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Jewel Staite - "Stargate Atlantis" Tv Show - Details & Photo about her role

buffy — 2005-07-14T17:37:50Z

'Instinct' delves into Wraith biology

An upcoming episode of Stargate Atlantis will explore the biology and development of the evil Wraith. Now, in The SCI FI Channel's new behind-the-scenes special "SCI FI Inside: SCI FI Friday," actress Torri Higginson shared a bit about the premise of Season Two's "Instinct."

"We actually just shot an episode where there was a child Wraith," Higginson said. "We're talking about how the Wraith are half-human, half-bug. ... The human attributes sort of are stronger the first 15 years of their life, and then they are weaned into life-sucking."

The Atlantis team encounters just such a young Wraith in the episode.

SCI FI's special also showed the first look at the female Wraith character, played by actress Jewel Staite (Firefly).

The insect creatures that share an evolutionary history with the Wraith were introduced in Season One's "Thirty Eight Minutes." Dr. Beckett theorized in "The Gift" that the Wraith evolved when the Ancients seeded the bug's planet with human life; when the bugs fed on human life-force, it somehow incorporated human DNA into its make-up.

"Instinct" will air early in Atlantis's second season, in late August or early September. Learn more about this and other upcoming episodes in GateWorld's episode guide!

Jewel Staite has a New Fan Website

buffy — 2005-06-03T21:24:22Z

Click on the link :

http://www.jewel-staite.net/

Happy Birthday To Jewel Staite, 23 Today !

buffy — 2005-06-02T20:23:42Z

Jewel Staite

Date of birth

2 June 1982

Location

White Rock, British Columbia, Canada

Birth name

Jewel Belair Staite

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini biography

Born in White Rock, BC, Canada. Spent first three years of life in Maui. Started out modeling, was recommened to act at age 6. Won best actor in "Meeting Dad", a Vancouver Film School short.

Spouse

Matt Anderson (25 April 2003 - present)

Trivia

Originally auditioned for the role of Rosie on "Space Cases" (1996), which went to Paige Christina. She later got the role of Catalina.

Is the youngest of seven children, and lives just three blocks away from her parents in Vancouver.

Has been involved with AIDS Project since her uncle died of the disease.

Her favorite hobbies are traveling and writing.

Had to move from her hometown of Vancouver to Toronto during her two year run on the Disney show "Flash Forward" (1996), one of the better shows for young people of the 1990s.

In Vancouver she joined in the ground-breaking ceremony for an AIDS memorial where the names of AIDS victims in the area will be permanently memorialized.

Gained 20 lbs for the part of Kaylee in the TV series "Firefly" (2002/I). When the show was later adapted into a motion picture (Serenity (2005)), the show had been over for a little while and she had lost the weight. She was told that they weren't going to give anyone else the part anyway, so she didn't have to re-gain the weight.

Jewel Staite - May 3rd 2005 Blog Update

buffy — 2005-05-04T18:43:15Z

3 May 2005

Hi Roj

Serenity Con...... whoa. Just got back from a whirwind in the UK with the best, most enthusiastic Firefly fans I have probably ever met. What a response! What costumes! What debauchery with them and my fellow crazy castmates! Seriously, it was incredible.

Highlights? Getting in nice and early Thursday so we had all day Friday to bomb around London with the gang. Chris Buchanan had spent a fair bit of time in London a few years back, so he knew where to go, what to eat, where to shop, etc. The weather was perfect, and it was really nice to see everyone and just hang out before the convention started. I have to say that the costume competition (they call it "fancy dress" in the UK) was another huge highlight. I'm usually super thrilled when, like, ONE person dresses up as Kaylee, let alone three or four. And they were all so good!!! The best of the evening, though, was the "Wash-o-saurus", which was essentially Wash riding a t-rex, complete with Hawaiian shirt and sideways grin. The mask, the dinosaur, everything was just out of this world. We gave her (yes, a she-Wash) first prize. Another highlight was the group Q&A, which we all did on Sunday together. It was really cool. We don't get to do those often, and it worked out really well. Except for the part where Summer started crying when she was asked to talk about the cast... which got Ron Glass crying, which got Morena and me crying... and we were all pretty much a mess. When Summer cries, it's kind of hard to ignore it.

So whew, here I am back at home, but not for long. There's some test screenings going on this week all over the US of A, and I was originally supposed to be a part of the Seattle screening... and then I booked a guest star on Stargate: Atlantis, that basically shoots at the exact same time as I'm supposed to be doing three hundred thousand other things. When it rains, it pours! Anyway, I will unfortunately have to miss this first batch of screenings, but for the next batch, if and when that is, I am SO THERE. Also, somehow this weekend I'm going to fit in a trip to LA for photo shoots and publicity stuff with the cast, then back at work for more Stargate next week.... How this will happen smoothly, I really don't know, and how I will sleep and actually look presentable for said photo shoots, I also don't know... but life is interesting, right? Interesting is good.

