Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Female
  • Date of birth: 6/2/1982 (42 years old)
  • Place of birth: White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
  • nationality: Canadian
  • height: 1.66 m
  • Net worth: $1,000,000
  • twitter: JewelStaite
  • instagram: jewelstaite
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2023

Animation

Comedy

6.1
65%
Family Law
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 81%
role:
Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
2021

Drama

7.3
81%
2017

TV Movie

Thriller

4.8
54%
Not With His Wife
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 46%
role:
Monica Boland
2016

Crime

Drama

TV Movie

5.8
46%
A Frosty Affair
IMDB 5.6
TMDB 53%
role:
Kate Carter
2015

Adventure

Comedy

Romance

TV Movie

5.6
53%
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 52%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2015

Comedy

5.5
52%
2013

Romance

TV Movie

6.8
62%
The L.A. Complex
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 55%
role:
Raquel Westbrook
2012

Drama

Soap

7.3
55%
2011

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.0
40%
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 56%
role:
Holly Wilson
2010

Drama

Family

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
56%
Mothman
IMDB 3.4
TMDB 39%
role:
Katharine Grant
2010

Horror

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

3.4
39%
2008

Action

Horror

4.1
52%
2006

Documentary

6.9
63%
Serenity
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 74%
role:
Kaywinnet Lee "Kaylee" Frye
2005

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
74%
Stargate Atlantis
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 80%
role:
Jennifer Keller
2004

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
80%
Firefly
IMDB 8.9
TMDB 83%
role:
Kaylee Frye
2002

Action

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.9
83%
1995

Adventure

Drama

Family

Mystery

6.0
63%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Jewel Staite are, for example, LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling, A Frosty Affair and How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Amazon and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are Stargate Atlantis (8.1), Serenity (7.6) and Done the Impossible (6.6).