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Jewel Staite
Jewel Staite in 2005
Born	Jewel Belair Staite June 2, 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 27) White Rock, BC, Canada
Occupation	actress
Years active	1988—present
Spouse(s)	Matt Anderson
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Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Gemini and Leo Award nominated Canadian actress, who portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Personal life

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 attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003.

Staite has worked with the Dyslexia Foundation and several AIDS charities.

[edit] Career

Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived science fiction/western television series Firefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She also wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".

She also played Heidi Gotts, the antagonist in the TV series Wonderfalls and appeared in a Season Three episode of the X-Files.

Staite played the role of head of medicine Dr. Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,^[1] making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin and the second being Morena Baccarin), 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.^[2] Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct". She will star in the 2010 RHI Entertainment thriller, Mothman, under the direction from Sheldon Wilson.^[3]

[edit] Filmography

Actress
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1991	Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories	as Jennifer Lanahan
1992	The Odyssey	as Labelia	"The Believers" (December 7, 1992)
1993	Liar, Liar: Between Father and Daughter	as Dorianna
	The Only Way Out	as Alexandra
1994	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	as Kelly	"The Tale of Watcher's Woods"
	The Odyssey	as Labelia	"The Prophecy" (February 28, 1994)
1995	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	as Cody	"The Tale of the Unfinished Painting"
	Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain	as Samantha
	The X-Files	as Amy Jacobs	"Oubliette" (November 17, 1995)
1996	Space Cases	as Catalina	(1996, 15 episodes)
	Flash Forward	as Rebecca "Becca" Fisher	(1996–1997)
1997	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	as Tiara Vanhorn	(1997-1999)
1998	Da Vinci's Inquest	as Gabriella Da Vinci	(1998–2001)
1999	So Weird	as Callie	"Siren" (September 10, 1999)
2000	Higher Ground	as Daisy Lipenowski	(2000, 17 episodes)
2001	Seven Days	as Molly	"Empty Quiver" (2001, 1 episode)
2002	Just Deal	as Laurel	(2002, eight episodes)
	Damaged Care	as Bryanna	26 May 2002'"
	Cheats	as Teddy Blue
	Firefly	as Kaylee Frye	(2002–2003 14 episodes)
2003	Dead Like Me	as Goth Girl	"Rest in Peace" (October 21, 2003)
2004	Wonderfalls	as Heidi Gotts	(2004, four episodes)
	Cold Squad		7.07 "Girlfriend in a Closet"
	Huff	as Sheena	Pilot Episode(November 7, 2004)'"
2005	Stargate Atlantis	as Ellia	"Instinct" (August 26, 2005)
	Serenity	as Kaylee Frye
	Widow on the Hill	as Jennie
2009	Stargate Atlantis	as Dr. Jennifer Keller	(2007–2009 appeared in 27 episodes)
	The Forgotten Ones[4]	as Liz	Direct-to-video
	Mothman	as Katharine	Post-Production.
	Stargate: Extinction	as Dr. Jennifer Keller	Pre-Production.
2010	P5Ych	as Debbie	Pre-Production.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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