
ACTING
Jewel Staite
- Born
- Jun 2, 1982 in 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.
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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.
MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

The Good Doctor
TV · 2017
Stella

Supernatural
TV · 2005
Amy Pond

Serenity
Movie · 2005
Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye

The X-Files
TV · 1993
Amy Jacobs

Blindspot
TV · 2015
Kiva Garen

Firefly
TV · 2002
Kaylee Frye

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV · 2016
Dr. Bryce

Castle
TV · 2009
Erin Cherloff

The Magicians
TV · 2015
FILMOGRAPHY
69 movie & TV credits
- 2023LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial RetellingMovie · Ellie Sattler (voice)
- 2022Quantum LeapTV · Naomi Harvey
- 2021Family LawTV · Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
- 2021Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of InsulinMovie · Nurse Anna
- 2021Resident AlienTV · Jules Gardner
- 2019The OrderTV · Renee Marand
- 2018The Case That Haunts MeTV · Detective Penny Hart
- 2018CCMovie · CC
- 2018Take TwoTV · Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
- 2017Dialing HomeTV · Self
- 2017The Good DoctorTV · Stella
- 2017Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'Movie · Self
- 2017Same Time Next WeekMovie · Sarah
- 2017The Wrong Bed: Naked PursuitMovie · Stella Williams
- 2016Not With His WifeMovie · Monica Boland
- 2016DC's Legends of TomorrowTV · Dr. Bryce
- 2015The MagiciansTV · Phyllis
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