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.

Filmography

• 2023LEGO Jurassic Park: The Unofficial Retelling — Ellie Sattler (voice)
• Quantum Leap — Naomi Harvey
• Family Law — Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi
• 2021Heritage Minutes: The Discovery of Insulin — Nurse Anna
• Resident Alien — Jules Gardner
• The Order — Renee Marand
• 2018CC — CC
• Take Two — Jackie Jarvis / Angela Truman
• The Case That Haunts Me — Detective Penny Hart
• 2017Same Time Next Week — Sarah
• The Good Doctor — Stella
• 2017The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit — Stella Williams
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow — Dr. Bryce
• 2016Not With His Wife — Monica Boland
• 2015A Frosty Affair — Kate Carter
• Blindspot — Kiva Garen
• Con Man — Fan Getting Autographs
• 2015How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town — Cassie Cranston, Executive Producer
• 2015She Who Must Burn — Margaret
• The Magicians — Phyllis
• Motive — Bally Anderson
• State of Syn — Annika Drake
• 2013The Christmas Ornament — Jenna
• The L.A. Complex — Raquel Westbrook
• 2011Doomsday Prophecy — Brook Calvin
• The Killing — Caroline Swift
• 2011The Pact — Anna
• 2010Call Me Mrs. Miracle — Holly Wilson
• 2010Mothman — Katharine
• Castle — Erin Cherloff
• 2009The Forgotten Ones — Liz
• The Listener — Lori Black
• Warehouse 13 — Loretta
• 2005Serenity — Kaywinnet Lee 'Kaylee' Frye
• Supernatural — Amy Pond
• 2005Widow on the Hill — Jenny Cavanaugh
• Huff — Carolyn
• Stargate Atlantis — Ellia, Jennifer Keller
• Wonderfalls — Heidi Gotts
• Dead Like Me — Goth Girl
• 2002Cheats — Teddy Blue
• 2002Damaged Care — Bryanna
• Firefly — Kaylee Frye
• 2002Roughing It — Susy Clemens
• 2gether: The Series — Josie
• Higher Ground — Daisy Lipenowski
• Just Deal — Laurel
• Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy — Sally Prentiss
• So Weird — Callie Snow
• Cold Squad — Thora Andrews
• Da Vinci's Inquest — Gabriella Da Vinci
• Seven Days — Molly - Psychic
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Carly / Shannon (segment "The Fine Line")
• 1996Carpool — Soap Opera Actress
• Space Cases — Catalina
• Flash Forward — Becca Fisher
• 1995Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain — Samantha
• 1993Liar, Liar — Dorianna
• 1993The Only Way Out — Alexandra Carlisle
• The X-Files — Amy Jacobs
• Are You Afraid of the Dark? — Kelly, Cody
• The Odyssey — Labelia
• Heritage Minutes — Infirmière Anna
• 1991Posing: Inspired by Three Real Stories — Jennifer Lanahan

Appearances as themselves (5)

• Dialing Home — Self
• 2017Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' — Self
• 2012Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2006Done the Impossible — Self
• EP Daily — Herself