Jewel Staite | |
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 Staite at the 2013Phoenix Comicon | |
| Born | Jewel Belair Staite (1982-06-02)June 2, 1982 (age 43) White Rock, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
Jewel Belair Staite[1] (born June 2, 1982[2][3]) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her roles asKaylee Frye in the seriesFirefly (2002–2003) and its follow-up movieSerenity (2005), and asJennifer Keller on science fiction television seriesStargate Atlantis (2007–2009). Staite also starred as Catalina inSpace Cases (1996), as "Becca" Fisher inFlash Forward (1996–1997), as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian dramaThe L.A. Complex (2012), and as Caroline Swift in AMC's crime dramaThe Killing (2013–2014). Since 2021, she has starred as Abigail Bianchi in the Canadian legal drama seriesFamily Law.
Staite was born inWhite Rock, British Columbia, the youngest of seven children. She has said that she is ofBritish,Irish,French Canadian, andIroquois ancestry.[4] She began her career in early childhood, working both as amodel and, from the age of six, as an actor. She attendedVancouver Film School and developed her stagecraft at the Vancouver Youth Theatre.[5]
Staite's first high profile appearances as a child actor came intelevision movies such asCBC'sLiar, Liar in 1993 (which was later aired onCBS in the United States that same year)[6] andABC'sThe Only Way Out.[7] In 1995, she had a key guest-starring role in a third-season episode ofThe X-Files, "Oubliette".
After appearing onAre You Afraid of the Dark? (1994), Staite's first co-starring role on a television series was as Catalina, the ship's engineer, in the first season of theNickelodeon science fiction seriesSpace Cases in 1996. This was immediately followed by her role as Rebecca "Becca" Fisher on the 1995–1997Disney Channel seriesFlash Forward, a series in which Staite was the co-lead withBen Foster.[8]
In 2000, she was cast in a main role on theFOX Family Channel drama seriesHigher Ground.[9] She was also a voice actress in the animated TV seriesMummies Alive! andSabrina: The Animated Series forDIC Entertainment.
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Staite playedKaylee Frye in the short-livedtelevision seriesFirefly[10][11] and its subsequent 2005 film,Serenity.[12] She wrote a chapter in the bookFinding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite OnFirefly".[13] She played the recurring role of Heidi Gotts in the television seriesWonderfalls in 2004.
Staite played the role of head medical doctorJennifer Keller in theStargate SG-1 spinoffStargate Atlantis,[14] making her one of three actors from theFirefly series to move on to appear in aStargate series (the others beingAdam Baldwin, who appeared in the episode "Heroes", andMorena Baccarin, who playedAdria in the tenth season ofSG-1). She replacedPaul McGillion (Dr.Carson Beckett).In the fifth season ofStargate, her character was changed from recurring status to part of the main cast. Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller, she previously played theWraith child Ellia in theStargate Atlantis episode "Instinct".[15] She also appeared in the 2010Syfy film,Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson.[13][16]Also in 2010, Staite guest-starred in an episode ofWarehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon (played bySean Maher, who played her love interest inFirefly), and in 2011, she guest-starred on an episode ofSupernatural as a former love interest of Sam.[17]
In 2012, Staite was a series regular onThe L.A. Complex, in which she portrayed Raquel Westbrook, a struggling actress.[18] The show aired in Canada onCTV andMuchMusic and in the U.S. onThe CW.[19] She also appeared in an episode ofThe Listener. Staite appeared in 10 episodes of theAMCcrime drama,The Killing, as Detective Stephen Holder's girlfriend Caroline Swift, from 2013–2014.[20]
Staite was married to actor Matt Anderson from 2003 to 2011.[21] In 2015, she became engaged to her boyfriend Charlie Ritchie.[22][23] In May 2015, she announced she was pregnant with her first child,[24][25] a boy, who was born later that year.[26] She and Ritchie married on July 23, 2016.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain | Samantha | |
| 1996 | Carpool | Soap Opera Actress | |
| 2002 | Cheats | Teddy Blue | |
| 2005 | Serenity | Kaylee | |
| 2009 | After Dusk They Come | Liz | Straight-to-video |
| 2011 | The Pact | Anna | Short film |
