What do you do after being the star of the world's best loved
lesbian TV show? In the case of Jennifer Beals you turn it around
to play a ball-busting police chief, who she describes as "deeply
heterosexual".
In a world where actresses look for contrasts you couldn't get
much bigger than The L Word's academic Bette Porter and The Chicago
Code's tough Superintendent Teresa Colvin. But whatever she chose
next Jennifer knew she was never again going to get a role that
made as much impact as Bette. When The L Word first hit our screens
in 2004 the reaction ranged from shock to titillation to relief
that gay women were finally getting seen on TV . And Jennifer never
fails to appreciate how much the show meant to so many people.
She says: "Being part of The L Word made me realise how much
television can be of service to people. I had so many fans come up
to me who were really deeply appreciative of the show, and what it
had meant for them and their own sense of identity and their own
sense of inclusion in our society and in our culture."
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