"Flashdance" is celebrating its 40th anniversary. First released in 1983, the movie follows the story of Alex Owens, an 18-year-old girl working as a welder in a steel mill. Owens has dreams of ...

Just like 18-year-old Alex Owens — who worked both a steel mill and a stripper pole in Pittsburgh, Penn. before finally getting the chance to live out all her ballerina dreams — “Flashdance ...

Audiences were swept up in Beals' performance as Pittsburgh steel mill welder Alex Owens, who lives a double ... the character's famed, intricate "Flashdance" dance numbers were almost ...

Jennifer Beals gave one of the most memorable performances of the '80s when she played Alex Owens, the welder by day and dancer by night at the heart of the stylish 1983 blockbuster Flashdance.

Flashdance had endured the requisite labyrinthine ... Unknown Chicago actress Jennifer Beals won the sought-after starring role of Alex Owens over actresses like Kyra Sedgwick and Demi Moore.

As his iconic film gets a splashy 4K release, the filmmaker talks to IndieWire about making a surprise hit, what he really thinks of the term "erotic thriller," and his one big regret. When Adrian ...

Flashdance didn’t invent movie/music synergy ... The film told the story of Alex Owens, a young woman who works as a welder and dreams of becoming a ballerina, but first must overcome her ...

Water is poured on the “Aquaman” actor as the commercial ends, calling back to the moment when Beals, portraying Alex Owens in “Flashdance,” danced on stage, sat on a chair and pulled on a ...

Image The character Alex Owens dancing in the film “Flashdance.” Ms. Cara won the Oscar for best original song as one of the writers of “Flashdance … What a Feeling,” the title song ...