Jewel Staite
Jewel Staite
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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Acting
Known Credits
69
Gender
Female
Birthday
1982-06-02 (43 years old)
Place of Birth
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Acting

2023

LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling as Ellie Sattler (voice)

2022

Quantum Leap as Naomi Harvey

2021

Family Law as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi

2019

The Order as Renee Marand

2018

The Case That Haunts Me as Detective Penny Hart

2018

Take Two as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman

2018

CC as CC

2017

The Good Doctor as Stella

2017

Dialing Home as Self

2017

The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit as Stella Williams

2017

Same Time Next Week as Sarah

2016

DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Dr. Bryce

2016

Not With His Wife as Monica Boland

2015

Blindspot as Kiva Garen

2015

The Magicians as Phyllis

2015

The Magicians as Not available

2015

Con Man as Fan Getting Autographs

2015

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town as Cassie Cranston

2015

She Who Must Burn as Margaret

2015

A Frosty Affair as Kate Carter

2013

Motive as Bally Anderson

2013

State of Syn as Annika Drake

2012

The L.A. Complex as Raquel Westbrook

2011

The Killing as Caroline Swift

2011

Doomsday Prophecy as Brook Calvin

2011

The Pact as Anna

2010

Mothman as Katharine

2010

Call Me Mrs. Miracle as Holly Wilson

2009

Castle as Erin Cherloff

2009

Warehouse 13 as Loretta

2009

The Listener as Lori Black

2008

The Forgotten Ones as Liz

2006

Done the Impossible as Self

2005

Supernatural as Amy Pond

2005

Serenity as Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye

2005

Widow on the Hill as Jenny Cavanaugh

2004

Stargate Atlantis as Ellia

2004

Stargate Atlantis as Jennifer Keller

2004

Huff as Carolyn

2004

Wonderfalls as Heidi Gotts

2003

Dead Like Me as Goth Girl

2002

Firefly as Kaylee Frye

2002

Cheats as Teddy Blue

2002

Damaged Care as Bryanna

2000

Higher Ground as Daisy Lipenowski

2000

2gether: The Series as Josie

2000

Just Deal as Laurel

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

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")

1997

EP Daily as Herself

1996

Space Cases as Catalina

1996

Carpool as Soap Opera Actress

1995

Flash Forward as Becca Fisher

1993

The X-Files as Amy Jacobs

1993

The Only Way Out as Alexandra Carlisle

1993

Party Mania as Catherine Andrews

1992

The Odyssey as Labelia
Crew

2015

How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town Executive Producer