Jewel Staite
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 2, 1982 (age 44)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
Movie · as Ellie Sattler (voice)
Quantum Leap
TV · as Naomi Harvey · 1 ep
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
Movie · as Nurse Anna
Family Law
TV · as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi · 40 eps
Resident Alien
TV · as Jules Gardner · 4 eps
The Order
TV · as Renee Marand · 2 eps
CC
Movie · as CC
Take Two
TV · as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman · 1 ep
The Case That Haunts Me
TV · as Detective Penny Hart · 1 ep
The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
Movie · as Stella Williams
Same Time Next Week
Movie · as Sarah
Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'
Movie · as Self
Dialing Home
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Good Doctor
TV · as Stella · 1 ep
Not With His Wife
Movie · as Monica Boland
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV · as Dr. Bryce · 1 ep
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
Movie · as Cassie Cranston
A Frosty Affair
Movie · as Kate Carter
She Who Must Burn
Movie · as Margaret
Blindspot
TV · as Kiva Garen · 1 ep
The Magicians
TV · as Phyllis · 3 eps
Con Man
TV · as Fan Getting Autographs · 2 eps
The Christmas Ornament
Movie · as Jenna
State of Syn
TV · as Annika Drake · 8 eps
Motive
TV · as Bally Anderson · 1 ep
Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
The L.A. Complex
TV · as Raquel Westbrook · 19 eps
Doomsday Prophecy
Movie · as Brook Calvin
The Pact
Movie · as Anna
The Killing
TV · as Caroline Swift · 5 eps
Mothman
Movie · as Katharine
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
Movie · as Holly Wilson
The Forgotten Ones
Movie · as Liz
Warehouse 13
TV · as Loretta · 1 ep
Castle
TV · as Erin Cherloff · 1 ep
The Listener
TV · as Lori Black · 1 ep
Done the Impossible
Movie · as Self
Serenity
Movie · as Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
Widow on the Hill
Movie · as Jenny Cavanaugh
Supernatural
TV · as Amy Pond · 1 ep
Stargate Atlantis
TV · as Ellia, Jennifer Keller · 1 ep
Wonderfalls
TV · as Heidi Gotts · 4 eps
Huff
TV · as Carolyn · 1 ep
Dead Like Me
TV · as Goth Girl · 1 ep
Cheats
Movie · as Teddy Blue
Damaged Care
Movie · as Bryanna
Roughing It
Movie · as Susy Clemens
Firefly
TV · as Kaylee Frye · 11 eps
Higher Ground
TV · as Daisy Lipenowski · 22 eps
Just Deal
TV · as Laurel · 8 eps
2gether: The Series
TV · as Josie · 1 ep
So Weird
TV · as Callie Snow · 1 ep
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
TV · as Sally Prentiss · 27 eps
Da Vinci's Inquest
TV · as Gabriella Da Vinci · 14 eps
Seven Days
TV · as Molly - Psychic · 1 ep
Cold Squad
TV · as Thora Andrews · 1 ep
EP Daily
TV · as Herself · 1 ep
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
TV · as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line") · 1 ep
Carpool
Movie · as Soap Opera Actress
Space Cases
TV · as Catalina · 14 eps
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
Movie · as Samantha
Flash Forward
TV · as Becca Fisher · 26 eps
The Only Way Out
Movie · as Alexandra Carlisle
Liar, Liar
Movie · as Dorianna
The X-Files
TV · as Amy Jacobs · 1 ep
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV · as Kelly, Cody · 1 ep
The Odyssey
TV · as Labelia · 2 eps
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
Movie · as Jennifer Lanahan
Heritage Minutes
TV · as Infirmière Anna · 1 ep