I guess everyone's heard about our DragonCon confirmations, which is awesome. It looks like there's going to be quite a few of us, yay! Also, another convention in LA in December, with a lot of us there as well... at the Century Plaza Hotel, which is a gorgeous hotel (that's where I stayed when I flew down to audition for Firefly, which is strange). There will be many chances to meet browncoats and spread the word, as well as par-tay with my buddies and have a laugh, also yay!

Anyway, thanks so much to everyone who turned up in Heathrow. You were all so incredibly welcoming and cool, and had such intelligent questions and things to say. Thanks for the goodies, too! (my hand-sewn "Serenity" pillow matches my house's decor perfectly!)

Until next time, take care..

Jewel

PS. OF COURSE I went shopping.. how could I go to London and not buy anything? The newest edition to the family is a gorgeous pair of tortoise Chanel sunglasses... fabulous! I wore them to bed last night, I love them so much.

Jewel Staite - Blog Update March 22nd 2005

buffy — 2005-03-26T09:57:21Z

22 March 2005

I'm trying to do this once a month, religiously and regardless of how busy I am. And since I'm, like, not busy at all right now, I figured it was time to spew some more pointless nonsense. Yipeeee!

Just got back from Wizard World in LA. Such a tease.... I was only in town two days and had no time to visit my favorite restaurants, coffee shops, shoe stores, clubs, etc. I didn't even feel like I was really in LA at all until I experienced the rush hour traffic on the 10 heading to the airport on my way home. Something I definitely don't miss. Anyway, a good time was had by all, as usual. Got to see some cool little Mal-and-Jayne action figures (and even got to see them kiss), some sketches of what some of our characters are going to look like all comic-booked out (cooooool), and got to see a clip with a few added special effects from the movie. My what's-Serenity-going-to-look-like-once-it's-done cravings are somewhat curbed... for the moment.

I know I've said this before, but let me shove it down your throat again, cuz I can. I am absolutely FLOORED at how much support we have from our fans. I just found out that there's actually a Vancouver Firefly meet up group... it's just too tempting not to find out where they're meeting next. What do they talk about at these meetup groups, I wonder? What goes on? Is there drinking?

What else is new? Um, not much. I'm feeling very domestic lately. I'm cooking a lot, but that's not new. Just bought my fourth pair of shoes in one month, which is disgusting. They only had one size left, a half size smaller than what I really am, but I'm too ashamed to say anything about it and have continuously paraded around the house, limping around in them, insisting that they have to be "stretched out, that's all". What else? OH and I've been playing Pac-Man. Yes, life is truly exciting.

It's so funny because whenever I'm working, I'm dying for vacation time or time to just goof off and do whatever... and when I'm not working, I'm antsy and feeling guilty because I'm doing nothing. I've actually started going to the gym, which isn't right, so it's clear that I have way too much time on my hands. Enjoy it while it lasts, though, right?

I'm singing at a friend's show in a couple of weeks, at a bar here in town called the Oasis. Just a couple of songs, as a favor, really. He's a "real singer" so I might regret this, but who cares? Something to do, and my husband's emceeing it, so yet another excuse for me to participate. It'll be fun. Hey, you Vancouver meetup people, come to my friend's show! It's on April 3.

That's the latest.

Jewel

Whedonverse.org Tribute to Jewel Staite

buffy — 2005-03-07T17:21:02Z

"Yes, sir, Captain Tightpants." - Kaylee

The Whedonverse Multimedia Project seeks to donate Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series, and Firefly DVDs to public libraries and other charitable organizations.

To begin our campaign, fans were asked to nominate the hometown libraries of the producers, writers and actors from the show. Once all the nominations have been fulfilled, the Project will provide DVDs to the requesting libraries on our waiting list. Additional nominations will be accepted after the completion of donations to these libraries.

Jewel Staite is the next nominee on our list.

Born in White Rock, BC, and then moved to Maui at age 6 months, Jewel Belair Staite has certainly has some interesting life experiences.

She made her first public appearance at age 2 in the Maui County Most Beautiful Baby Contest. At 4, she moved with her family to Vancouver, British Columbia. At six, she was offered a modeling job and to appear in a video for Sears. She refused until she learned she would would get lots of pretty clothes.

It wasn't long until she caught the acting bug and made the Vancouver Youth Theatre her second home. At age 14, she had a guest spot on the X-files where her character received mouth to mouth from Mulder, played by David Duchovny.

Whedonverse fans know her as Kaylee, the mechanic on the ship Serenity from Joss Whedon's TV show Firefly.

Jewel continues to live and work in Vancouver today, unless her acting work takes her out of town.

