<P> Alexandra `` Alex '' Owens ( Jennifer Beals ) is an eighteen - year - old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , who lives with her dog Grunt in a converted warehouse . Although she aspires to become a professional dancer , she has no formal dance training , and works as a exotic dancer by night at Mawby 's , a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret . </P>
<P> Alexandra `` Alex '' Owens ( Jennifer Beals ) is an eighteen - year - old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , who lives with her dog Grunt in a converted warehouse . Although she aspires to become a professional dancer , she has no formal dance training , and works as a exotic dancer by night at Mawby 's , a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret . </P>
who played the female welder who was a dancer by night in the 1983 movie flashdance
who played the female welder who was a dancer by night in the 1983 movie flashdance
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals