Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Gemini and Leo Award nominated Canadian actress, who portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.
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 attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003....
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Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982) is a Gemini and Leo Award nominated Canadian actress, who portrayed Kaylee Frye in Firefly and Serenity, and Dr. Jennifer Keller on Stargate Atlantis.
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 attended the Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. She married Matt Anderson on April 25, 2003.
Staite has worked with the Dyslexia Foundation and several AIDS charities.
Staite played Kaylee Frye in the short-lived science fiction/western television series Firefly and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity. She also wrote a chapter in the book Finding Serenity, called "Kaylee Speaks: Jewel Staite On Firefly".
She also played Heidi Gotts, the antagonist in the TV series Wonderfalls and appeared in a Season Three episode of the X-Files.
Staite played the role of head of medicine Dr. Jennifer Keller in the Stargate SG-1 spinoff Stargate...
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