Jennifer Beals and director Adrian Lyne on the Flashdance set Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Flashdance launched fashion trends, with women mimicking Beals’ off-the-shoulder sweatshirt ...

Jennifer Beals knows a thing or two about the Zeitgeist. The actress, 61, became a pop culture icon in 1983 as Alex, the striving, legwarmer-clad protagonist of Flashdance.

Jennifer Beals gave one of the most memorable performances of the '80s when she played Alex Owens, the welder by day and dancer by night at the heart of the stylish 1983 blockbuster Flashdance.

She modeled a ripped sweatshirt in "Flashdance," fangs in ... Windy City-based crime drama. Jennifer Beals' latest accessory? Long johns. Trust her, this Chicago native is prepared to serve ...

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