Jewel Belair Staite (born June 2, 1982 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role when Kaylee Frye in the short-lived television series Firefly (2002) and its subsequent 2005 film, Serenity.

Modelling as a child & acting since a immature age of Vi, Staite attended a Vancouver Film School and worked at the Vancouver Youth Theatre.

More television act includes Prevaricator, Prevaricator: Between Father & Girl (1992), Flash player Forward (1996), Space Cases (1996), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997), ''Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), and Higher Ground (2000). She has likewise been the guest star on The X Files, Just Treat, Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me, and Stargate Atlantis''.

She has worked using a Dyslexia Foundation & many AIDS charities.

Jewel married Matt Andersin on April 25, 2003.