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'I am so spoiled by so many of the projects I've done'': Jennifer Beals talks The L Word, Flashdance prior to Calgary Expo appearance

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Jennifer Beals will be appearing at Calgary Expo in the new BMO Centre on Saturday and Sunday .

Beals almost didn't accept her star-making role as an 18-year-old welder with aspirations of being a dancer in the 1983 drama, Flashdance.

The only film work Beals had done before FlashDance was a small and uncredited role in the 1980 family drama My Bodyguard.

In 2004 , Beals signed on to play affluent Ivy League-educated art curator and biracial lesbian Bette Porter in The L Word .

Jennifer Beals will appear at Calgary Expo at the BMO Centre on Saturday and Sunday .

Beals and Ilene Chaiken co-founded Run-A-Muck , a queer, multi-platform platform designed to produce film and television.

The L Word was shot in Vancouver , where Beals now lives with her husband.

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