Jennifer Connelly

Birth Name: Jennifer Lynn Connelly

Date of Birth: 12th. December, 1970

Place of Birth: Catskill Mountains, New York City, US

Father: Gerard Connelly, Irish Catholic and Norwegian descent, a clothing manufacturer who worked in the garment industry.

Mother: Ilene, Jewish, a descendant of immigrants from Russia and Poland, an antiques dealer.

Schooling: Connelly was raised in Brooklyn Heights, near the Brooklyn Bridge, and attended St. Ann's private school, except for four years the family spent living in Woodstock, New York.

Start of Career: One of her father's friends was an advertising executive, who suggested that she audition at a modeling agency.At the age of ten, Connelly's career started in newspaper and magazine ads, then moved to television commercials. These led to movie auditions and her first film role was as "young Deborah Gelly", a supporting role in Sergio Leone's 1984 gangster epic, Once Upon a Time in America, filmed mostly in 1982 when she was eleven. She next starred in Italian horror-director Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985) and in the coming-of-age movie Seven Minutes in Heaven. Connelly became a star with her next picture, the fantasy Labyrinth.

Personal Life:

Connelly began studying English at Yale, and two years later transferred to Stanford.

Connelly has a son, Kai (born 1997), from her relationship with photographer David Dougan. She is married to actor Paul Bettany, whom she met while working on A Beautiful Mind. The couple's son, Stellan (named after their friend, actor Stellan Skarsgård), was born on August 5, 2003. His godfather is the actor Charlie Condou.

Connelly was a vegan for years, but reverted to eating meat when pregnant with Kai.

Films:

1991 The Rocketeer

Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

2000 Requiem for a Dream

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

2001 Beautiful Mind

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

American Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actres

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

2003  House of Sand and Fog

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

2009  He's Just Not That Into You

      Creation

      American Pastoral  (announced)

2010  The Ice at the Bottom of the World  (in production)