Jewel Staite
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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- 2023 · LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling as Ellie Sattler (voice)
- 2022 · Quantum Leap as Naomi Harvey
- 2021 · Family Law as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
- 2021 · Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin as Nurse Anna
- 2019 · The Order as Renee Marand
- 2018 · The Case That Haunts Me as Detective Penny Hart
- 2018 · CC as CC
- 2018 · Take Two as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
- 2017 · Dialing Home as Self
- 2017 · The Good Doctor as Stella
- 2017 · Same Time Next Week as Sarah
- 2017 · The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit as Stella Williams
- 2016 · Not With His Wife as Monica Boland
- 2016 · DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Dr. Bryce
- 2015 · The Magicians as Phyllis
- 2015 · The Magicians as
- 2015 · A Frosty Affair as Kate Carter
- 2015 · Con Man as Fan Getting Autographs
- 2015 · Blindspot as Kiva Garen
- 2015 · How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town as Cassie Cranston
- 2015 · She Who Must Burn as Margaret
- 2013 · The Christmas Ornament as Jenna
- 2013 · State of Syn as Annika Drake
- 2013 · Motive as Bally Anderson
- 2012 · Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special as Herself
- 2012 · The L.A. Complex as Raquel Westbrook
- 2011 · Doomsday Prophecy as Brook Calvin
- 2011 · The Killing as Caroline Swift
- 2011 · The Pact as Anna
- 2010 · Call Me Mrs. Miracle as Holly Wilson
- 2010 · Mothman as Katharine
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Loretta
- 2009 · The Listener as Lori Black
- 2009 · Castle as Erin Cherloff
- 2008 · The Forgotten Ones as Liz
- 2006 · Done the Impossible as Self
- 2005 · Serenity as Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
- 2005 · Supernatural as Amy Pond
- 2005 · Widow on the Hill as Jenny Cavanaugh
- 2004 · Huff as Carolyn
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Ellia
- 2004 · Stargate Atlantis as Jennifer Keller
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Heidi Gotts
- 2003 · Dead Like Me as Goth Girl
- 2002 · Cheats as Teddy Blue
- 2002 · Firefly as Kaylee Frye
- 2002 · Damaged Care as Bryanna
- 2000 · Just Deal as Laurel
- 2000 · 2gether: The Series as Josie
- 2000 · Higher Ground as Daisy Lipenowski
- 1999 · So Weird as Callie Snow
- 1999 · Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy as Sally Prentiss
- 1998 · Da Vinci's Inquest as Gabriella Da Vinci
- 1998 · Seven Days as Molly - Psychic
- 1998 · Cold Squad as Thora Andrews
- 1997 · EP Daily as Herself
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Doctor Jennifer Keller / Herself
- 1997 · Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
- 1996 · Carpool as Soap Opera Actress
- 1996 · Space Cases as Catalina
- 1995 · Flash Forward as Becca Fisher
- 1995 · Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain as Samantha
- 1993 · The Only Way Out as Alexandra Carlisle
- 1993 · The X-Files as Amy Jacobs
- 1993 · Party Mania as Catherine Andrews
- 1992 · Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kelly
- 1992 · Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Cody
- 1992 · The Odyssey as Labelia
- 1991 · Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories as Jennifer Lanahan