Jewel Staite
Biography
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.
Known For

Supernatural

Castle

The Good Doctor

The X-Files

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate Atlantis

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Blindspot
All Movies (27)
- LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling2023 · as Ellie Sattler (voice)
- Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin2021 · as Nurse Anna
- CC2018 · as CC
- Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'2017 · as Self
- Same Time Next Week2017 · as Sarah
- The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit2017 · as Stella Williams
- Not With His Wife2016 · as Monica Boland
- A Frosty Affair2015 · as Kate Carter
- How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town2015 · as Cassie Cranston
- She Who Must Burn2015 · as Margaret
- The Christmas Ornament2013 · as Jenna
- Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special2012 · as Self
- Doomsday Prophecy2011 · as Brook Calvin
- The Pact2011 · as Anna
- Call Me Mrs. Miracle2010 · as Holly Wilson
- Mothman2010 · as Katharine
- The Forgotten Ones2009 · as Liz
- Done the Impossible2006 · as Self
- Serenity2005 · as Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
- Widow on the Hill2005 · as Jenny Cavanaugh
- Cheats2002 · as Teddy Blue
- Damaged Care2002 · as Bryanna
- Carpool1996 · as Soap Opera Actress
- Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain1995 · as Samantha
- The Only Way Out1993 · as Alexandra Carlisle
- Liar, Liar1993 · as Dorianna
- Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories1991 · as Jennifer Lanahan
All TV Shows (43)
- Quantum Leap2022 · as Naomi Harvey
- Family Law2021 · as Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
- Resident Alien2021 · as Jules Gardner
- The Order2019 · as Renee Marand
- The Case That Haunts Me2018 · as Detective Penny Hart
- Take Two2018 · as Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
- Dialing Home2017 · as Self
- The Good Doctor2017 · as Stella
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow2016 · as Dr. Bryce
- The Magicians2015 · as Phyllis
- The Magicians2015
- Con Man2015 · as Fan Getting Autographs
- Blindspot2015 · as Kiva Garen
- State of Syn2013 · as Annika Drake
- Motive2013 · as Bally Anderson
- The L.A. Complex2012 · as Raquel Westbrook
- The Killing2011 · as Caroline Swift
- Warehouse 132009 · as Loretta
- The Listener2009 · as Lori Black
- Castle2009 · as Erin Cherloff
- Supernatural2005 · as Amy Pond
- Huff2004 · as Carolyn
- Stargate Atlantis2004 · as Ellia
- Stargate Atlantis2004 · as Jennifer Keller
- Wonderfalls2004 · as Heidi Gotts
- Dead Like Me2003 · as Goth Girl
- Firefly2002 · as Kaylee Frye
- Just Deal2000 · as Laurel
- 2gether: The Series2000 · as Josie
- Higher Ground2000 · as Daisy Lipenowski
- So Weird1999 · as Callie Snow
- Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy1999 · as Sally Prentiss
- Da Vinci's Inquest1998 · as Gabriella Da Vinci
- Seven Days1998 · as Molly - Psychic
- Cold Squad1998 · as Thora Andrews
- EP Daily1997 · as Herself
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction1997 · as Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
- Space Cases1996 · as Catalina
- Flash Forward1995 · as Becca Fisher
- The X-Files1993 · as Amy Jacobs
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?1992 · as Kelly
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?1992 · as Cody
- The Odyssey1992 · as Labelia