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.
Known For
Actor
as Ellie Sattler (voice)
as Naomi Harvey
as Nurse Anna
as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
as Renee Marand
as CC
as Detective Penny Hart
as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
as Sarah
as Stella Williams
as Self
as Stella
as Monica Boland
as Dr. Bryce
as Kate Carter
as Cassie Cranston
as Margaret
as Phyllis
as Fan Getting Autographs
as Kiva Garen
as Jenna
as Annika Drake
as Bally Anderson
as Raquel Westbrook
as Brook Calvin
as Anna
as Caroline Swift
as Holly Wilson
as Katharine Grant
as Loretta
as Lori Black
as Erin Cherloff
as Liz
as Self
as Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye
as Jenny Cavanaugh
as Amy Pond
as Carolyn
as Ellia
as Jennifer Keller
as Heidi Gotts
as Goth Girl
as Teddy Blue
as Bryanna
as Kaylee Frye
as Laurel
as Josie
as Daisy Lipenowski
as Callie Snow
as Sally Prentiss
as Gabriella Da Vinci
as Molly - Psychic
as Thora Andrews
as Herself
as Doctor Jennifer Keller / Herself
as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
as Soap Opera Actress
as Catalina
as Samantha
as Becca Fisher
as Alexandra Carlisle
as Catherine Andrews
as Amy Jacobs
as Kelly
as Cody
as Labelia
as Jennifer Lanahan
Producer
as Executive Producer