{"id":479047,"date":"2026-06-02T11:21:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479047\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T11:21:31","slug":"meet-80s-it-girl-jennifer-beals-only-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/479047\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 80s it girl Jennifer Beals’ only child"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flashdance… What a feeling, film and iconic role for Jennifer Beals! We’ll always love the iconic ’80s ‘It Girl’<\/a> but it seems her daughter is keen to create her own career on screen, which already promises even bigger things to come.<\/p>\n

Read on to find out how Jennifer’s only child is making it big in Hollywood and what the actress is up to 40 years after the decade that brought her fame.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals in a patterned and striped scarf and oversized green check jacket in 1983.<\/p>\n

Jennifer got her start on screen in 1980<\/p>\n

Who is Jennifer Beals?<\/p>\n

Born in Chicago on 19 December 1963, Jennifer Beals debuted on screen with an uncredited role in 1980’s My Bodyguard\u00a0and three years later, starred in iconic 1983 blockbuster Flashdance.<\/p>\n

She is best known for films like adventure epic The Book of Eli,\u00a0mystery thriller\u00a0Devil in a Blue Dress\u00a0and comedy\u00a0Four Rooms.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals as Alex Owens in a still from Flashdance.<\/p>\n

Jennifer rose to fame on ‘Flashdance’ and won over TV audiences on ‘The L Word’<\/p>\n

Star career<\/p>\n

Jennifer stars in Flashdance\u00a0as Alexandra ‘Alex’ Owens, a passionate dancer who works as a welder during the day. At night, she works as an exotic dancer but dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.<\/p>\n

Her other star role cast Jennifer as Bette Porter in The L Word between 2004 to 2009, bringing to life the intelligent museum director in the original series and its sequel, The L Word: Generation Q.<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals and Ken Dixon stand with an arm around one another. Jennifer wears a black v neck dress, Ken wears a metallic silver suit and white shirt.<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals married now-husband Ken Dixon in 1998<\/p>\n

Married life<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals tied the knot with Four Rooms\u00a0director Alexandre Rockwell in 1986. The pair remained married until 1996, separating after a decade together.<\/p>\n

In 1998, she married entrepreneur Ken Dixon with whom she welcomed daughter Ella on 18 November 2005, seven years into their marriage.<\/p>\n

\"Ella<\/p>\n

Ella Dixon in a blue suit with a large collar trimmed in black and a black cropped vest underneath.<\/p>\n

Ella has been working as an actress since 2021<\/p>\n

Meet her daughter Ella Dixon<\/p>\n

Ella Dixon has followed in her star mother’s footsteps, getting her first on-screen role in 2021 with an episode appearance in Two Sentence Horror Stories.<\/p>\n

In 2022, she had a named role in The Bad Seed Returns, before landing an episode appearance in So Help Me Todd (2024) and the Riley Keough thriller Under the Bridge (2024).<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Beals in a purple dress with long sleeves and a high neck on stage at FanExpo Chicago in 2025, sat on a chair and holding a microphone.<\/p>\n

Jennifer is still acting today and has several exciting roles due for release<\/p>\n

Where is Jennifer now?<\/p>\n

Jennifer recently rejoined The L Word\u00a0franchise with sequel series The L Word: Generation Q\u00a0between 2019 to 2023. In 2025, she contributed to audio drama series Red for Revolution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to her IMDb<\/a>, Jennifer has several projects now in the works, including an appearance as Demeter in Percy Jackson and the Olympians\u00a0and comedic drama\u00a0Hello Out There.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flashdance… What a feeling, film and iconic role for Jennifer Beals! We’ll always love the iconic ’80s ‘It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,360,61,60,206553,206554],"class_list":["post-479047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-getty-images","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-jennifer-beals","tag-ken-dixon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}