Jewel Staite is a wonderful young actress who is both talented and beautiful. This web site contains a summary of her work, pictures, sounds, video clips, some links to other related pages, and letters from Jewel, herself.
Jewel's birthdate is 2 June 1982. She lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her work, however, has taken her other places. Space Cases was filmed in Montreal. Flash Forward was filmed in Toronto and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids was done in Calgary. She has also been in the Los Angeles area to film a promotional for Flash Forward and to film the series Firefly. Since Firefly she has been all over the world attending conventions. In addition to acting, Jewel has also done some modelling. She has appeared on posters and billboards around the Vancouver area. She sings too. Jewel sings in two of her television shows and she has also appeared at the Marquee Grill in Vancouver.
Probably what brought Jewel to my notice years ago in Flash Forward was her voice; She has an amazing voice. It may be her most distinguishing feature. The Canadian accent gives it a regal sound and she delivers her lines with such authority. It's a voice that exudes confidence and strength of character.
This web site is mainly a celebration of her work as an actor, however, I must add one comment on Jewel herself. I have learned that she is a very pleasant individual; she is witty, intelligent, full of fun, extremely gracious to her fans, and mature beyond her years.
Here are a couple comments made in two different internet chats by two of the adult cast members of Higher Ground--one from Joe Lando (Peter) and one from Anne Marie Loder (Sophie). These statements are very flattering and confirm what I have known for several years.
"Jewel is one of our most interesting characters I think. And probably the most adult of all of us on the show. She's an old soul and very interesting and I think she brings a lot to Daisy."
~ Joe Lando"Jewel is a 30 year old woman in a 17 year old body. She's very smart and a lovely personality. Definitely an old soul."
~ Anne Marie Loder
Herein Jewel has posted messages to communicate to her fans what she is currently doing. She calls this: "Dear Roj". (The most recent post is at the top.)
While she was filming Space Cases and Flash Forward, Jewel spent a lot of time chatting with fans on America Online. Included here is a collection of a few of the funny things she said. This is Jewel being herself.
2 August 2008
Since Jewel has started her own website (JewelStaite.com) and I haven't kept this one current, I let the JewelStaite.net domain expire. However, this site is not going away and will remain here at Abadeo.com/Jewel_Staite.
26 July 2008
"There's a lot less 'shiny' in [Atlantis]. I miss my 'shiny.'" ~ Jewel
13 February 2007
JewelStaite.net has found a home! It's here with the same address http://JewelStaite.net. I've restored all of the original content, so nothing is missing.
31 January 2007
This site has moved to this temporary location. There is insufficient space here for all of the original content so there will be many broken links. I am hosting this site here so that at least the "Dear Roj" section will be available. I have some offers for places to host this and will be negotiating those in the near future. Always use the stable domain name JewelStaite.net to find this site as it's actual location may change frequently in the future.
8 December 2006
After over 10 years, this site is losing it's web space. My ISP has decided to not be an ISP anymore. I never used it as an ISP, actually. I only kept my account because they gave me 300 megabytes of web space. As of today, the site still appears to be intact, but I expect it to disappear in the near future. In the meantime, I'll be looking for another place to host this site.
30 September 2005
Serenity premieres today. Shiny!
9 April 2005
In her last blog, Jewel wondered about the Vancouver Firefly meetup group. She surprised them all by showing up at their most recent shindig.
30 January 2005
There are three new photos of Jewel from her trip to Cancun. One of them makes a dandy wallpaper for your computer.
24 January 2005
If you missed Widow on the Hill, it will air again on Lifetime on 27 January at 8 PM (CST), 5 February at 6 PM (CST), and 6 February at 4 PM.
01 January 2005
Widow on the Hill will air on Lifetime on Monday, 24 January, 2005.
11 October 2004
Jewel stars in a Lifetime original movie: Widow on the Hill
10 September 2004
Jewel was at DragonCon in Atlanta for the weekend and some pictures have been added to this site.
20 June 2004
There are new pictures from the Starfury convention in Blackpool, England. (near the bottom of the candid photos page)
8 June 2004
Jewel is going to be posting some messages here to communicate to her fans what she is currently doing. I haven't decided yet exactly how to present these or where to put them on this website—they need a prominent place. She calls this: "Dear Roj." Her first installment is for today, 8 June 2004, and she promises to write again after she returns from DreamCon in Florida.
11 April 2004
Jewel Staite will be a featured guest 
at DreamCon in Jacksonville, Florida on June 11, 12, and 13, 2004. Peter David, one of the co-creators and writers of Space Cases and writer for Babylon 5, will also be a featured guest. Other notable guests will be science fiction authors Larry Niven and Dr. Jerry Pournelle and actor Erin Gray from Buck Rogers. (This is not a complete list of guests; I only mention those for whose work I have been a fan. For complete information see the DreamCon website.)
3 April 2004
This is not news, but an interesting thing that I just discovered—Jewel's Helper Bots. I had seen this picture before, but until now, I didn't know the story behind it. Browse the rest of the Little Rocket site—the artwork is interesting.
8 February 2004
At the end of April, Jewel and the rest of the cast of Firefly along with some of the cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, will be traveling to Blackpool, England to appear at a science fiction convention.
In May Jewel returns to LA for the filming of the Firefly movie.
1 November 2003
Jewel has just returned from some long days of filming her first episode of Wonderfalls in Toronto. She will be in the next episode also.
23 October 2003
Firefly, the movie, is now listed in the Internet Movie Database, which looks promising.
22 September 2003
Jewel has recently done guest appearances in Cold Squad and Huff.
27 August 2003
The Higher Ground series starts on WAM on September 6.
15 August 2003
Jewel is shooting a guest star role on Dead Like Me.
3 August 2003
the-N recently aired a Just Deal marathon and showed nearly all of the episodes with Jewel. Pictures of Jewel as Laurel have been added to the galleries.
25 April 2003
Today, Jewel Staite and Matt Anderson were married in Maui.
02 January 2003
There is a positive review of Firefly with a paragraph devoted to Jewel's character, Kaylee, at the Sense of Life Objectivists web site.
11 September 2002
The September 14-20 special fall preview issue of TV Guide magazine has a picture of Jewel Staite on page 67. Jewel's picture is included among those of the other eight cast members of Joss Whedon's new Firefly TV series. There is a short article about the series which premieres September 20 on the FOX network.
19 August 2002
Jewel is filming the Shindig episode of Firefly. In an interview she says that this is her favorite episode. In this one, Kaylee goes to the ball.
31 July 2002
There's an interesting interview of Jewel by fans at Firefly.net.
23 July 2002
The second episode of Firefly is currently being filmed. Jewel describes this particular episode as "very dark and creepy and horror movie-ish." She opines that the scripts are very well-written and she's happy to be working on the series.
26 June 2002
It seems that Fox has committed to the first season of Firefly. Firefly is a new science fiction series from Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. This will be Jewel's second science fiction series. Remember rainbow hair Catalina in Nickelodeon's Space Cases? Zabagabe! Jewel filmed the Firefly pilot earlier this year and will be soon returning to LA to begin filming the series which will premiere in the fall.
This web site made its debut on Jewel's fourteenth birthday, June 2, 1996.
Most of the pictures displayed on this web site have a larger version which can be viewed by clicking on the picture.
On every page (except the title/contents page) clicking on the picture of Jewel standing on the left will return you to the previously viewed page.
Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with either Jewel Staite or her management. I do not represent the interests of these individuals and organizations in any official capacity. The opinions expressed on this page are my own. ~ Abadeo@SBCglobal.net (web site author)
