
Jewel Staite
Acting
🎂 1982-06-02
Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Canadian actress who portrayed Catalina in Space Cases, Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis. Most recently, she starred as Raquel Westbrook in the Canadian drama, The L.A. Complex.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 has stated that she is of British, Irish, French Canadian, and Iroquois ancestry. Staite attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married actor Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003. On December 13, 2011, she announced they were divorcing in a post on her food blog. Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived space westerntelevision seriesFirefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".She played Heidi Gotts in the television series Wonderfalls, and appeared in a Season Three episode of The X-Files.Staite played the role of head medical doctor Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate Atlantis,making her the third actor from the Firefly series to move on to appear in a Stargate series (the first being Adam Baldwin, who had a brief role as a colonel in the Stargate SG-1 Season Seven episode "Heroes", and the second being Morena Baccarin, who played Adria, the main villain in the tenth season of SG-1), 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. Before taking on the role as Dr. Keller she previously played the Wraith child Ellia in the Stargate Atlantis episode "Instinct".She also appeared in the 2010 Sci-Fi film, Mothman, under direction from Sheldon Wilson. Staite guest starred in an episode of Warehouse 13 as the love interest of Sheldon (played by Sean Maher, who played Jewel's love interest in Firefly). She also did voices in the animated TV series Mummies Alive! and Sabrina: The Animated Series for DIC Entertainment. As of 2012, Staite was a series regular on The L.A. Complex, in which she portrayed Raquel Westbrook, a struggling actress. The show aired in Canada on MuchMusic and in the U.S. on The CW. She also appeared recently in an episode of The Listener.
Cast credits(69)

Amy Pond
2005

Erin Cherloff
2009

Kiva Garen
2015

Amy Jacobs
1993

Stella
2017

Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
1997

Ellia
2004

Jennifer Keller
2004

Kelly
1992

Cody
1992

Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
2021

Dr. Bryce
2016

Jules Gardner
2021

Phyllis
2015

2015

Loretta
2009

Caroline Swift
2011

Gabriella Da Vinci
1998

Kaylee Frye
2002

Molly - Psychic
1998

Self
2017

Lori Black
2009

Naomi Harvey
2022

Fan Getting Autographs
2015

Goth Girl
2003

Bally Anderson
2013

Laurel
2000

Renee Marand
2019

Carolyn
2004

Callie Snow
1999

Daisy Lipenowski
2000

Josie
2000

Labelia
1992

Heidi Gotts
2004
Sally Prentiss
1999

Raquel Westbrook
2012

Detective Penny Hart
2018

Thora Andrews
1998

Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
2005

Catalina
1996

Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
2018

Becca Fisher
1995

Margaret
2015

Annika Drake
2013

Herself
1997

Cassie Cranston
2015

Soap Opera Actress
1996

Samantha
1995

Ellie Sattler (voice)
2023

Self
2006

Teddy Blue
2002

Brook Calvin
2011

Holly Wilson
2010

Herself
2012

Katharine
2010

Jennifer Lanahan
1991

Liz
2008

Kate Carter
2015

Jenna
2013

Monica Boland
2016

Sarah
2017

Jenny Cavanaugh
2005

Bryanna
2002

Alexandra Carlisle
1993

Stella Williams
2017

Anna
2011

CC
2018

Nurse Anna
2021

Catherine Andrews
1993