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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 2, 1982
Place of Birth
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Also Known As
- Jewel
- Jewel Belair Staite
Jewel Staite
1.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.8
Ellie Sattler (voice)
LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
2023
7.1
Naomi Harvey
Quantum Leap
2022
7.3
Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
Family Law
2021
0.0
Nurse Anna
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
2021
7.8
Jules Gardner
Resident Alien
2021
7.6
Renee Marand
The Order
2019
4.7
Detective Penny Hart
The Case That Haunts Me
2018
6.9
CC
CC
2018
6.8
Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
Take Two
2018
5.0
Self
Dialing Home
2017
Credits
LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
as Ellie Sattler (voice)
2023
6.8
Quantum Leap
as Naomi Harvey
2022
7.1
Family Law
as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
2021
7.3
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
as Nurse Anna
2021
0.0
Resident Alien
as Jules Gardner
2021
7.8
The Order
as Renee Marand
2019
7.6
The Case That Haunts Me
as Detective Penny Hart
2018
4.7
CC
as CC
2018
6.9
Take Two
as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
2018
6.8
Dialing Home
as Self
2017
5.0
The Good Doctor
as Stella
2017
8.5
Same Time Next Week
as Sarah
2017
6.5
The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
as Stella Williams
2017
5.4
Not With His Wife
as Monica Boland
2016
4.5
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
as Dr. Bryce
2016
7.3
The Magicians
as Phyllis
2015
7.6
The Magicians
2015
7.6
A Frosty Affair
as Kate Carter
2015
5.6
Con Man
as Fan Getting Autographs
2015
6.6
Blindspot
as Kiva Garen
2015
7.4
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
as Cassie Cranston
2015
5.1
She Who Must Burn
as Margaret
2015
5.3
The Christmas Ornament
as Jenna
2013
6.1
State of Syn
as Annika Drake
2013
6.3
Motive
as Bally Anderson
2013
6.4
Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
as Self
2012
5.2
The L.A. Complex
as Raquel Westbrook
2012
4.8
Doomsday Prophecy
as Brook Calvin
2011
4.1
The Killing
as Caroline Swift
2011
7.8
The Pact
as Anna
2011
5.1
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
as Holly Wilson
2010
5.9
Mothman
as Katharine
2010
3.8
Warehouse 13
as Loretta
2009
7.7
The Listener
as Lori Black
2009
6.9
Castle
as Erin Cherloff
2009
8.0
The Forgotten Ones
as Liz
2008
5.0
Done the Impossible
as Self
2006
5.9
Serenity
as Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
2005
7.4
Supernatural
as Amy Pond
2005
8.3
Widow on the Hill
as Jenny Cavanaugh
2005
5.6
Huff
as Carolyn
2004
7.7
Stargate Atlantis
as Ellia
2004
8.0
Stargate Atlantis
as Jennifer Keller
2004
8.0
Wonderfalls
as Heidi Gotts
2004
7.7
Dead Like Me
as Goth Girl
2003
7.6
Cheats
as Teddy Blue
2002
5.3
Firefly
as Kaylee Frye
2002
8.3
Damaged Care
as Bryanna
2002
0.0
Just Deal
as Laurel
2000
5.0
2gether: The Series
as Josie
2000
0.0
Higher Ground
as Daisy Lipenowski
2000
8.1
So Weird
as Callie Snow
1999
6.1
🎬
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
as Sally Prentiss
1999
0.0
Seven Days
as Molly - Psychic
1998
6.9
Da Vinci's Inquest
as Gabriella Da Vinci
1998
6.1
Cold Squad
as Thora Andrews
1998
6.9
EP Daily
as Herself
1997
8.5
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
1997
7.2
Carpool
as Soap Opera Actress
1996
5.2
Space Cases
as Catalina
1996
7.0
Flash Forward
as Becca Fisher
1995
7.0
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
as Samantha
1995
6.2
The Only Way Out
as Alexandra Carlisle
1993
5.0
The X-Files
as Amy Jacobs
1993
8.4
Party Mania
as Catherine Andrews
1993
0.0
Liar, Liar
as Dorianna
1993
5.0
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
as Kelly
1992
8.2
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
as Cody
1992
8.2
The Odyssey
as Labelia
1992
7.1
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
as Jennifer Lanahan
1991
5.9