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Jennifer Connelly

• Fullname: Jennifer Lynn Connelly
• Date of Birth: December 12, 1970
• Place of Birth: Round Top, New York United States
• Occupation: Actress
• Years active : 1984–present

Jennifer Connelly (Jennifer Lynn Connelly) was born on December 12, 1970. Jennifer Connelly is an American film actress and former child model who started modeling after a friend of her parents suggested an audition. Jennifer Connelly subsequently appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising before making her motion picture debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. As a teenager, Connelly continued her career as a model, at the same time starring in films such as Labyrinth and Career Opportunities. Jennifer Connelly gained critical acclaim for her work in the 1998 science fiction film Dark City and for her portrayal of Marion Silver in Darren Aronofsky’s drama, Requiem for a Dream (2000).

In 2002, Jennifer Connelly won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard’s biopic A Beautiful Mind. Other film credits include the Marvel superhero film Hulk, the thriller Dark Water, the drama Blood Diamond, the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still and the romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You.

Since 2005, Jennifer Connelly has served as the Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in the United States. Magazines including Time, Vanity Fair and Esquire, as well as the Los Angeles Times newspaper have included her on their lists of the world’s most beautiful women.

Jennifer Connelly was born in Round Top, New York in the Catskill Mountains to Ilene, an antiques dealer, and Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father was a Roman Catholic with Irish and Norwegian ancestors while her mother was a yeshiva-educated Jew of Polish and Russian stock. Jennifer Connelly was first raised in Brooklyn Heights, near the Brooklyn Bridge, where she attended St. Ann’s, a private school focused on the arts. The family moved to Woodstock, New York in 1976. Four years later they returned to Brooklyn Heights where Connelly resumed her education at Saint Ann’s. [More detail about Jennifer Connelly ]

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