| Jewel Staite | |
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 Jewel Staite in 2005 |
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| Born | Jewel Belair Staite June 2, 1982 White Rock, BC, Canada |
| Occupation | actress |
| Years active | 1988—present |
| Spouse(s) | Matt Anderson |
| Official website | |
Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Gemini and Leo Award nominated Canadian actress, who portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.
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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 attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003.
Staite has worked with the Dyslexia Foundation and several AIDS charities.
Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived science fiction/western television series Firefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She also wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".
She also played Heidi Gotts, the antagonist in the TV series Wonderfalls and appeared in a Season Three episode of the X-Files.
Staite played the role of head of medicine Dr. Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,[1] making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin and the second being Morena Baccarin), 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.[2] Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct". She will star in the 2010 RHI Entertainment thriller, Mothman, under the direction from Sheldon Wilson.[3]
| Actress | |||
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1991 | Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories | as Jennifer Lanahan | |
| 1992 | The Odyssey | as Labelia | "The Believers" (December 7, 1992) |
| 1993 | Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter | as Dorianna | |
| The Only Way Out | as Alexandra | ||
| 1994 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | as Kelly | "The Tale of Watcher's Woods" |
| The Odyssey | as Labelia | "The Prophecy" (February 28, 1994) | |
| 1995 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | as Cody | "The Tale of the Unfinished Painting" |
| Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | as Samantha | ||
| The X-Files | as Amy Jacobs | "Oubliette" (November 17, 1995) | |
| 1996 | Space Cases | as Catalina | (1996, 15 episodes) |
| Flash Forward | as Rebecca "Becca" Fisher | (1996–1997) | |
| 1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | as Tiara Vanhorn | (1997-1999) |
| 1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | as Gabriella Da Vinci | (1998–2001) |
| 1999 | So Weird | as Callie | "Siren" (September 10, 1999) |
| 2000 | Higher Ground | as Daisy Lipenowski | (2000, 17 episodes) |
| 2001 | Seven Days | as Molly | "Empty Quiver" (2001, 1 episode) |
| 2002 | Just Deal | as Laurel | (2002, eight episodes) |
| Damaged Care | as Bryanna | 26 May 2002'" | |
| Cheats | as Teddy Blue | ||
| Firefly | as Kaylee Frye | (2002–2003 14 episodes) | |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | as Goth Girl | "Rest in Peace" (October 21, 2003) |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | as Heidi Gotts | (2004, four episodes) |
| Cold Squad | 7.07 "Girlfriend in a Closet" | ||
| Huff | as Sheena | Pilot Episode(November 7, 2004)'" | |
| 2005 | Stargate Atlantis | as Ellia | "Instinct" (August 26, 2005) |
| Serenity | as Kaylee Frye | ||
| Widow on the Hill | as Jennie | ||
| 2009 | Stargate Atlantis | as Dr. Jennifer Keller | (2007–2009 appeared in 27 episodes) |
| The Forgotten Ones[4] | as Liz | Direct-to-video | |
| Mothman | as Katharine | Post-Production. | |
| Stargate: Extinction | as Dr. Jennifer Keller | Pre-Production. | |
| 2010 | P5Ych | as Debbie | Pre-Production. |
  | Official website - jewel-staite.com |
| | MySpace blog 2007 - MySpace.com - Jewel Staite - 27 - Female - CA - myspace.com/thejewelstaite |
| | Unofficial fan page in German and English - www.JEWEL-net.de |
| | Unofficial fan page complete with large gallery - Jewel-Staite.net - Your #1 source for all things Jewel. |
| | Staite's Official MySpace account and blog - MySpace.com - Jewel Staite - 27 - Female - CA - myspace.com/thejewelstaite |
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