Jennifer Lynn Connelly is an American actress who began her career as a child model. She appeared in magazines, newspapers, and television advertising before she made her film acting debut in the crime film Once Upon a Time in America. Although she has been working in the film industry since she was a teenager and catapulted to fame on the basis of her appearances in films like Labyrinth and Career Opportunities, she did not receive wide exposure for her work until the 2000 drama Requiem for a Dream, and the 2001 biopic A Beautiful Mind, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards.
At theย 74th Academy Awards, Connelly wonย Best Supporting Actressย for her portrayal ofย Alicia Nashย inย Ron Howard’s biopicย A Beautiful Mindย (2001). Her subsequent credits include theย Marvelย superhero filmย Hulkย (2003), in which she playedย Bruce Banner’s love interestย Betty Ross, the horror filmย Dark Waterย (2005), the dramaย Blood Diamondย (2006), the science fiction filmย The Day the Earth Stood Stillย (2008), the romantic comedyย He’s Just Not That Into You, and the biopicย Creationย (both 2009). In the 2010s, she took on supporting roles in Aronofsky’s epic filmย Noahย (2014) and in the action filmย Alita: Battle Angelย (2019). As of 2020, she stars in theย TNTย dystopian television seriesย Snowpiercer.
Jennifer Connelly Bio
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