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Jennifer Connelly
Actor
Born December 12, 1970 (51 years)
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).
In 2002, Connelly won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's biopic A Beautiful Mind (2001). Her subsequent films include the superhero film Hulk (2003), the horror film Dark Water (2005), the psychological drama Little Children (2006), the drama film Blood Diamond (2006), the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You (2009), and the biopic Creation (2009). In the subsequent decades, she took on supporting roles in Aronofsky's biblical epic film Noah (2014) and in the action films Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Since 2020, she has starred in the TNT dystopian television series Snowpiercer.
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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Filmography
| 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick · as Penny Benjamin |
| 2020 | Snowpiercer (TV Series) · as Melanie Cavill |
| 2019 | Alita: Battle Angel · as Chiren |
| 2017 | Spider-Man: Homecoming · as Karen (voice) |
| 2017 | Only the Brave · as Amanda Marsh |
| 2016 | American Pastoral · as Dawn Levov |
| 2014 | Noah · as Naameh |
| 2014 | Winter's Tale · as Virginia Gamely |
| 2014 | Aloft · as Nana Kunning |
| 2014 | Shelter · as Hannah |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Stuck in Love · as Erica |
| 2011 | The Dilemma · as Beth |
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevard · as Gwen Vanderveer |
| 2010 | Virginia · as Virginia |
| 2009 | He's Just Not That Into You · as Janine Gunders |
| 2009 | 9 · as 7 (voice) |
| 2009 | Creation · as Emma Darwin |
| 2008 | Inkheart · as Roxanne |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still · as Helen Benson |
| 2007 | Reservation Road · as Grace Learner |
| 2006 | Little Children · as Kathy Adamson |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond · as Maddy Bowen |
| 2005 | Dark Water · as Dahlia Williams |
| 2003 | Hulk · as Betty Ross |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog · as Kathy |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind · as Alicia Nash |
| 2000 | Requiem for a Dream · as Marion Silver |
| 2000 | Pollock · as Ruth Kligman |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead · as Sarah Williams |
| 2000 | The $treet (TV Series) · as Catherine Miller |
| 1998 | Dark City · as Emma Murdoch |
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts · as Eleanor Abbott |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls · as Allison Pond |
| 1996 | Far Harbor · as Ellie |
| 1995 | Out There · as Woman in Grocery Line (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Higher Learning · as Taryn |
| 1994 | Of Love and Shadows · as Irene |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson · as Sarah (archive footage) |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice · as Emma Burgess |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Career Opportunities · as Josie McClellan |
| 1991 | The Rocketeer · as Jenny Blake |
| 1990 | The Hot Spot · as Gloria Harper |
| 1988 | Some Girls · as Gabriella |
| 1986 | Seven Minutes in Heaven · as Natalie Becker |
| 1986 | Labyrinth · as Sarah |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America · as Young Deborah |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |