Jewel Staite

Infobox actor
name = Jewel Staite


caption = Jewel Staite in 2005
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birthdate = birth date and age|1982|06|02
birthplace = White Rock, BC, Canada
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occupation = actress
yearsactive = 1988—present
spouse = Matt Anderson
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website = http://jewelstaite.com

Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles as Kaylee Frye in "Firefly" & "Serenity", and as Dr. Jennifer Keller on "Stargate Atlantis".

Biography

Personal life

Staite was born in White Rock, British Columbia.The youngest of seven children, she modelled 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.

Career

One of Staite's most famous roles is as 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", which, like "Firefly", was cancelled by FOX.

She currently plays the role of head of medicine Dr. 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 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. [cite web | url = http://josephmallozzi.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/february-5-2008-extra-extra-read-all-about-it/ | title = Extra! Extra! Read all about it! | first = Joseph | last = Mallozzi | date = 2008-02-05 | accessdate = 2008-02-10] Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the "Stargate Atlantis" episode "Instinct".

Other television work includes:
* "Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter" (1992)
* "X-Files": "Oubliette" (1995)
* "" (1995)
* "Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Guest Star)" (1996)
* "Flash Forward" (1996)
* "Space Cases" (1996)
* "" (1997)
* "Da Vinci's Inquest" (1998)
* "So Weird" (1999): "Siren"
* "Higher Ground" (2000)
* "Just Deal" (2002)
* "Firefly" (2002)
* "Cheats" (2002)
* "Dead Like Me" (2003)
* "Wonderfalls" (2004)
*"Serenity" (2005)
* "Stargate Atlantis" (2007)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0821612|name=Jewel Staite
*Tv.com person|id=17351
*MovieTome person|id=17351|name-surname=jewel-staite
* [http://jewelstaite.com/ Personal website with appearance announcements]
* [http://www.myspace.com/147037658 MySpace blog 2007]