Bio: Born in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada, Jewel Staite spent the first three years of life living in Maui, Hawaii. She started out as a model and was recommended at the age of six to act. She won an award as best actor in "Meeting Dad," a Vancouver, British Columbia Film School short.
Tivia: Gained 20 lbs for the part of Kaylee in the TV series Firefly (2002). 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.Became engaged to her longtime boyfriend Charlie Ritchie in May 2015. Gave birth to her first child at age 33; a son named Wilder Cathcart Ritchie on December 9, 2015.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.Was featured on the preteen video/board game "Party Mania".Originally auditioned for the role of Rosie on Space Cases (1996), which went to Paige Christina. She later got the role of Catalina.She played the role of "Catalina" on Space Cases (1996), a show that featured a space pirate named "Reaver" played by Chip Chuipka. She played "Kaylee" on Firefly (2002) which featured a race of people called "Reavers", also with malicious intentions.