Jennifer Connelly Biography

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970 in the Catskill Mountains, New York) is an American film actress. Although Jennifer Connelly has been working in the film industry since Jennifer Connelly was a teenager, Jennifer Connelly has only recently received critical acclaim for Jennifer Connelly's work, most notably for Requiem for a Dream (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001), for which Jennifer Connelly won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress.

Early life

Connelly was born to Gerard Connelly (an Irish Catholic immigrant and clothing manufacturer) and Eileen (a New York-bred Jewish mother who was an antiques dealer and a masseuse at Esalen). Jennifer was raised in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Bridge, attending St. Ann's School, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York. One of Jennifer Connelly's father's friends through the garmet trade was an advertising executive.

The executive friend suggested Jennifer audition at a modelling agency. At the age of 10, Jennifer Connelly's career started in newspaper and magazine ads, then moved to television commercials.

Jennifer Connelly's first film role was in the 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America, where Jennifer Connelly had a small part as "young Deborah Gelly" in Sergio Leone's gangster epic. Jennifer Connelly next starred in cult Italian horror director Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985).

Early film career

Connelly became a star on Jennifer Connelly's next picture, the fantasy Labyrinth (1986). Connelly played Sarah, a teenager who wishes Jennifer Connelly's baby brother into the world of goblins ruled by goblin king Jareth (played by rock superstar David Bowie). Through a series of adventures reminiscent of Alice In Wonderland, The Muppets and Monty Python, Sarah does indeed manage to rescue Jennifer Connelly's brother. A product of the talents of Jim Henson, George Lucas, ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and designer Brian Froud, the film was a solid hit and enjoys a cult reputation today.

Connelly seemed stuck as to how to follow up on this success. Jennifer Connelly made a Japanese pop record and starred in several obscure films - Etoile (1988) and Some Girls (1988). The Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot (1990) was underwhelming, both critical and commercially. Another film, Career Opportunities, was more successful and is considered a teen cult classic though it, and Hot Spot threatened to typecast Jennifer Connelly's in the "sexpot" stereotype.

Jennifer Connelly began studying English at Yale, but transferred two years later to Stanford. Jennifer Connelly did not graduate from either institution.

The big-budget Disney film The Rocketeer (1991) similarly failed to restart Connelly's career.

The moody indie film Far Harbor (1996), showed Jennifer Connelly's playing against type and hinted at a much broader range than Jennifer Connelly had previously shown. Connelly began to appear in smaller but well regarded films such as Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Waking the Dead (2000). The film Dark City (1998) afforded Jennifer Connelly's the chance to work with such top-flight actors as Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Ian Richardson and Kiefer Sutherland. Connelly revisited Jennifer Connelly's ingenue image again (although in a more understated way) for the film Pollock (2000).

Comeback

Connelly's big breakthrough finally came in the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The edgy, experimental film started Connelly and Jared Leto as drug users on the edge of a breakdown. The film, which was a big critical success, firmly established Jennifer Connelly as a serious, talented actress. Connelly's star was on the rise and Jennifer Connelly next starred in Ron Howard's film A Beautiful Mind (2001).

Connelly essayed the role of Alicia Nash, the long-suffering wife of a brilliant mathematician John Nash, (played by Russell Crowe) who struggles with mental illness. The film, based on real life events, was a critical and commercial success and earned Connelly an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress - which Jennifer Connelly won. Clearly established in film, Connelly could work with the best and brightest talent in both commercial and independent film.

Connelly starred in two films in 2003: The Hulk and House of Sand and Fog. The Hulk was something of a box office disappointment, but afforded Connelly the chance to work with noted director Ang Lee. House of Sand and Fog, based on the novel by Andre Dubus, was reminiscent of much of Jennifer Connelly's independent film work of the late 1990s.

Connelly's most recent film is Dark Water (2005). Dark Water, based on a Japanese film, was a foray into subtle horror that failed to win over either critics or audiences.

