The Jennifer Connelly Handbook - Everything you need to know about Jennifer Connelly

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Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American film actress and former child model.

Connelly started modeling after a friend of her parents suggested that she should audition.

She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising.

She made her motion picture debut in the 1984 crime film Once Upon a Time in America.

Continuing as a model, Connelly starred as a teenager in films such as Labyrinth and Career Opportunities.

She gained critical acclaim following her work in the 1998 science fiction film Dark City and for her portrayal of Marion Silver in Darren Aronofsky's 2000 drama, Requiem for a Dream.
In 2002, Connelly won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and many other awards for her role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's 2001 John Nash biopic A Beautiful Mind.

Other film appearances by Connelly include the 2003 Marvel superhero film Hulk, the 2005 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, Connelly has served as Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education for the United States.

Magazines, including Time,Vanity Fair, Esquire, and the Los Angeles Times, have included her on their lists of the most beautiful women.

This book is your ultimate resource for Jennifer Connelly. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about her Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Seven Minutes in Heaven (film), Labyrinth (film), Some Girls (film), The Hot Spot, Career Opportunities (film), The Rocketeer (film), Higher Learning, Mulholland Falls, Inventing the Abbotts, Dark City (1998 film), Waking the Dead (film), Requiem for a Dream, Pollock (film), A Beautiful Mind (film), Hulk (film), Betty Ross, House of Sand and Fog (film), Dark Water (2005 film), Little Children (film), Blood Diamond (film), Reservation Road, The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film), Inkheart (film), He's Just Not That into You (film), 9 (2009 film), Creation (2009 film), What's Wrong with Virginia, The Dilemma

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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• EAN13: 9781743447758
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Contents

Articles Jennifer Connelly Seven Minutes in Heaven (film) Labyrinth (film) Some Girls (film) The Hot Spot Career Opportunities (film) The Rocketeer (film)

Higher Learning Mulholland Falls Inventing the Abbotts Dark City (1998 film) Waking the Dead (film) Requiem for a Dream Pollock (film) A Beautiful Mind (film) Hulk (film) Betty Ross House of Sand and Fog (film) Dark Water (2005 film) Little Children (film) Blood Diamond (film) Reservation Road The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film) Inkheart (film) He's Just Not That into You (film) 9 (2009 film) Creation (2009 film) What's Wrong with Virginia The Dilemma

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Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse

Partner

Jennifer Connelly

Connelly at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con International Jennifer Lynn ConnellyDecember 12, 1970Catskill Mountains, New York, United States

Actress

1984–present

Paul Bettany (m.`2003–present)

David Dugan Billy Campbell (1991–1996)

Jennifer Lynn Connelly(born December 12, 1970) is an American film actress and former child model. Connelly started modeling after a friend of her parents suggested that she should audition. She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising. She made her motion picture debut in the 1984 crime filmOnce Upon a Time in America. Continuing as a model, Connelly starred as a teenager in films such asLabyrinthandCareer Opportunities. She gained critical acclaim following her work in the 1998 science fiction filmDark Cityand for her portrayal of Marion Silver in Darren Aronofsky's 2000 drama,Requiem for a Dream.

In 2002, Connelly won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and many other awards for her role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's 2001 John Nash biopicA Beautiful Mind. Other film appearances by Connelly include the 2003 Marvel superhero filmHulk, the 2005 thrillerDark Water, the dramaBlood Diamond, the remake ofThe Day the Earth Stood Stilland the romantic comedyHe's Just Not That Into You. Since 2005, Connelly has served as Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education for the United States. Magazines, includingTime,Vanity Fair,Esquire, and theLos Angeles Times, have included her on their lists of the most beautiful women.

Early life Connelly was born in the Catskill Mountains of New York state, the daughter of Ilene, an antiques dealer, and [1] [2] Gerard Connelly, a clothing manufacturer. Her father was Roman Catholic, and of Irish and Norwegian descent; [3] [4] [5] her mother was Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Poland, and was schooled in a yeshiva. [6] Connelly was raised in Brooklyn Heights, near the Brooklyn Bridge, and attended St. Ann's private school, except [7] [8] for the four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York.

