanKatharine
2010Call Me Mrs. MiracleHolly Wilson
2009Warehouse 13Loretta
2009CastleErin Cherloff
2009The ListenerLori Black
2008The Forgotten OnesLiz
2006Done the ImpossibleSelf
2005SerenityKaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
2005Widow on the HillJenny Cavanaugh
2005SupernaturalAmy Pond
2004Stargate AtlantisEllia
2004WonderfallsHeidi Gotts
2004HuffCarolyn
2004Stargate AtlantisJennifer Keller
2003Dead Like MeGoth Girl
2002CheatsTeddy Blue
2002Damaged CareBryanna
2002FireflyKaylee Frye
2000Higher GroundDaisy Lipenowski
2000Just DealLaurel
20002gether: The SeriesJosie
1999So WeirdCallie Snow
1999Nothing Too Good for a CowboySally Prentiss
1998Da Vinci's InquestGabriella Da Vinci
1998Seven DaysMolly - Psychic
1998Cold SquadThora Andrews
1997EP DailyHerself
1997Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionCarly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
1996CarpoolSoap Opera Actress
1996Space CasesCatalina
1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainSamantha
1995Flash ForwardBecca Fisher
1993Party ManiaCatherine Andrews
1993The Only Way OutAlexandra Carlisle
1993Liar, LiarDorianna
1993The X-FilesAmy Jacobs
1992Are You Afraid of the Dark?Kelly
1992Are You Afraid of the Dark?Cody
1992The OdysseyLabelia
1991Posing: Inspired by Three Real StoriesJennifer Lanahan
Production
2015How to Plan an Orgy in a Small TownExecutive Producer