It became very clear to the director that it would be foolish not to use our friendship. I had tried to talk to him about it because all the relationships in the film are so, not negative, but antagonistic. There's not a lot of love going around.

Beals plays a biracial woman passing for white. After Jennifer Beals filmed Flashdance Beals resumed her studies making only one film during that time: playing the titular character The Bride with singer-actor Sting a gothic horror film loosely based on the 1935 classic Bride of Frankenstein shot during her summer break. S.

Jennifer Beals (born December 19 1963) is an American actress and a former teen model. She has appeared in more than 50 films.