| 2015 | She Who Must Burn | Margaret | [27] |
| 40 Below and Falling | Kate Carter | [28] | |
| How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town | Cassie Cranston | [29] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1991 | Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories | Jennifer Lanahan | Television film |
| 1992; 1994 | The Odyssey | Labelia | Episodes: "The Believers", "The Prophecy" |
| 1993 | Liar, Liar | Dorianna | Television film; aired in the U.S. asLiar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter |
| The Only Way Out | Alexandra Carlisle | Television film | |
| 1994 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Kelly | Episode: "The Tale of Watcher's Woods" |
| 1995 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Cody | Episode: "The Tale of the Unfinished Painting" |
| The X-Files | Amy Jacobs | Episode: "Oubliette" | |
| 1996 | The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. | Theresa | Television film |
| Space Cases | Catalina | Main role (season 1) | |
| 1996–1997 | Flash Forward | Rebecca "Becca" Fisher | Lead role |
| 1997–1999 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Tiara VanHorn | 5 episodes |
| 1998–2001 | Da Vinci's Inquest | Gabriella Da Vinci | 13 episodes |
| 1999 | So Weird | Callie Snow | Episode: "Siren" |
| Sabrina: The Animated Series | N/A | Voice role, 4 episodes | |
| Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy | Sally Prentiss | Episodes: "Happy Trails", "Fools for Love" | |
| 2000 | Higher Ground | Daisy Lipenowski | Main role |
| 2001 | The Immortal | Danielle Jenkins | Episode: "Learning Curve" |
| 2gether: The Series | Josie | Episode: "Kiss" | |
| Seven Days | Molly | Episode: "Empty Quiver" | |
| 2002 | Roughing It | Susan Olivia Clemens | Television film |
| Damaged Care | Bryanna (15–20 years) | Television film | |
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Carly / Shannon | Episode: "The Fine Line" | |
| Just Deal | Laurel | 8 episodes | |
| 2002–2003 | Firefly | Kaylee Frye | Main role |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Goth Girl | Episode: "Rest in Peace" |
| 2004 | Huff | Carolyn | Episode: Pilot |
| Cold Squad | Thora Andrews | Episode: "Girlfriend in a Closet" | |
| Wonderfalls | Heidi Gotts | 4 episodes | |
| 2005 | Widow on the Hill | Jenny Cavanaugh | Television film |
| Stargate Atlantis | Ellia | Episode: "Instinct" | |
| 2007–2009 | Stargate Atlantis | Jennifer Keller | Recurring role (season 4); main role (season 5); 33 episodes |
| 2010 | Mothman | Katharine Grant | Television film |
| Warehouse 13 | Loretta | Episode: "Mild Mannered" | |
| Debbie Macomber's Call Me Mrs. Miracle | Holly | Television film; also known asMrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan | |
| 2011 | Doomsday Prophecy | Brook Calvin | Television film[30] |
| Supernatural | Amy Pond | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" | |
| 2012 | The L.A. Complex | Raquel Westbrook | Main role |
| 2012–2013 | Animism: The Gods' Lake | Melody Ravensfall | Main voice role |
| 2013 | The Listener | Lori Black | Episode: "Blast from the Past" |
| The Christmas Ornament | Jenna | Television film | |
| State of Syn | Annika Drake | TV shorts, 6 episodes[31] | |
| 2013–2014 | The Killing | Caroline Swift | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | A Frosty Affair | Kate | Television film |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Dr. Bryce | Episode: "Progeny"[32] |
| Castle | Erin Cherloff | Episode: "Much Ado About Murder" | |
| Undercover Wife | Monica Boland | Television film; also known asNot with His Wife | |
| 2017 | The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit | Stella Williams | Television film |
| Same Time Next Week | Sarah | Television film | |
| 2017, 2020 | Blindspot | Kiva Garen | Episodes: "Regard a Mere Mad Rager" & "Iunne Ennui" |
| 2018 | The Detectives | Detective Penny Hart | Episode: "She Said" |
| Take Two | Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman | Episode: "About Last Night" | |
| The Good Doctor | Stella | Episode: "Two Ply (or Not Two Ply)" | |
| 2019 | The Order | Renee Marand | Episodes: "Homecoming, Parts One & Two" |
| 2019–2020 | The Magicians | Phyllis | 4 episodes (seasons 4–5) |
| 2021–present | Family Law | Abigail Bianchi | Main role |
| 2022 | Quantum Leap | Naomi Harvey | Episode: "What a Disaster!" |
| 2025 | Resident Alien | Jules Gardner | 4 episodes (season 4)[33] |
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