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Career

A-side

B-side

Released

Format

Genre

Label

"Monologue of Love"

Single by Jennifer Connelly

Monologue of Love

Message of Love

December 1986

7"

Pop

Toshiba East World Records

Child model One of her father's friends was an advertising executive, who suggested that she should audition in order to become a [4] [9] [10] child model. She was represented by Ford modeling agency. At age ten, Connelly started her career in newspaper and magazine advertising, then moved to television commercials. In 1984, she appeared in Duran Duran's [11] concept concert video "Arena (An Absurd Notion)". From 1986 to 1992, she appeared in several issues of [12] Seventeenas well as in the Japanese magazineRoadshowand on December 1986, recorded the pop single [9] “Monologue of Love”singing in phonetic Japanese. These appearances led to movie auditions and a film role was as Deborah Gelly, a supporting role in Sergio Leone's [13] [14] 1984 gangster epic,Once Upon a Time in AmericaShe next, filmed mostly in 1982 when she was eleven. [15] starred in Italian horror-director Dario Argento's 1985 filmPhenomenaand in the coming-of-age movieSeven [16] Minutes in Heaven. [17] Balancing work and school, she studied English and Drama for the two following years at Yale University, before transferring to Stanford University to train in classical theater and improvisation with Roy London, Howard Fine and [18] Harold Guskin. She did not graduate.

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Early career Connelly gained public recognition with her next picture, the 1986 fantasy filmLabyrinth. She played Sarah, a teenager on a quest to rescue little brother Toby, from goblin's world, ruled by King Jareth, portrayed by David [19] Bowie. The film disappointed at the box office, but became a cult classic in later years. She starred as Jennifer [20] [21] Corvino inPhenomenaConnelly starred in several obscure films,Dario Argento. under Italian giallo master [22] such as the 1988Etoile, never released in the United States, and the Michael Hoffman-directedSome Girls, in [23] which she portrayed college student Gabby. In the 1990 Dennis Hopper-directedThe Hot Spot, she played Gloria [24] Harper, a woman blackmailed by Frank Sutton, portrayed by William Sadler. The movie was a box office [4] [25] failure. Her next movie was the 1991 romantic comedyCareer Opportunities, in which she starred along with [26] [27] [28] Frank Whaley. The big-budget Disney filmThe Rocketeerfailed to ignite her career."Jennifer Connelly" . Allmovie. The next year, she appeared alongside Jason Priestley in the Roy Orbison music video for "I Drove All [29] Night". [30] [31] In the middle of the 1990s, she demonstrated her ability to handle more mature roles. Connelly began to appear in small but well-regarded films, such as 1997's dramaInventing the Abbotts, and 2000'sWaking the Dead. In [32] the first, set in the late 1950s, she personified Eleanor, one of the three daughters of the town millionaire Lloyd [33] [34] [35] Abbot, while in the second, based on the 1986 novel of the same name, she played Sarah. She played a [31] [36] [37] collegiate lesbian in John Singleton's 1995 ensemble drama,Higher Learning. The critically favored 1998 science fiction filmDark City, in which she played a supporting role, afforded her the chance to work with such [38] actors as Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Ian Richardson and Kiefer Sutherland. Connelly appeared in the 2000 [39] biopicPollockThe same year she made her first, in which she portrayed Ruth Kligman, the artist's mistress. [31] television appearance, as Catherine Miller, in the FOX dramatic series The $treet about a brokerage house in New [40] York City.

Early 2000s

Connelly broke through in the 2000 filmRequiem for a Dream, [41] directed by Darren Aronofsky, based on the novel of the same [42] name. Connelly played Marion, Harry's girlfriend, portrayed by Jared Leto. The movie also starred Marlon Wayans and Ellen [43] Burstyn. The movie depicts characters with different drug [44] addictions on the edge of mental breakdown. The critics acclaimed the individual performances, especially Connelly's and Burstyn's, because of the courage they had to exhibit in order to be able to demonstrate their characters' constant physical and mental [45] degradation. [46] (A Beautiful Mind) is the film I'm really proud of and really love.

—Jennifer Connelly

In 2001, she took the leading female role in Ron Howard's filmA [47] Beautiful MindAlicia Nash, the long-suffering wife of, portraying the brilliant, schizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. [48] (played by Russell Crowe). The film was a critical and commercial Connelly in Central Park, New York City, June [49] success, grossing over US$313 million worldwide, and earned 2005. [50] Connelly a Golden Globe, an Academy Award for Best Supporting [51] [52] Actress and a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Supporting Role;Timemagazine called her performance [53] "luminous".