As a tribute to Jewel's fine work on the show, the Project would like to donate at least 5 copies of Firefly DVDs to the Vancouver Public Library.

All donations to the Project will be used toward purchasing DVDs for public libraries and other charitable organizations. A card announcing the donation will be sent to Jewel along with the names of those who contributed.

Jewel Staite's Belated Valentine's Post

buffy — 2005-02-22T21:19:05Z

Spring has sprung! It's still damn cold, but I see cherry blossoms, so I've convinced myself that pretty soon the winter jackets will have to be stored away. Then again, come February, isn't everyone slightly delusional that spring has arrived? Unless you're lucky enough to live somewhere where it's warm all year round?

I am SO excited to be going to New York at the beginning of April for I-Con. We're trying to stay for a few more days in Manhattan somewhere, just to feed that New York craving a little bit. My husband's never even been there, and it's kind of indescribeable (pretty sure I spelled that wrong), so I'm hoping that works out. I am also hoping there's a BIG turnout for the convention, since now's the time to get the buzz generating for "Serenity". I'm hoping it will build higher and higher and higher, so when the movie actually opens, the theatres will be packed to the brim with people.

We're all pretty thrilled with the responses the movie has been getting at the 'test screenings'. I wish I could be there, hiding in the back, just to hear those reactions. They need to do one in Vancouver!!

Oh, Happy belated Valentine's Day. We had "tandem" massages (that's the couples massage where you're side by side with two masseuses... spelled that wrong too, didn't I?), and pink champagne, and went to dinner at our favorite restaurant. The massage was very good, but I was really sore the next day. I made the mistake of telling my (male) masseuse that I could handle a lot of pressure, because I'm cocky like that... and the next day I had trouble putting my shirt on, I was so sore. I feel great now, though. I think it sort of pays off a few days later.

I think I've done enough blah-blah-blahing for right now. Will report again soon.

Take care...

Jewel

Jewel Staite At I-Con 24 - New York Convention on April 8-10th 2005

buffy — 2005-02-06T17:53:15Z

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http://www.iconsf.org/media_staite.html

Jewel Staite whishes you a happy new year

buffy — 2005-01-24T13:57:10Z

Happy 2005!

So far this year, I've done nothing but be irresponsible, which is always fun. We just got back from a vacation/not-so-much-of-a-vacation in Cancun. If anyone's ever been there, you know what I'm talking about. It's not exactly the type of place where you relax and read a book, you know? After morning water aerobics, there's tequila vollyball, "crazy hour" (where people make serious asses of themselves in the pool), "happy hour", and then shuttles that leave from your hotel to various nightclubs around town. I feel like I need a vacation from my vacation. We usually go to Maui every year, around February, and it's worlds different from Cancun. In Maui I go through about three novels, sleep on the beach all day, have incredible food for dinner (the best sushi ever), and then watch the stars before going to bed nice and early. I don't know what I was expecting from Cancun, but it's NOTHING like Maui. We still had fun, though.

As for what's next, the insanity that is pilot season is starting soon, which means work, work work and about a million meetings and auditions. I feel like I'm in the eye of the storm right now or something. It's about to get hectic, I can feel it! OH! and Widow on the Hill is airing January 24th at 9pm, both eastern and pacific. I still haven't received my copy from the network yet, so I can't tell you much about it. It IS based on a true story, though... The reason why they say "inspired by real events" is because if they implied any more than that, the real people... meaning the real woman that Natasha Henstridge plays... would get pretty angry. Lawsuits kind of angry... so that's why they say that. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy it. I had a ball filming it.

Conventions seem to be springing up all over the place, so I'll let you know when that stuff is finalized. And please keep that momentum up for "Serenity". I promise the wait will be worth it, okay?

I love reading your posts and I love hearing your thoughts.

Take care and be safe...

Jewel

Jewel Staite - 'Widow on the Hill' Tv Movie - Premieres on January 24, 2005

buffy — 2005-01-18T14:20:38Z

Synopsis :

"People are fascinated with these types of psychological dramas." - Judith Polone, executive producer of "Widow on the Hill"

A once quiet town starts buzzing with gossip when Linda, a striking young hospice nurse, appears on the scene. A wealthy horse breeder hires the beautiful newcomer to look after his terminally ill wife. Shortly after his spouse's death, Hank and Linda tie the knot. But their marriage is off to a rocky start due to rumors of Linda's infidelity. When Hank mysteriously dies, his outraged daughter accuses her new stepmom of killing her father.

After her arrest and trial, Linda is acquitted of Hank's murder, although she is still awaiting the outcome of a $15 million civil suit brought against her by her stepdaughters.

You can't help but be intrigued by this sultry drama's complexity. And you'll love the pairing of the stunning Natasha Henstridge with award-winning actor James Brolin.

More here :

http://lifetimetv.com/movies/originals/widow.php