How Old Was Jennifer Beals When She Did Flashdance?

Jennifer Beals was just 18 years old when she starred in Flashdance. In the movie, Jennifer Beals is an 18-year-old welder who lives with her dog, Grunt in a converted warehouse.

She aspires to become a professional dancer, but has no formal dance training and works as a nightly cabaret performer at Mawby’s, a neighbourhood bar and grill.

Jennifer Beals rose to fame when she starred in Flashdance. The third highest-grossing US film of 1983.

Flashdance is a 1983 American romantic drama dance film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Jenifer Beals as a passionate young dancer who aspired to become a professional ballerina alongside Michael Nouri playing her boyfriend and the owner of the steel mill where she works by day in Pittsburgh.

Jennifer was nominated for a Golden Globe and the film received an Academy Award for Best Song.