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Connelly starred in two films in 2003:HulkandHouse of Sand and Fog. InHulkshe portrayed Betty Ross, the scientist and former girlfriend of the main character, Bruce Banner. She stated that director Ang Lee's philosophical [54] [55] perspective on Marvel's superhero was what sparked her interest. The movie was a moderate success.House of Sand and Fog, based on the novel by Andre Dubus III, was reminiscent of much of her late 1990s independent film work. Her character was Kathy Nicolo, an abandoned wife whose inherited house is sold at auction to the Iranian [56] emigre Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley). The struggles between Kathy and the foreign Colonel intensify [57] throughout the story as the characters fall in a downward spiral of events. The film was a modest success worldwide and received critical acclaim, BBC wrote: "(Connelly) convinces totally as a selfish, desperate and lonely [58] woman who confesses to her brother, "I just feel lost".

2005–2007 [59] [60] [61] After two years away, Connelly appeared in the 2005 horror film and psychological thrillerDark Water. The film was based on a 2002 Japanese film. She portrays Dahlia, a frightened young woman who is traumatized by her past and moves with her daughter (played by Ariel Gade) to an apartment on Roosevelt Island in New York City [62] where paranormal happenings take place. In 2006, Connelly appeared in two films, both of which were [63] [64] nominated for multiple Academy Awards. She played a major role in an adaptation of the novelLittle Childrenalongside Kate Winslet. Although her character, Kathy Adamson, is very important in the novel, director Todd Field gave her character less screen time, instead focusing on the characters played by [65] Winslet and Patrick Wilson. She acted inBlood Diamond opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. In the film, she portrays the journalist Maddy Bowen, who tries to expose the story behind [66] blood diamonds.New York Magazinewrote: "Connelly is such a smart, sane, unhistrionic actress that she almost disguises the fact [67] that her character is a wheeze."

She next appeared as Grace inReservation Roadwith Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Ruffalo, which was given a limited release in [68] the fall of 2007. According to her, the character she portrayed [69] in this movie was her toughest role.USA Todaywrote: "The strong performances of Jennifer Connelly and Mark Ruffalo [...] [70] raise the film above overheated melodrama".

2008–2011

Connelly at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009

In 2008, she appeared alongside Keanu Reeves in the 2008 remake of the 1951 science fiction filmThe Day The [71] Earth Stood Still. Connelly, a fan of the original movie, played the Princeton University astrobiologist Dr. Helen Benson. Unlike the original movie, where her character was a secretary and the focus of the movie was her romantic relationship with Klaatu, the remake emphasizes the troubled relationship between her and her stepson portrayed by [72] [73] Jaden Smith. Astronomer Seth Shostak helped her understand the jargon of her character's profession.

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She costarred opposite Jennifer Aniston and Ginnifer Goodwin as [74] Janine in the 2008 romantic comedyHe's Just Not That Into You, [75] [76] based on the self-help book of the same name. Her next project [77] was a small role in the fantasy filmInkheart.

Her 2009 roles included the costume drama biopicCreation, in which she personified Emma Darwin, wife of Charles Darwin, played by her [78] real-life husband, Paul Bettany. The movie is set during the writing ofOn the Origin of Speciesand depicts that struggle along with Darwin's religious wife, Emma, who opposed his theories while they [79] were in deep grief over the death of their daughter Annie. The same [80] year she voiced 7, in the animation film9.

Her next movie,What's Wrong With Virginia, premiered on September Jennifer Connelly at the press conference of Tim [81] [82] Burton's9, at the 2009 Comic-Con International 15, 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Connelly portrayed a mentally unstable woman who has a twenty year long [83] affair with the local sheriff, and whose daughter starts a relationship with Virginia's son. Cinema Blend wrote: [84] "Virginia is propped up by a strong central performance, with Connelly doing some of her best work in years".

