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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Movies (28)
LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling
2023 · Ellie Sattler (voice)
Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin
2021 · Nurse Anna
CC
2018 · CC
Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'
2017 · Self
La semana que viene a la misma hora
2017 · Sarah
The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit
2017 · Stella Williams
Not With His Wife
2016 · Monica Boland
A Frosty Affair
2015 · Kate Carter
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
2015 · Cassie Cranston, Executive Producer
She Who Must Burn
2015 · Margaret
The Christmas Ornament
2013 · Jenna
Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
2012 · Self
La profecía del juicio final
2011 · Brook Calvin
The Pact
2011 · Anna
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
2010 · Holly Wilson
Mothman
2010 · Katharine
The Forgotten Ones
2009 · Liz
Done the Impossible
2006 · Self
Serenity
2005 · Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
Widow on the Hill
2005 · Jenny Cavanaugh
Cheats
2002 · Teddy Blue
Damaged Care
2002 · Bryanna
Roughing It
2002 · Susy Clemens
Carpool
1996 · Soap Opera Actress
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
1995 · Samantha
The Only Way Out
1993 · Alexandra Carlisle
Liar, Liar
1993 · Dorianna
Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories
1991 · Jennifer Lanahan
TV shows (41)
Quantum Leap
2022 · Naomi Harvey
Casos de familia
2021 · Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
Resident Alien
2021 · Jules Gardner
La Orden Secreta
2019 · Renee Marand
The Case That Haunts Me
2018 · Detective Penny Hart
Take Two
2018 · Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
Dialing Home
2017 · Self
The Good Doctor
2017 · Stella
Leyendas del Mañana
2016 · Dr. Bryce
The Magicians
2015 · Phyllis
Con Man
2015 · Fan Getting Autographs
Punto ciego
2015 · Kiva Garen
State of Syn
2013 · Annika Drake
Motive
2013 · Bally Anderson
The L.A. Complex
2012 · Raquel Westbrook
The Killing
2011 · Caroline Swift
Almacén 13
2009 · Loretta
The Listener
2009 · Lori Black
Castle
2009 · Erin Cherloff
Supernatural
2005 · Amy Pond
Huff
2004 · Carolyn
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · Ellia, Jennifer Keller
Wonderfalls
2004 · Heidi Gotts
Tan muertos como yo
2003 · Goth Girl
Firefly
2002 · Kaylee Frye
Just Deal
2000 · Laurel
2gether: The Series
2000 · Josie
Higher Ground
2000 · Daisy Lipenowski
So Weird
1999 · Callie Snow
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy
1999 · Sally Prentiss
Da Vinci's Inquest
1998 · Gabriella Da Vinci
Seven Days
1998 · Molly - Psychic
Cold Squad
1998 · Thora Andrews
EP Daily
1997 · Herself
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997 · Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
Space Cases
1996 · Catalina
Flash Forward
1995 · Becca Fisher
The X-Files
1993 · Amy Jacobs
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1992 · Kelly, Cody
The Odyssey
1992 · Labelia
Heritage Minutes
1991 · Infirmière Anna