Personal life

Connelly is married to the British actor Paul Bettany, whom Jennifer Connelly met while working on A Beautiful Mind; the couple's son, Stellan (named after Stellan Skarsgård), was born August 5, 2003. Jennifer Connelly has also a five-year-old son, Kai, from a previous relationship.

Selected Filmography

Jennifer Connelly in the 1991 film The RocketeerHulk 2 (2007)
The Blood Diamond (2007)
The Berkeley Connection (2006)
Little Children (2006)
Dark Water (2005)
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Hulk (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The $treet (2000) (TV series)
Pollock (2000)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Waking the Dead (2000)
Dark City (1998)
Higher Learning (1995)
The Rocketeer (1991)
The Hot Spot (1990)
Labyrinth (1986)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Jennifer Connelly - Latest News

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Movies Jennifer Connelly has stared in:

Jennifer Connelly has stared in A Beautiful Mind

Jennifer Connelly has stared in A Dog of Flanders

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Angel Eyes

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Antz

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Best in Show

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bounce

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bowfinger

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Boys and Girls

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bride of Chucky

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bringing Out the Dead

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Dude, Where's My Car?

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Enough

Jennifer Connelly has stared in eXistenZ

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Heartbreakers

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Hey Arnold! The Movie

Jennifer Connelly has stared in In Too Deep

Jennifer Connelly has stared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Joe Dirt

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Just Solutions Film and Video Festival

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Kissing Jessica Stein

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bounce

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Monsters, Inc.

Jennifer Connelly has stared in My First Mister

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Naturally Native

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Office Space

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Out of Sight

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Pleasantville

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Pollock

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Requiem for a Dream

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Road to Perdition

Some Films Jennifer Connelly has stared in:

Jennifer Connelly has stared in A Beautiful Mind

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Blood work

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Bringing Out the Dead

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Down to You

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Pollock

Jennifer Connelly has stared in Requiem for a Dream

Jennifer Connelly Related Quotes

Love is a great beautifier. by Alcott, Louisa May

Another Jennifer Connelly Related Quote

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. by Carlyle, Thomas

Yet Another Jennifer Connelly Related Quote

That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place. by Cicero

And our last Jennifer Connelly Related Quote

All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it. by Butler, Samuel

Jennifer Connelly News

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Frontier Regional honor roll listed (The Republican)

DEERFIELD - Frontier Regional School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the school year.

'Supermodels are losing out to celebs' 16 Aug 2008, 0005 hrs IST, ANI (The Times of India)

With actresses and singers striking lucrative deals with cosmetic giants, supermodel Tyra Banks has said that the celebrity models are stealing cosmetic contracts from hard-up supermodels.

Under Persian Masks (Payvand Iran News)

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'Supermodels are losing out to celebs' (The Times of India)

With actresses and singers striking lucrative deals with cosmetic giants, supermodel Tyra Banks is worried...

Gator varsity fall sports teams start seasons (The Times Express)

Golf balls, footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs and tennis balls are flying through the air as the Gateway fall sports teams are getting ready for their seasons to begin. �read�more��

'Pants' star balances life and love in sequel (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Amber Tamblyn says that art imitates life in ?The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.? ?They literally lifted our personal characters into the film, so what you?re seeing are real friendships, real bickering, real moments, real laughter, real inside jokes ? that?s all us,? Tamblyn says of herself Photo caption: Tibby, played by Amber Tamblyn, faces some big decisions in ?The Sisterhood ...

Tyra Banks blames celebs of stealing supermodels' thunder (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 13 : With actresses and singers striking lucrative deals with cosmetic giants, Tyra Banks has said that the celebrity models are stealing cosmetic contracts from hard-up supermodels.

Dark City (UGO - UnderGroundOnline)

Synopsis: John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of who he is or how he got there. The apparent truth comes soon enough however, as Murdoch learns that he is a wanted man under suspicion of being a notorious serial killer.

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