In 2011, she starred in Ron Howard's comedyThe Dilemma, premiered on January 14, in which she portrayed Beth, [85] [86] opposite Vince Vaughn. The movie opened to mixed reviews. TheAustin Chroniclewrote: "Vaughn nails it, [87] and his nicely nuanced everyguy performance is aided by the always-excellent Connelly", whileVariety Magazinewrote: "Connelly, though a shade looser and more spontaneous than usual, seems stuck at an emotional [88] removed from the action". During the same year, she starred in George Ratliff'sSalvation Boulevardwhich [89] premiered on January 24, during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. She played Gwen, the wife of Carl Vanderveer, played by Greg Kinnear. The Vanderveers are members of the Church of the Third Millennium, [90] conducted by pastor Dan, portrayed by Pierce Brosnan.

[91] [92] In 2008, she was named the face of Balenciaga's advertisements, as well as the new face for Revlon cosmetics. [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] Publications such asTime,Vanity Fair,Esquireincluded her in theirthe Los Angeles Times , and rankings of the most beautiful women.

Personal life [98] I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy.

—Jennifer Connelly [4] Connelly stated that she prefers to live a family life with her husband and children when she is not working. She [99] also expressed that the most important thing in her life is her family, with whom she lives in TriBeCa, New York [100] City.

Jennifer Connelly and her husband, Paul Bettany at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Her first son, Kai, was born in 1997, from her relationship with [101] photographer David Dugan. Once a vegan, she gave it up during [102] her first pregnancy. On January 1, 2003, she married the actor Paul [103] Bettany, whom she met while working onA Beautiful Mind, in a [104] private family ceremony in Scotland. The couple's first child and [105] Connelly's second, Stellan, named after their friend, actor Stellan [106] Skarsgård, was born the same year. His godfather is the actor [107] Charlie Condou. She was expecting her third child, also with [108] Bettany, in 2011.

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Gabriella d'Arc

Emma Murdoch / Anna

Eleanor Abbott

Ellie

Gloria Harper

In 2010, Connelly joined TriBeCa neighbors James Gandolfini, John Slattery, Talia Balsam, Casey Affleck, Kirsten Dunst, Michael Stipe and Lou Reed. They filed a motion in New York State Supreme Court to stop the construction [114] of a sanitation garage that was five feet larger than legally allowed and that would increase the truck traffic. New [115] York City judge Jeffrey Oing granted a temporary restriction until March 11, 2011, that halted the construction.

Allison Pond

Sarah Williams

Josie McClellan

Claire Hamilton / Natalie Horvath

Filmography

Natalie Becker

Role

Young Deborah Gelly

Sarah Williams

1992

The Rocketeer

1991

Career Opportunities

Jennifer Corvino

1995

Higher Learning

The Hot Spot

1990

1994

Of Love and Shadows

1986

Film

Labyrinth

Once Upon a Time in America

Some Girls

1997

1996

Mulholland Falls

Inventing the Abbotts

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

Ballet

1988

Requiem for a Dream

Far Harbor

Pollock

1998

Dark City

2000

Waking the Dead

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1984

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1985

Year

Phenomena

Notes

TV Movie

Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Connelly

Connelly has contributed to several charities. On November 14, 2005, she was named Amnesty International [109] Ambassador for Human Rights Education. She was featured in an ad highlighting the need for clean water of people globally with the end result that people made donations to drilling projects in Africa, India, and Central [110] [4] [111] [112] America. She speaks Italian and French fluently. On May 2, 2009, she participated in Revlon's [113] annual 5k Run/Walk for Women along with Jessica Alba and Jessica Biel.

Marion Silver

Ruth Kligman

Emma Burgess

Irene

Taryn

The Heart of Justice

Jenny Blake

Jennifer Connelly

2001

2003

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

A Beautiful Mind

Hulk

House of Sand and Fog

Dark Water

Little Children

Blood Diamond

Reservation Road

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Inkheart

He's Just Not That Into You

9

Creation

What's Wrong with Virginia

The Dilemma

Salvation Boulevard

Alicia Nash

Betty Ross

Kathy Nicolo

Dahlia Williams

Kathy Adamson

Maddy Bowen

Grace Learner

Helen Benson

Roxane

Janine

7 (voice only)

Emma Darwin

Virginia

Beth

Gwen Vanderveer

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress American Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actress Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress–Motion Picture Drama

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