In 1983, a 19-year-old Yale student took a semester off and made a movie that would define an entire decade. She played Alex Owens — a steelworker by day, dancer by night, dreaming of something bigger ...

In a charming moment of role reversal, Jennifer Beals steps behind the camera as her director, Adrian Lyne, looks on. Lyne was enchanted by Beals’ beauty and immediately recognized her star power, and ...