Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 12, 1970
Place of Birth:
Cairo, New York, USA
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Jennifer Connelly
Biography
Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before making her acting debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America. After having worked as a model for several years, she began to concentrate on acting, starring in a variety of films including the horror film Phenomena (1985), the musical fantasy film Labyrinth (1986), the romantic comedy Career Opportunities (1991), and the period superhero film The Rocketeer (1991). She received praise for her performance in the science fiction film Dark City (1998) and playing a drug addict in Darren Aronofsky's drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000).
Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in 2005. She has been the face of Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton fashion advertisements, as well as for Revlon cosmetics. In 2012, she was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company. 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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self |
| 2023 | Bad Behaviour | Lucy |
| 2022 | Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America | Self |
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | Penny Benjamin |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel | Chiren |
| 2017 | Only the Brave | Amanda Marsh |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | Karen / Suit Lady (voice) |
| 2016 | American Pastoral | Dawn Levov |
| 2014 | Noah | Naameh |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale | Virginia Gamely |
| 2014 | Aloft | Nana Kunning |
| 2014 | Shelter | Hannah |
| 2013 | Stuck in Love | Erica |
| 2011 | The Dilemma | Beth |
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevard | Gwen Vanderveer |
| 2010 | Virginia | Virginia |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You | Janine Gunders |
| 2009 | Creation | Emma Darwin |
| 2009 | 9 | #7 (voice) |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Helen Benson |
| 2008 | Inkheart | Roxanne |
| 2007 | Reservation Road | Grace Learner |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond | Maddy Bowen |
| 2006 | Little Children | Kathy Adamson |
| 2005 | Dark Water | Dahlia Williams |
| 2005 | Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'Dark Water' | Self |
| 2003 | Hulk | Betty Ross |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Kathy |
| 2002 | Inside a Beautiful Mind | Self |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Alicia Nash |
| 2001 | The Making of Requiem for a Dream | Self |
| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream | Marion Silver |
| 2000 | Pollock | Ruth Kligman |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Sarah Williams |
| 1998 | Dark City | Emma Murdoch |
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts | Eleanor Abbott |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Allison Pond |
| 1996 | Far Harbor | Ellie |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Taryn |
| 1995 | Out There | Woman in Grocery Line (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Of Love and Shadows | Irene |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Sarah (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice | Emma Burgess |
| 1991 | The Rocketeer | Jenny Blake |
| 1991 | Career Opportunities | Josie McClellan |
| 1991 | The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic | Self |
| 1991 | Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air | Self |
| 1990 | The Hot Spot | Gloria Harper |
| 1989 | Etoile | Claire Hamilton / Natalie Horvath |
| 1988 | Some Girls | Gabriella |
| 1986 | Labyrinth | Sarah |
| 1986 | Seven Minutes in Heaven | Natalie Becker |
| 1986 | Inside the Labyrinth | Self |
| 1985 | Phenomena | Jennifer Corvino |
| 1985 | Dario Argento's World of Horror | Self (Archive) |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Young Deborah |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dark Matter | Daniela Dessen |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer | Melanie Cavill |
| 2016 | Chelsea | Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2006 | El hormiguero | Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2000 | The $treet | Catherine Miller |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Today | Self |