Jewel Staite
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Biography
Biography
Canadian actress Jewel Staite has been performing since she was six years old, working as a child model before being cast in several television movies. Staite had her first big break when she was cast as Amy Jacobs, a young kidnap victim with psychic abilities, on the hit sci-fi television show "The X-Files." In 1996, Staite mined similar territory playing Catalina, a native of one of Saturn's moons, on the kid's sc-fi show "Space Cases." Staite continued to work on children's television through the 1990s, on the junior-high sitcom "Flash Forward," and as Tiara Vanhorn on "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show." In 2000, Staite acted in over 20 episodes of the teen drama "Higher Ground," and at the same time played Gabriella Da Vinci in the mystery series "Da Vinci's Inquest." Staite's best-known roles include Kaylee Frye on the short-lived but critically accalimed "Firefly" from 2002, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on the sci-fi show "Stargate Atlantis," which ran from 2004 to 2009.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Life Events
1991
Made her acting debut in the TV movie "Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories"
1993
Appeared in the TV movie "The Only Way Out" starring John Ritter and Henry Winkler
1995
Made her feature film debut in "Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain" starring Christina Ricci and Anna Chlumsky
1996
Earned a Gemini nomination for her role as Becca in the Disney show "Flash Forward"
1996
Made her series regular debut, at age 12, in Nickelodeon's "Space Cases"
1998
Played Gabriella Da Vinci in the crime drama "Da Vinci's Inquest" (CBS)
2000
Cast as Daisy Lipenowski in the Fox series "Higher Ground"
2002
Cast as Kaylee Frye in FOX's science fiction series "Firefly," created, written and directed by Joss Whedon
2002
Cast in Andrew Gurland's romantic comedy "Cheats"
2005
Resumed her role as Kaylee Frye for Joss Whedon's feature adaptation "Serenity," based on his sci-fi series "Firefly"
